Rajasthan anti terrorist squad (ATS) held Devendra Gupta from Bihariganj area in Ajmer on Wednesday night for his alleged role in the 2007 Ajmer dargah blast case. Devendra’s mother alleged that some officers from plainclothes ATS officers came to interrogate him and then took him away. She also alleged that they also took away her 14-year old nephew...
108 Services resume in Rajasthan, Staff return on work
The state government on Thursday finally stepped in and resolved the 108 ambulance staff crisis. The new operator has also agreed to accept some of the strikers’ demands. The services are expected to be normalised by Friday evening. “You must ensure that labour laws are applied in your company,” the state National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has written...
India commissions indigenously stealth warship 'INS Shivalik'
India commissioned its first indigenously-built stealth warship INS Shivalik at Mazgaon Dock in Mumbai with sophisticated features to hoodwink enemy radars and gained entry into a top club of developed countries having such capability. Inducting 'INS Shivalik', the first of the three-ship Project-17 frigates, at the Mumbai-based Mazagon Docks (MDL),...
BSNL's 3.37 Crore Landline/ WLL to get NGN Services
BSNL's 3.37 Crore Landline/ WLL to get Next Generation Network NGN) Services. Ministry of Communications & Information Technology released the data about State run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Landline connections in working conditions and falling revenue....
Lalit modi gets relief in Haveli case
The Jaipur Sessions Court on Wednesday granted relief to former Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Midi in the Jaipur Haveli case. The case still rests with the Jaipur High Court. Modi was charged for illegally purchasing two heritage ''havelis'' in the protected Amer zone in 2007. The complaint was filed by Sandeep Bhatra on behalf of...
Light rain in Jaipur and Ajmer region
Capital Pink city and some part of Ajmer gets Light rain in summer after sand storm in last 24 hr. Jaipur and most of western rajasthan is facing sand storm from last 2 days which brings some rain in Ajmer district's tadgarh, Kishangarh and arai region. Capital also gets some showers in evening which bring people out of home for picnic after a long...
Jat support Gujjar reservation - Vishvendra Singh
Rajasthan Gujjar agitation gets extra flame and power when Former Bharatpur MP Vishvendra Singh called on the Gujjar leaders at the mahapadav in Dausa on Tuesday and vouched the support of Jat community for their cause. Earlier Gujjar gets support from president of Jat Mahasabha,...
BJP withdraw support from Shibu Soren Govt in Jharkhand
BJP withdraw from Shibu Soren Govt in Jharkhand to the JMM-led government, a day after the Jharkhand Chief Minister sided with the UPA in the Lok Sabha. A meeting of the BJP top brass, headed by party chief Nitin Gadkari, decided to withdraw support immediately giving indications...
Resident Evil-4 to be released in 3D version
The success of James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster 'Avatar' is encouraging more and more filmmakers to make movies in 3D with 'Resident Evil-4' becoming the latest entrant to catch up with the technique. "The fourth instalment of the popular Resident Evil franchise, will be the first movie after Avatar to use James Cameron & Vincent Pace's patented...
Bangladesh lifts ban on Indian Hindi films
Bangladesh has lifted a four-decade ban on Indian films in a bid to boost attendances at cinemas, a government minister said on Saturday. Films produced by India's huge entertainment industry known as Bollywood, centred in Mumbai, have been banned from cinemas in Bangladesh since the country's independence in 1972 in a bid to protect the local movie...
Sand storm slashes Jaisalmer and western Rajasthan
Sand storm slashes life in Jaisalmer and western Rajasthan. Golden city jaisalmer was surrounded by sand storm which reduces even visibility in morning that leads to disturbance in traffic and normal life. People even didn't get any relief as temp also rise as day turn ...
SWRC Tilonia - A Mile stone of Social Engineering in India
Social Work & Research Centre(SWRC) is located in a remote village called Tilonia at the outskirts of Ajmer district in Rajasthan. This is a voluntary organization which began in the year 1972 under the leadership of Mr Bunker Roy. At the outset it was initiated mainly on the issues of drinking water in a block called Kishengarh. Shri Bunker Roy...
