Central University has formally announced to start seven new courses from the next session on Sunday. While interacting with media, the vice-chancellor of CU, M M Salunkhe, said, “After intense deliberation with academic bodies, we have chalked out seven new courses.” This course is only available in some premier universities in the UK and the USA. They aim to spread this progressive Islamic school of thought.
Rajasthan government today announced the state Mineral Policy-2011 to promote value addition in minerals and generate employment while maintaining balance with environment considerations. Announcing the policy after a state cabinet meeting here, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that the last Mineral Policy was implemented 17 years back hence it was necessary to bring a new policy to promote scientific mining and meet the challenges in the sector. "We have prepared the policy keeping environment balancing and corruption in consideration. We want to promote transparency, so several provisions in regard to different process have been made in the policy which would help in curbing corrupt practices," Gehlot told reporters. "Balancing the considerations of environment while mining is a major issue and one of the objectives of the policy is to exploitation of minerals while balancing the environment considerations," he said. In case of mining minerals, a system of disposal through auction will be adopted.
The 62nd Republic Day was celebrated today with traditional gaiety and fervour throughout Rajasthan. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot hoisted the tricolour and took the salute from the impressive parade by combined contingent of the Para Military Forces, Rajasthan Police, NCC cadets, Scouts and Guides, at the state-level function in the SMS Stadium here this morning. School Children enthralled the spectators with impressive drill and colourful cultural programme. Mr Gehlot rewarded and felicitated 37 officials, police personnel and people from different walks of life for their achievements, services and contribution for the cause of the nation.
The Jaipur Literature Festival, which wrapped up Tuesday, is Asia's largest, an eclectic mix of big-name authors, Bollywood luminaries and lots of debate. This year's attendees included Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and Candace Bushnell, author of 'Sex and the City. Five days of fan frenzy, intellectually stimulating sessions, free flowing wine, paparazzi, electric evenings, marathon book signing sessions, cerebral discussions, all came to an end with the closing of the Jaipur Literature Festival. With over 200 authors and innumerable budding writers, the festival at Diggy Palace that ended Tuesday was like a big fat Punjabi wedding where everyone - right from the hotels to the auto-rickshaws - made a killing.
Telecom service provider Reliance Communications today announced to launch 3G services in 12 cities of Rajasthan , including Jaipur within a month. "Demonstration of 3G capabilities at Jaipur is an integral part of our vision 2015 of creating a 'Wirefree India', built upon the affordable 3G for all platform," Vinay Chandok, Hub Head-- Gujarat and Rajasthan, Reliance Communications, told reporters in a press conference. He said the third generation (3G) services will be launched within a month in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Bikaner, Ajmer, Udaipur, Sri Ganganagar, Bhiwadi, Alwar, Pilani, Pali and Bhilwara. Chandok said the range of services to be offered includes video calling, mobile TV, video streaming. All the applications will be accessed at superfast speeds ubiquitously on a variety of mobile and personal computing devices, for which the company will make available different customised plans for different users.
India’s iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been leading the race for Bharat Ratna, country’s highest civilian honour. The government is likely to make the announcement in this regard by Monday evening. Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar along with former West Bengal Chief Minister late Jyoti Basu are in the list for Bharat Ratna. ICC president Sharad Pawar has recommended the name of Tendulkar for the highest Civilian award. Former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has also backed Pawar’s move.
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal rejected the proposal for a fee hike, suggested by the Kakodkar committee. The committee, which was set up to study the roadmap for the autonomy and future of the IITs, had recommended that the fee be raised from Rs 50,000 per annum to Rs 2 to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum. Sibal said it will act as a "deterrent" to aspiring students, according to an official source in the ministry. The committee has been asked to rework the fee structure, taking into account aspirations of all sections.
