Fighter plane crashed near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan

Indian Air Force fighter plane crashed near Jaisalmer on Monday, but both the pilots were safe. The Sukhoi crashed near Jathegaon, about 40 km from Jaisalmer. The pilots ejected to safety. Air crashes have been bogging down the IAF, with Defence Minister A.K. Antony recently...

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Indian Economy grows 7.9%,

Indian economy grew by a significant 7.9 per cent in the second quarter of this fiscal, up from 6.1 per cent in the previous quarter, essentially due to a good showing by the industry and the services sector. The growth compares favourably to 7.7 per cent recorded in the July-September...

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Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda arrested

Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda arrested today by the state police's vigilance wing in connection with a case of disproportionate assets. The arrest followed Koda's failure to respond to the state vigilance investigation bureau's second summons to appear before it...

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Vinita Kamte's Book "To The Last Bullet" in controversy

Vinita Kamte, wife of IPS officer Ashok Kamte who died fighting terrorists during 26/11 Mumbai attack, has criticized Joint Police Commissioner(Crime) Rakesh Maria, for denying that he did not guide her husband to Cama hospital. In her book titled "To The Last Bullet", Vinita...

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BJP looking for Leader after lossing Civic poles in Rajasthan

After loosing civic poles in rajasthan, now BJP is loosing base in state. It’s been over a month since Vasundhara Raje resigned from the post of leader of the opposition in Rajasthan, but no replacement has been found till now and BJP is looking for a better replacement who...

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50 Employees hospitalised at Kaiga nuclear plant

About 50 workers at the Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka have been hospitalised after suffering radiation poisioning. Reports said the employees were taken ill after drinking contaminated water in the plant. The employees working in the first maintenance unit of the plant were treated for increasing level of tritium...

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Online CAT exam disrupted on servers crash

The first computer-bases CAT Exam for admission to IIMs on Saturday got off to a troubled start with the server crashing in some centres, forcing the authorities to reschedule the examination for those affected. Nearly 2.41 lakh students across the country would take the exam for getting entry into seven IIMs and other B-schools in 105 centres in 32...

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MTS to offcer internet services to Schools in Rajasthan

MTS, the mobile telephony services brand of Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL), is planning to forge a tie up with Rajasthan government to provide Internet services to educational institutes in rural areas. MTS Rajasthan chief operating officer Sandeep Yadav, on the sidelines of a press conference to announce the launch of mobile-high speed data...

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Veer Movie release date - 22nd January 2010

The New Year / January 2010 will witness a new chapter in Indian cinema with the year’s most awaited film Veer starring super star Salman Khan set to release on 22nd January 2010. An Eros International worldwide release, produced by Vijay Galani and directed by Anil Sharma,...

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Indian defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs

India needed just one and a half sessions on Day 4 to complete the formalities and defeat Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs to win the Kanpur Test and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series. India have now won 100 off their 432 Tests and thus becomes the sixth country to win 100 or more Tests after Australia (332), England (310), West Indies...

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Congress wins Civic election in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Kota

The ruling Congress in Rajasthan notched up further victories in the state on Thursday, sweeping the civic body elections. The party even wrested mayoral posts from the BJP’s traditional bastions of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Kota. After the counting ended on Thursday for civic bodies and for the first time their heads as well, the Congress candidates...

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Rajasthan's 220 MW unit of Atomic Power generation started

The newly installed 220 MW unit of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant(RAPP) was synchronised for power generation today. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar, Atomic Energy Corporation Chairman-cum-Managing Director SK Jain and RAPP Site Director CP Jhamb were present on the occasion.This is the fifth 220 MW power unit at the RAPP and will...

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2 More deaths in Rajasthan from swine flu, toll rise to 28

Two more swine flu deaths were confirmed on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 28 in the state. During the day, 66 new cases were confirmed in Rajasthan, among them 43 are children, including 33 kids from Jaipur. "One of the deceased patients was a 42-year-old lady admitted at Mathura Das Mathur hospital in Jodhpur, while another person was a 70-year-old...

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4-lane Chittorgarh byepass opened for traffic

The 30 Km 4-lane Chittorgarh byepass road constructed with an investment of Rupees 210 crore has been opened for traffic. Leading private construction company Ashoka Buildcon-Velecha Engineering has completed the project within stipulated time and the same is now being handed formally to the state government, company director Sanjay P Londhe said here...

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282 Years of Pink City Jaipur

Jaipur, the pink city was founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, a Kachhwaha Rajput, who ruled from 1699-1744. Initially his capital was Amber, which lies at a distance of 11kms from Jaipur. He felt the need of shifting his capital city with the increase in population...

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Narinder Modi forerunner for BJP President

Gujarat Chief Minister Narinder Modi have been shortlisted for the office as the term of current BJP President Rajnath Singh ends in January as per source. Some party leaders have even asked BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani to convince Modi to lead the party as its chief. They...