Facebook says "Thank you Pakistan for taking Sania Mirza"
Trust social networking sites to not miss a chance to have a say in any heated current topic. Fan pages and messages on two popular sites - Facebook and Twitter - are fast becoming an ideal place for Internet junkies to vent. Facebook reportedly has over 90 fan pages on Sania Mirza and her much talked about wedding to Pakistani cricketer, Shaoib Mallik....
Shivraj patil sworn in as Rajasthan Governor
Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil, who has been given additional charge of Rajasthan following the demise of Prabha Rau, was today sworn in here. Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Jagdish Bhalla administered the oath of office to Patil at a simple function in Raj Bhawan. Two minutes...
District Judge Vacancy at Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur
Notification for Direct Recruitment to DJ CadreApplications are invited from Advocates for filling up the following posts in cadre of District Judge :District Judge : 36 posts (UR-20, SC-5, ST-4, OBC-7) (Women -10 out of 36)Pay Scale : Rs.16750-20500Age: 35-45 yearsApplication Fee : Rs.500 (Rs.100 for SC/ST/PWD and Rs.250 for OBC) in the form of Bank...
Rajasthan royals claim Bid was transparent
Rajasthan Royals, Shilpa Shetty and husband Raj, along with their co-owners, have said they re legitimate stakeholders in the Jaipur team of the Indian Premier League (IPL). On Monday, Shashank Manohar, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said that...
Cairn starts second oil processing plant at Rajasthan oil fields
Cairn India has started a second crude oil processing plant (Train II) at its Mangala oilfield in Barmer block, Rajasthan. This will help the company further ramp up its output from the block. Currently, Cairn is producing 30,000 barrels of oil/day (bopd) from its Mangala field...
Mindlance to set up development centre in Jaipur, Rajasthan
US-based IT service provider Mindlance is planning to set up a development centre here as part of its India strategy focusing on smaller cities. "Jaipur is fast emerging as a key IT services destination due to its best-in-class infrastructure, an extremely supportive government...
I am the Brand ambassador of Rajasthan Royals - Shilpa shetty
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Monday hit out at reports that she and her husband Raj Kundra are not the co-owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Rajasthan Royals. She expressed her resentment on microblogging site Twitter, tweeting: "Woke up and heard on TV that we are not Coowners of RR! Only want to say there is NO DOUBT that RAJ is a...
Seven-day state mourning in Rajasthan after Governor's death
The Rajasthan government today declared seven-day state mourning as a mark of respect to state Governor Prabha Rau who passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi earlier in the day. State government offices were also closed for the day soon after the news of Rau's death broke. The state Council of Ministers held an emergency...
Rajasthan Governor Prabha Rau passed away at 74
Rajasthan Governor Prabha Rau passed away at a New Delhi hospital on Monday after a fall in the Jodhpur House guesthouse here, officials said. She was 74. Rau, a former Maharashtra minister, is survived by two daughters. The officials said she slipped in the toilet and was rushed...
Four community panchayat members held in Suicides case
Four members of a community panchayat have been arrested after four members of a family and their neighbour committed suicide in Bajna Khurd village in Rajasthan's Karauli district, police said Saturday. 'We arrested four members of the community panchayat late Friday evening and have started to question them. We are searching for the remaining members...
Chennai Super Kings becoms IPL 3 champions
Chennai Super Kings were crowned Indian Premier League III champions after thumping Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in a thrilling summit clash at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. Electing to bat, Chennai posted 168 for five, thanks to Suresh Raina's unbeaten 57 and...
Lalit Modi suspended from BCCI and IPL
Lalit Modi on Sunday night suspended as IPL Commissioner for alleged "individual misdemeanours" capping fortnight-long dramatic developments that opened a can of worms in the administration of the popular cricket league. The BCCI sent the suspension letter via email after the...
Phone tapping to ring into Parliament
A row over charges government agencies secretly tapped telephones of senior politicians is likely to paralyse Parliament on Monday, possibly spelling fresh delay for the budget and other key bills. The tension comes just as the government is seeking to secure its allies' support for a possible vote in parliament over high food prices. The government...