Legendary vocalist Bhimsen Joshi, who was on life support system for a few days, passed away at 8:00 am (IST) at Sayadari hospital in Pune today. The doctors tried their best but weren't sure if he would bounce back. His kidney and lungs had stopped working and he was immediately put on ventilator. In the past four days his condition had deteriorated. Media is not allowed inside and his body is still in the hospital. Family is yet to decide where will the body be kept.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was met by black flags when he arrived here to inaugurate the Jaipur half marathon today. The Bishnoi community and environment activists protested against Khan's presence at the event as the actor was convicted for killing black bucks, an endangered species, in 2006. The protesters however were dispersed by the police and the event went off smoothly with thousands of people including sportspersons from different states and countries participating in the half marathon.
Rajasthan Spurious Liquor Kills Five More people which rise death toll to 19. This accident appear Shortly after last 9 life, five persons died today in Pali district after consuming spurious liquor allegedly supplied by the same seller even as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot admitted a police-seller nexus in the trade and announced suspension of 10 officials including cops. Total,10 people have died in Jodhpur and 9 in Pali town. A total of 53 people were still being treated in hospitals, official sources said.
Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Saturday took right-wing Hindu group Abhinav Bharat member and Samjhauta Express train blast accused Swami Aseemanand in its custody in connection with the 2007 Ajmer Dargah attack case. The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Ajmer had issued a production warrant against Aseemanand on January 18 and the ATS has now brought him from the custody of National Investigation Agency in Panchkula, Haryana.
Action Research and Training for Health (ARTH) a rajasthan based NGO wins $1 Million MacArthur Foundation award. ARTH is a private, non-profit, research and training organization that was established by a group of professionals in 1997 with the intent to contribute to the improvement of health status among underprivileged communities in India. ARTH focuses on the health needs of marginalized rural and urban slum inhabitants, as well as on those of vulnerable groups like adolescents, women, migrants and unorganized labor.
The Budget session of Parliament will begin on Feb 21 and the General Budget is slated to be presented to Lok Sabha on 28 February 2011. The decision to recommend the date for convening of the session to the President was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) chaired by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also Leader of the House in Lok Saba. Parliamentary Affairs Minister P.K. Bansal told reporters that other details relating to the session will be worked out shortly.
The cabinet reshuffle Wednesday saw some Congress leaders gaining ministries perceived as important while a few others got portfolios that are less in the limelight. Rajasthan's C.P. Joshi is among the cabinet ministers shifted to ministries that appear to be less meaty than their earlier assignments, to head Road & Surface Transport Ministry. Joshi was in charge of the Rural Development Ministry, which oversees implementation of some ambitious social sector schemes of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The UPA has laid much emphasis on rural transformation and the charge of the ministry has now been given to Vilasrao Deshmukh, former chief minister of Maharashtra, where a scheme similar to MGNREGA was already being implemented.
The much-talked about reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers happened on Wednesday. Praful Patel, Sriprakash Jaiswal and Salman Khurshid were elevated as Cabinet ministers. The following is the reshuffled council of ministers of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which has three ministers elevated to Cabinet rank:
India win by 2 Wickets. India beat South Africa by 2 wicket in Third ODI played today. Yusuf Pathan's pyrotechnics helped India recover from a top-order collapse and eke out a thrilling two-wicket win over South Africa in the third cricket one-dayer in Cape Town on Tuesday. Pathan proved that fortune favours the brave during his breezy 50-ball 59-run knock as he took his chances and hammered the South African bowlers, especially the spinners, to all parts of the ground.
The BCCI on Monday announced the 15-member Indian squad for the 2011 World Cup beginning from February 19. The team comprises seven batsmen, one all-rounder, four pacers and three specialist spinners. The World Cup is to be held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from February 19-April 2. India is placed in Group B in the preliminary phase along with co-hosts Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland and Netherlands.
Surinder Jakhar, chairman of IFFCO and son of former Lok Sabha speaker Balram Jakhar, was shot dead Monday under mysterious circumstances near here, police said. Surinder was brought in an injured condition to a hospital here, some 350 km from Chandigarh, where he was pronounced dead. His driver too sustained bullet injuries. IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd.) is a state-run fertiliser major. Surinder Jakhar's younger brother Sunil is a Congress legislator in Punjab.