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Police have seized 500 g of brown sugar at Jaipur

Police have seized 500 g of brown sugar, worth Rupees 50 lakh in the international market, concealed in a South Africa-bound parcel at a courier company office here, police said today. The parcel was seized by the police yesterday. The parcel of books and other such materials was booked by a youth at the courier company's Behror Road office in Alwar...

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Blast in Scrap at Kota, 3 Dead 5 Injured

Blast on Mal Road at Kota shock the city at 9.00 am by some unexpected terror in the city. Police seal the whole area just after the blast happen. The source of blast was scrap where some people were working. This blast claims 3 life while 5 other people injured. Most of people belongs to a 'Luhar' family who was working there.Police is looking for...

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Entrance test introduced for PhD at Rajasthan University

Rajasthan University will conduct an entrance test to those seeking admission to PhD programmes from the next academic session as per the meeting of the academic council on Saturday. "The initiative would increase the quality of research," said Bhupendra Shekhawat, spokesperson, RU. The entrance test will be conducted by the concerned department to...

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Rajasthan Ranaji Team announced, Rohit Jhalani will lead

Rajasthan cricket appears to have returned to a semblance of normality with the state board announcing a 15-man squad for the first two games of the season. However, missing from that list is the name of Hemang Badani, who had originally joined the team after cutting ties with the ICL. Manoj Prabhakar, who had been signed as coach before the season,...

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Rajasthan named world's 19th dream destination

Rajasthan with its royal forts and palaces amid the sand dunes and the beautiful backwaters of Kerala have eclipsed India's iconic Taj Mahal in an international survey that rated the world's top 133 tourist places. The survey, conducted by National Geographic Society's Center for Sustainable Destinations, has appeared in the latest issue of Traveler...

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Mandore Express derails near Jaipur, 10 dead

The Delhi-bound Mandore Express which was on its way from Jodhpur to Delhi derailed this morning with some portion of the track penetrating its AC compartment, leaving 10 passengers dead and over 30 injured at Banskho, 40 kilometers from jaipur. Fifteen coaches of the train...

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Swine flu hit tourism destination rajasthan, Condition under control

The swine flu cases cross the mark of 80 after some new new cases of influenza A (H1N1) have been reported in Rajasthan, taking the number of positive cases of swine flu in the state to 455, an official said Friday. "On Thursday, we had taken samples of 173 suspected people, of which 75 were found to be positive," a senior medical and health department...

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Swine flu claims 2 life in Rajasthan

In fresh swine flu Two people died at jaipur and jodhpur while more than 50 tested positive in rajasthan. This took the total number of patientsidentified so far in the state to near 300. A 28-year-old woman, admitted to the SMS Hospital jaipur, and one patient in a hospital in Jodhpur, died of the H1N1 virus yesterday. With this, 19 deaths due to...

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BJP win Todabhim while Congress win Salumber Seat

The by-election spoils were equally divided between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Congress in Rajasthan Tuesday with each winning one seat. While the BJP’s Ramesh Chand was declared elected from Todabhim, defeating his nearest Congress rival Shivdayal Meena by 8,200 votes, Basanti Meena of the Congress bagged the Salumber seat. She...

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30 New swine flu cases reported in Rajasthan

More than 30 people, including eight students of two city schools, tested positive for swine flu in Rajasthan yesterday, official sources said today.Of the eight students, seven are from the SMS School while one belongs the MGD Girls School, the sources said. With this, as many as ten students of the SMS School had been identified with the disease...

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Bank of Rajasthan to provide home loan @ 7.5%

Bank of Rajasthan on Thursday said it has reduced rates on home loans to 7.5% under its “Apna Ghar Scheme” effective 9 November. For housing loans up to Rs30 lakh, it will charge a floating interest of 7.5% for the first year, 8.5% for the second and third years, and 8.75% from the fourth year, for all maturity periods. For housing loans of at least...

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Four Jaipur bomb blast accused arrested from Jabalpur

Accused in the May 13 Jaipur blasts case, was arrested on Wednesday night in a joint operation by the state Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) and the Rajasthan ATS. He was arrested from Tehri Pulia crossing in Lucknow’s Ghazipur while he was returning from Integral University on the Sitapur Road. On January 16, the Rajasthan ATS had procured the arrest warrant...

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IOC Jaipur fire and Environmental Impacts continue

Environmentalists were assessing the toxic impact of the devastating fire at the IOC depot in Jaipur on environment, sources said. While Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board has set up a committee for the purpose, the Central Pollution Control Board was also monitoring the situation. ''Environmental damage caused by the fire could be worse as...

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Rajasthan chief secretary T Srinivasan took charge

Newly-appointed chief secretary T Srinivasan took charge on Saturday. He replaced Kushal Singh, who retired on Friday. Born in Srirangam in Tamil Nadu in 1950, Srinivasan is a 1975 batch IAS officer and had his first posting as a sub-divisional officer (SDO) in Bharatpur in 1977. A post-graduate in biology, Srinivasan was special secretary (PHED)...

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