Ajmer 'Band' called on 27 April 2010
Ajmer 'Band' called on 27 April 2010 by left parties supporters. Decision was taken by Ajmer-merwara committee under leadership of sajjan singh choudhary. Band did not includes the medical facilities and medical shops, School-colleges, vegetables and milk stores.Updates: Ajmer band has been postponed after death of Rajasthan's Govern...
Managed Services in Telecoms: 4.2 Billion Dollar business opportunity
Managed services in the fast paced telecom revolution would be a 4.2 billion dollar business opportunity by 2014, according to experts at a conference on the subject here. Department of Telecom Secretary P. J. Thomas said Managed Services was emerging as a new science. “This is a great development in the great telecom story” he added inaugurating...
Raavan Movie release date and Review
Raavan is a upcoming Hindi film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead roles while vikram, Govinda, Ravi Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi, and Priyamani play key supporting roles. It is simultaneously being made in Tamil...
Sachin Pilot emphasis on need of Technology in Agriculture
Sachin Pilot emphasis on need of IT, Communication and Technology in Agriculture. There is a need to leverage agriculture by ensuring that our premier agricultural institutions take full advantage of advances in Information and Communication Technologies. This was stated by...
Sachin Pilot: Technology 'Can Be a Great Bridge' between Urban and Rural Populations
At age 26, Sachin Pilot became the youngest member of Parliament in India when he was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha (Lower House) from the Dausa Parliamentary constituency of Rajasthan in May 2004. Today, as minister of state for India's Ministry of Communications and Technology, he is a member of the Indian National Congress and represents the Ajmer...
Met Department predict normal monsoon this year
There is good news for farmers, consumers and policymakers, as the southwest monsoon is likely to be normal this year after last year's dismal rains, according to the initial projections of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The India weather bureau on Friday predicted that the southwest monsoon rainfall will be normal at 98% of the long period...
Wheat at 2 Rs/Kg for BPL families in Rajasthan from May day
Rajasthan will provide Wheat to BPL Families at Rs.2 per kg from 2nd May 2010 when govt launch this scheme on may day. The State Government has strengthened the public distribution system (PDS) to cope with the increased workload on this front. In all, 36.57 lakh BPL families will benefit from the scheme. Each family would be provided with 25 kg of...
Modi now alone in Rajasthan, Vasundhara make a distance
IPL Chairmen Lalit Modi now find alone in Rajasthan when Vasundhara make a proper distance from Modi in recent IPL raw. Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Friday distanced herself from beleaguered IPL Chairman Lalit Modi. “I have no relations with Mr Modi and I do not want comment on any issue related to him,” she told HT. Raje was...
RRB Ajmer Exams date in June 2010
Railway recruitment Board(RRB) Ajmer Exams for various post will be held in June 2010 as per schedule announced from RRB Ajmer. Examination schedule for Assistant Loko pilot, Assistant station master and Goods guards will be held as per schedule give below:1. Assistant Loko PilitExam Date: 6 June 2010Total Post: 693Examination center: Ajmer, Kota,...
Gehlot slam Raje, Modi over IPL row
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot issued an unusual communique late tonight in which he slammed former CM Vasundhara Raje and alleged that Modi was involved in several land scams in the state with Raje’s support. The communique was released following a Cabinet meet this...
Rajasthan Govt to hold Recruitment till 3 May 2010
Rajasthan Govt to hold Recruitment till 3 May 2010 as there is no breakthrough in the talks between the Gujjars and the government, the Sikandra junction on national highway No. 11 continued to bear the brunt of the agitation. Traffic remained disrupted on the highway between...
Earth Day being observed Worldwide
The Earth Day is being celebrated worldwide on Thursday, a day was first observed in 1970 around 40 years ago to raise awareness about the prevailing environmental challenges. 22nd April 2010 is the 40th anniversary of the Earth Day. It was founded by the US senator Gaylord...
Praful Patel & Sharad Pawar next in IPL controversy !
After Shashi Tharoor, Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel is now facing the heat of IPL controversy as reports in the media indicate that Prime Minister Manmohan singh has sought details of his as well as Sharad Pawar's involvement in the IPL row. The reports say that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met the Prime Minster with details about...
