Tag: Rajasthan

Jodhpur: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says his team of doctors will “fiddle around” with his body and set him up again. “I am getting my team of Doctors in tomorrow morning to fiddle around with my body and set me up again. I will rest and keep informed in process,” the 75-year-old posted on his blog […]

Jaipur: At least nine persons were killed and 18 others injured when two LPG cylinders exploded at a wedding in Beawar in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, police said on Saturday. According to police, six persons were referred to a hospital in Ajmer while 12 were referred to the district hospital in Beawar. Police said one Surendra […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the operation of orders banning the release of the film “Padmaavat” by the Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana governments. Staying the “notifications and orders” banning the release of the controversial film by the three states, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilklar and Justice D.Y. […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Thursday a plea by the producers of “Padmaavat” challenging the ban on the controversial movie in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana. When the producers’ counsel Mahesh Agrawal, mentioned the matter on Wednesday before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud […]

Mount Abu: The three-day annual “Winter Fest 2017” took off here with fanfare on Friday with the city coming alive with colourful cultural and folk performances as well as traditional sports activities for visitors and tourists. The quintessential hospitality and warmth of the local people — that Rajasthan has been known for — further added […]

Jaipur: At least 30 people were killed and 15 injured when a passenger bus fell into a river on Saturday near Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur, police said. The Sawai Madhopur-Lalsot bus was driven by a 16-year-old conductor who lost control due to over-speeding, officials said. The bus skidded and fell off a bridge into the Banas […]

Jaipur: Medical and health services remained paralysed in Rajasthan for the third successive day on Monday, as due to the doctors’ strike since Saturday, there was no one to attend on the patients standing in serpentine queues in the hospitals. Even though the state government had invoked the Rajasthan Essential Services Maintenance Act (RESMA) in […]

Jaipur: A man was arrested in Rajasthan today for allegedly thrashing a person before burning him alive to “save a girl from ‘love jihad'”. The accused, Shambunath Raigar, also recorded the horrific act which was uploaded on the social media. The incident took place in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district and the video has gone viral. Raigar […]

Jaipur: A mild tremor measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale hits some parts of Rajasthan on Saturday, informed officials. People rushed out of their houses and offices in panic. The earthquake was felt around 3.21 p.m. and lasted for 15-20 seconds. According to Met department officials, the epicentre of the earthquake was near Jodhpur. Tremors […]

Jaipur: Five members of a family were found murdered in Rajasthan’s Alwar district on Tuesday, police said. “The victims comprised a man and four children. The bodies with their throats slit and stabbed, were found in a house in Shivaji Park colony at around 6.30 a.m.,” Rahul Prakash, superintendent of police, Alwar, told IANS on […]

Kolkata: State-run power producer NTPC Ltd is expecting to complete the acquisition of the Chhabra Thermal Power Plant from the Rajasthan government in a month or two, an official said on Tuesday. “We are taking over Chhabra power plant and going by regulated depreciated book value subject to approval of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. The running […]

New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) twice successfully flight tested Indias indigenously developed third generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) ‘Nag’ in Rajasthan on Friday. The missile hit both the targets under different ranges and conditions with very high accuracy as desired by the armed forces, an official statement said. “With these […]

Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday took suo moto cognizance of a verbal spat between doctors inside the operation theatre at a Jodhpur hospital — the video of which has gone viral. A division bench headed by Justice G.K. Vyas, while terming the incident a serious one, has ordered a detailed inquiry. In the […]

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday invited Japanese companies to invest in solar energy sector in the state. In her meeting with a delegation of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) here, she said solar energy is the power of the future and Rajasthan is the ideal destination for investment in Solar Energy. “Rajasthan […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of those killed in a wall collapse in a marriage hall in Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Expressing his condolences, Modi said: “I am pained beyond words… My thoughts are with the families of the deceased. I […]