Tag: Rajasthan

Jaipur: Continuing to smash all past records, the e-auction of liquor shops in a Rajasthan town carrying the base price of Rs 1.84 crore witnessed an unexpected bidding of over…

Jaipur: Rajasthan has become the second state in the country to have got more than one crore people vaccinated by Monday afternoon. State medical and health minister Dr. Raghu Sharma…

Sharjah: The KL Rahul-led Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) began their IPL campaign on a losing note but they bounced back in grand style by outshining Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their second outing. On Sunday, they will be up against a confident Rajasthan Royals (RR), who are now evenly poised with the return of Jos […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami has requested his Rajasthan and Odisha counterparts to revoke the ban on sale and use of firecrackers in their respective states, considering its impact on about eight lakh workers in Tamil Nadu, the national fireworks hub. In identical letters to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and Rajasthan CM Ashok […]

New Delhi: Addressing the Armed Forces at Longewala Post in Jaisalmer of Rajasthan on the occasion of Diwali on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sending clear message to the neighbouring countries said that India believes in the policy of understanding and making others understand. But it gives a fierce reply if anybody tries to judge […]

Jaipur: To check the rising COVID-19 cases, the Rajasthan government on Saturday decided to impose night curfew in 8 districts and increased the fine amount on not wearing a face mask from Rs 200 to Rs 500, an official release said. These eight districts include Jaipur, Jodhour, Bikaner, Kota, Udaipur, Alwar, Ajmer and Bhilwara. The […]

Jaipur: BJP leader and MLA from Rajsamand in Rajasthan Kiran Maheshwari, who had tested positive for coronavirus, died at a hospital in Gurgaon. She was 59. Maheshwari, a three-time MLA from Rajsamand, was undergoing treatment at Medanta hospital for the past few days. She passed away late Sunday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that […]

Jaipur: A couple in Rajasthan’s Shahbad got married inside a Kelwara Covid Centre in Bara wearing PPE kit after the bride tested positive on her wedding day. It was a wedding in line with the Covid-19 era, with both the bridegroom and bride dressed in PPE suit following all ceremonies of the marriage along with […]

Jaipur: Amid concerns about the detection of a new mutant COVID-19 strain in the United Kingdom, over 800 British tourists have entered the 28 districts of Rajasthan in the last one week. A bulk of these British (333) visitors have arrived in Jaipur which is followed by Jodhpur (73), Ajmer (70), Alwar (48), Udaipur (43), […]

Jaipur: Amid the ongoing pandemic, weddings have helped revive the hotel sector in Rajasthan which was left bleeding during and post the lockdown period. The hoteliers in the desert state stay afloat amid the pandemic, courtesy the Indian weddings which are not big and fat but have trimmed in size. Yet, they have the potential […]

Jaipur: A 15-year-old girl was reportedly raped at different places by around nine people for eight days in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district, the police said on Monday. The girl, however, managed to reach her home on Friday last after which a formal complaint was lodged. Four accused persons, including two minors, have been arrested in connection […]

Jaipur: Amid apprehension of a second wave of coronavirus, the Rajasthan government on Sunday announced to impose night curfew in eight districts and also made negative RT-PCR report mandatory for visitors travelling to the state from across the country. The night curfew will be clamped from Monday between 11pm and 5am in Ajmer, Bhilwara, Jodhpur, […]

New Delhi: A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Alwar district in Rajasthan on Thursday, tremors of which were felt in Delhi-NCR, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ NCS, the epicentre of the quake was Alwar in Rajasthan. The earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred at 11.46 pm […]