State run telecommunications giant, BSNL will set up call centres across the country to expeditiously address grievances of its consumers, Minister of State for IT and Telecom Sachin Pilot said here today. Inaugurating the first call centre of BSNL in Rajasthan, Pilot said the government sought to redress the complaints of the telephone and other users of the company's services in the quickest possible time. At present the whole of Northern India is being served by Gurgaon call centre which receives about 60,000 calls a day from Rajasthan Circle.
Rajasthan Royals have retained allrounder Abhishek Raut and pacer Aditya Dole in their team forthe Indian Premier League''s fourth season commencing onApril 8. The IPL franchise, with iconic players Shane Warne andRahul Dravid in their ranks, have also signed up another Maharashtra player, left arm pacer Samad Falah, a mediarelease said today. Speaking on the signings, Rajasthan Royals CEO SeanMorris said that Raut and right arm pacer Dhole "haveimpressed in the previous editions and are established Royals,whilst Samad Fallah has been attracting our attention with hisperformances in the domestic season." "We look forward to all three players showing the fanstheir talents when they sport the Rajasthan Royals colours inthe IPL. All three will no doubt also benefit from theopportunity of developing under the guidance of our captainShane Warne," he added.
Google finished 2010 with 66.6 percent share, up from 66.2 percent in November, comScore said. Microsoft Bing held 12 percent, while Yahoo fell to 16 percent, its lowest total in years. comScore numbers via J.P. Morgan tells us Google's U.S. explicit core search market share rose sequentially from 66.2% to 66.6% in December. The Mountain View, Calif., company grew explicit core search volume by 13.1% in December, compared with the prior year-ago month. Monthly the numbers came in at 14.3 vs. 16.3 year on year growth in 3Q.
India managed to pull out a win out of nowhere to level the series 1-1, but their task of winning the series has become more difficult with Sachin Tendulkar being ruled out of the entire ODI series against South Africa due to injury. With this, Sachin has become the fourth first-choice player to return to India, joining openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, and fast bowler Praveen Kumar. The nature of the Sachin's injury or discomfort is not yet known, but skipper MS Dhoni confirmed that "most likely he is going back". This leaves India with just one opener, M Vijay, who is not in the best of his form either.
Petrol in major cities across the country post the January 15, 2011 price rise, announced by all the state owned fuel retailers. To keep it simple Hindustan Times has tabulated the data only for unleaded petrol sold at IOC outlets. BPCL and HPCL prices are marginally higher. In New Delhi, unleaded petrol at IOC stations will now cost Rs 58.37 compared to the earlier price of Rs 55.86. Mumbaikers will now pay Rs 62.51 per litre vis-a-vis Rs 60.01.
Rashmi Ranjan Parida (batting 78, 246 mts, 191 balls, 10x4s, 1x6) and Ashok Menaria (batting 83, 167 mts, 134 balls, 9x4s, 3x6s) have very nearly secured Rajasthan's maiden Ranji Trophy title. A fifth wicket at that stage would have exposed the lower-order of the visitors, who by then were ahead only by 99 runs, and handed the hosts a definite stranglehold in the Ranji Trophy final. Unfortunately for Williams and Baroda, the ball agonisingly bounced off his wrist and trickled away.
“Army Day” is celebrated every year on 15 January to commemorate anniversary of the Indian Army. Today’s Army day marks 63rd anniversary. Lt Gen NK Singh, AVSM, VSM, GOC 3 Corps has conveyed his greetings and best wishes to all ranks of the Army. Army Day is celebrated on January 15 every year, in recognition of Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) K. M. Cariappa becoming the first Indian Commander-in-Chief in 1949. GOC 3 Corps, in his message, brought out that the Army has played a major role in the overall growth and development of the region in addition to its primary duty to safeguard the country. Having been deployed in the area over many years, Army has been working together with the people of the land to achieve peace, security and prosperity in the region.