Sania Mirza landed in Pakistan
Newlywed and hailed as cross-border peace ambassadors, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik arrived in Pakistan on Thursday to a frenzied reception. Camera bulbs flashed and fans thronged to get a glimpse of the lovebirds as they landed at Karachi airport, their first visit here after their April 12 wedding that bridged...
Rajasthan Royals ownership detail ?
Rajasthan Royals ownership detail is finally made public after long drama and investigation. Rajasthan Royals has already been under the scanner for allegedly being partly owned by Lalit Modi. Allegations have been flying thick and fast that IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has a stake in IPL team Rajasthan Royals have been prevalent. The company that owns...
BJP Demands ban on trading in essential commodities
BJP, which is braced up to corner the government both inside and outside parliament over the price rise issue, is holding a rally and a march to parliament on Wednesday to highlight the issue of price rise. Tens of thousands of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers are to assemble for a massive protest rally against price rise in New Delhi. The party...
Rajasthan to get 83 New Technical institutes this year
Rajasthan govt is all set to increase the intake capacity of technical education by 11,100 in the near future as the department of technical education (DTE) has recommended 83 more technical institutes to be opened in the state. The recommendation has been sent to the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) for approval. The proposal is to...
Sehwag out of T20 World Cup 2010
India's Twenty20 World Cup campaign suffered a body blow on Tuesday with hard-hitting opener Virender Sehwag being ruled out of the tournament because of a shoulder injury. The selectors named in-form Tamil Nadu batsman Murali Vijay as his replacement, while naming Gautam Gambhir the new vice captain. "Virender Sehwag has sustained a shoulder injury...
Lalit Modi's fate to be decided by BCCI meeting on 26th April
Lalit Modi's days as IPL Commissioner appeared to be numbered as Sharad Pawar met BCCI chief Shashank Manohar and announced that the league's Governing Council will meet on 26th April to take a "collective and unanimous" decision on his continuance. "Our (BCCI) total approach in the Governing Council will be they will take collective, unanimous decisions,...
MBM Engineering College Jodhpur Alumani website launched
MBM Engineering College Jodhpur is top engineering college of Rajasthan under RPET Exams. MBM(Mugneeram Bangur Memorial) Engineering College, is a technical college at Jai Narain Vyas University in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Engineers produced by this institute are working allover the world. The research products from this college have not only raised...
Planning Commission to provide revised BPL report
Planning Commission will give revised estimates of families living below poverty line within a month for effective implementation of Targeted PDS and other welfare schemes. Replying to a supplementary in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said, "The Planning Commission has been authorised to look in the issue and...
IT to investigate Modi's Rajasthan land deals
IPL commissioner Lalit Modi is embroiled in numerous land deals in Rajasthan involving many prominent developers and business houses during the regime of the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in that state, according to a source report of the Income Tax department. The document, the cricket-related contents of which ET first reported...
BSNL unions strike called off
BSNL Employee unions indefinite strike called off after talk with government today. After discussion with Minister of Communications agreement has been reached and the Joint Action Committee has unanimously decided to call off the strike. within hours of going on indefinite...
BSNL employees on indefinite strike from 20 April 2010
BSNL Executive and Non-Executive employees to go on indefinite strike from 20 April 2010 as a mark of protest against the proposed disinvestment of BSNL, Retrenchment of one lakh workers through VRS and sharing of valuable BSNL infrastructure including cables and towers with...
Rajasthan govt sets up 7 Member panel for Gujjar reservation issue
The Rajasthan government on Sunday appointed a seven-member committee headed by the former High Court judge, Justice I.S. Israni, to look into “all aspects” of the issue of providing reservation to Gujjars under a special category, even as fresh talks between Gujjar supremo Kirori Singh Bainsla and government emissaries remained inconclusive. The committee...
Supreme court upholds conviction of Manu sharma in Jessica Lall murder case
The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and life imprisonment awarded to Manu Sharma, son of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Venod Sharma, in the 1999 Jessica Lall murder case. "The prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt the presence of Manu Sharma at the site of the offence," a Bench of Justices P Sathasivam and Swatanter...
President accepts shashi Tharoor's resignation
President Pratibha Patil on Sunday night accepted the resignation of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor from the Council of Ministers on the recommendation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson, "The President on the recommendation of the Prime Minister has accepted the resignation of Shashi...
Gujjar march toward jaipur, threaten to siege capital
Gujjar community members are inching towards Jaipur and threaten to lay siege to the desert state capital within the next few days. However, going by the dilly-dally approach of the government and also the rigid attitude of the community, the state seems to be heading for yet...
Lalit Modi under IT officials scanner
IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi was quizzed by I-T officials over financial dealings and share holding patterns of the cricketing body and several places in the city were visited by tax sleuths to find out details of bidding process. Income Tax officials visited Indian Premier League headquarters at Wankhede Stadium as also Modi's office at Nirlon House...
Rajasthan temp above 45 degree cel
Rajasthan witness temperature crossing the 45-degree mark in diffrent parts of state. The weather office had issued severe heat warning in the state for the next two days as the maximum temperature in the state shot up to 45 degrees Celsius at many places. The Met office warned the heat wave conditions may persist for the next couple of days. Rajasthan...
Gujjars-Rajasthan govt talk fails
Talks between Gujjars and the Rajasthan government on the reservation issue failed tonight as neither side could agree on a formula to end the ongoing sit-in by the community and Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla threatened to intensify the agitation if the demand was not met by tomorrow. Two rounds of talks lasting nearly two hours between a Gujjar...
Modi criticize RCA officials, RR may shift from Jaipur
IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi has criticized state officials in Jaipur for harassing Rajasthan Royals' team management. On Twitter Modi says, "Top officials of RR were detained by authorities for most of the day yesterday. Why? Tickets -- they are quite shaken up....
Rajasthan govt invites Bainsla for talk
Rajasthan government tonight invited for talks Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, who is demanding a five per cent quota in state jobs for his community. A CMO spokesman said Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has invited the Gujjar leader for talks to resolve the issue and the message has been communicated to Bainsla, who is leading a march on the issue,...
Poland's president dead in Russian plane crash
Poland's president Lech Kaczynski was feared dead after his plane crashed on approach to a Russian airport on Saturday, a Polish government official at the airport told Reuters. Russian news agencies reported at least 87 people died in the crash near Smolensk airport in western...
Planning Commission approved 24,000 Crore for Annual plan of Rajasthan
The Annual Plan size for Rajasthan for the year 2010-11 was today finalized at Rs 24,000 crores, with State Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot making a fervent appeal to the Commission to include the desert state in the list of special category states in view of the distressing problems...
Murli Industries to set up Cement plant in Rajasthan
Murli Industries Ltd has announced that it plans to set up cement plants in Rajasthan. The plants are expected to have a capacity to produce 3 MTPA of cement along with 50 MW Captive Power Plant. The plant in Rajasthan will cater to markets of Rajasthan and NCR. Commenting on this N L Maloo, Managing Director, Murli Industries said, "We see a huge...
Rajasthan HC ban high music, crackers during IPL at Jaipur
Rajasthan HC ban high music, crackers during IPL at Jaipur after 10:00 PM. The two remaining IPL matches scheduled for April 11 and 14 may not have the same fun and frolic. A division bench of Rajasthan High Court on Friday rejected Rajasthan Cricket Association’s (RCA) plea to allow drums, DJ music and trumpets between 10 pm and midnight. Rajasthan...
Sania Mirza - Shoaib Malik marriage today!
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza will tie the knot with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik here on Friday. Qazi Azmatullah Jafari, one of the qazis of the area in which Sania's house is located, told reporters that the nikah would be performed after the 'maghrib' prayers after sunset....
PM rejects Chidambaram’s offer to resign
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram offered to resign after the Dantewada massacre in which 76 CRPF jawans were killed by Maoists. Earlier, in a press conference, Chidambaram accepted full responsibility for the attack. Chidambaram also sent a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. However, the Prime Minister has...
P Chidambaram accept full responsibility on Dantewada attack
The Home Minister, P Chidambaram, has written to the Prime Minister to accept "full responsibility" for India's worst-ever Naxal attack on Monday, in which 76 jawans were killed Chidambaram said "The buck stops at my desk" at a function to honour Central Reserve Police Fiorce...