World Bank (WB) approved a 162.7 million dollars loan to Rajasthan to help improve livelihood opportunities in 17 districts of the state. The funding for the Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Project will help improve economic opportunities for rural communities, especially women and marginal groups, in 9000 villages of the state. WB approved a 162.7 million dollars loan to Rajasthan to help improve livelihood opportunities in 17 districts of the state. The funding for the Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Project will help improve economic opportunities for rural communities, especially women and marginal groups, in 9000 villages of the state.
To control onion prices, the government of Rajasthan today abolished Mandi tax payable for the vegetable for 15 days. "The government issued the direction to this effecttoday. Traders have also assured the government of cooperationin controlling the onion price," an official said here. The state govenment has already announced that onionswould be sold at reasonable prices through 1100 outlets,including PDS shops and dairy booths, across the state.
The fifth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit concluded on Thursday, registering MoUs for highest ever amount in the Vibrant summits. Chief minister Narendra Modi switched to Hindi for the valedictory speech and dedicated this event to the youth and the women of the Gujarat. "I dedicate the success of the Rs 20.83 lakh crore of MoUs to the youth and the women in the state," he said. Talking about the need for a 'Surajya' (good governance) after the 'Swarajya' given by Mahatma Gandhi, he said, "Mahatma Gandhi fought to give India Freedom. Now, this venue, named after him, will help county in making it powerful by removing poverty." He further said that not only a rich man's son can become businessman.
The most awaited movie of 2011 is in cinema near your. The Deol's, Bollywood's very own Jats, mesmerised with their irresistible charm as they also celebrated Lohri, Makar sakranti with the audience in the capital. The bored fans who braved the chill to catch a glimpse of the stars, jumped with joy once the famous paajis of Bollywood stepped on the red carpet at PVR Priya, Vasant Vihar, to the beating of dhol and nagadas. The moment Dharmendra, in his inimitable dialogue style, shouted into the mike, 'Dilliwalon', a takeoff from 'Gaonwaalon' from 'Sholay', the crowd shouted in rapture. He wished everyone in Punjabi, 'Lohri di lakh lakh vadaiyaan'. Sunny added his bit, with 'Jat risky, after balti whiskey, bruahhh' - sweeping the crowd off their feet.
Google India with whole country celebrates Harvest Festival, Makar Sankranti today with its new doodle. It is one of the most auspicious days for Hindus and it marks the beginning of harvest season. The festival is celebrated in almost all parts of the country and is also knowns as Pongal, Bihu and Lohri in some parts of the country. The festival of sun god, Makar Sankranti always falls on Jan 14th every year unlike other festivals in India. To mark the celebration of the festival of kites, Google is also celebrating this festival of kites through it Doodle.
To control prices of onion, the Rajasthan government has decided to distribute the vegetable at wholesale rates through 1,100 distribution centres across the state. The decision to import onion was also taken in a high level review meeting chaired by the state civil and food supply minister Babu Lal Naagar. The minister said that a committee headed by Principal Secretary Food would monitor purchasing and distribution of onion at the state level, and a control room will be set up to monitor the process.
Vice President Hamid Ansari today inaugurated the National Youth Festival 2011 at a colourful ceremony here this afternoon in the presence of more than 5000 youth from different states of the country. The picturesque Lake City has been spruced up for the 5-day extravaganza inaugural ceremony attended by a galaxy of dignitaries including Rajasthan Governor Shivraj Patil and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Colourful march-past by participant teams, cultural programmes, spectacular cracker-firework and laser marked the occasion.
Internet giant Google has released an API for URL shortening, the goo.gl, which allows the external developers to integrate URL shortening service into their websites and online applications. The new service not only allow users to shorten the long URL links but also allows external developers to give access them to their users to their URL shortening history and analytics. Users can use this features for a wide variety of applications, enabling behaviors ranging from auto-shortening within Twitter or Google Buzz clients to running regular jobs that monitor your usage statistics and traffic patterns.
