Vadra says "Mango people in a banana republic", IAC demands apology

Robert Vadra today deleted his Facebook account after a furore over his new status message that read, "Mango people in a banana republic," in an apparent dig at India Against Corruption (IAC) member Arvind Kejriwal and senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who on Friday, levelled allegations of corruption against him. Before deleting his account, Vadra reportedly wrote on his page, "Obviously it seems I have people on my Facebook account who do not have a sense of humour. Everything I write becomes news and further debates on television?? I have decided to delete my account."
Vadra's decision of deleting Facebook account might have brought relief to Congress President Sonia Gandhi who has been facing criticism for her son-in-law's alleged involvement in corruption case. The UPA Chairperson earlier had asked her party men to defend Vadra. Kejriwal earlier on Friday, Oct 5 claimed that Vadra was provided an interest-free unsecured loan worth Rs 65 crore by real estate firm DLF with which Vadra allegedly bought property worth Rs 300 crore from the DLF itself. On Monday, soon after Vadra posted his Facebook status, IAC member Kumar Vishwas demanded an apology from him. "Vadra's mother-in-law has been ruling the country so he should explain why India is being called a "banana republic," Vishwas said. IAC activist Arvind Kejriwal  slammed Vadra for his ‘Mango people’ remark on his Facebook page. “Evidence pouring in from mango men from across the country. Mango men wud (sic) prove to be nemesis for the “powerful,” tweeted Kejriwal. Evidence pouring in from mango men from across the country. Mango men wud prove to be nemesis for the "powerful". Vadra reportedly wrote on his Facebook page, “mango people in a banana republic” but later deleted the page, after scrutiny on it increased, following Kejriwal’s allegations.

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Minimum 55% Mendatory in TET for 3rd Grade Teachers - Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court (HC) on Saturday ordered that the aspirants who have scored less than 55% marks in the Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) are not eligible for appointment in the 3rd Grade Teachers recruitment process. The court also ordered that if a candidate has taken the benefit of reservation before the recruitment process, he can be considered as a candidate in general category, but if, a candidate has availed benefit of reservation in the recruitment process, then he cannot be considered under the general category.
This is a huge setback for aspirants who are scoring less than 55 percent in RTET exams. Court has directed the government and asked not to appoint those who have scored less than 55 percent in the RTET examinations. Rajasthan Govt. must once again review its recruitment policies as HC Stay, Petitions, recruitment policies changes, Delay in posting, Cancellation of exam, change of merit list are daily scenario which not only impact image of Government but also put candidates career on hold.

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Pushkar Fair from 19th to 28th November 2012

Pushkar Cattle Fair 2012 is all set to starts from 19th November 2012 with flag hoisting ceremony at mela ground. Pushkar fair 2012 will be held from 19th November to 28th November 2012. Pushkar Fair is the yearly camel and livestock fair, celebrated in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan. During the fair, Lakhs of people from rural India flock to Pushkar, along with camel and cattle for several days of livestock trading, horse dealing, pilgrimage and religious festival. "The fair will begin on November 19 and conclude on November 28. Officials of different departments have been directed to start preparations for the event," the spokesperson said. The Pushkar fair, one of the key tourist attraction of the desert state, will be held at the mela ground in Pushkar where people from around the country are likely to participate. This small town, becomes a cultural phenomenon when colourfully dressed devotees, musicians, acrobats, folk dancers, traders, comedians, ‘sadhus’ and tourists reach here during Pushkar fair. According to Hindu chronology, it takes place in the month of Kartika beginning on ‘ashtmi’ 8th day of Lunar Calendar and continues till full moon (‘Poornima’). The camel and cattle trading is at its peak during the first half of festival period. During the later half, religious activities dominate the scenario. Devotees take dips in the holy "Sarovar" lake, as the sacred water is known to bestow salvation.

It is one of the world's largest camel fair apart from buying and selling of livestock, and its highlights have become competitions such as the "matka phod", "longest moustache", and "bridal competitions" are the main draws for this fair which attracts thousands of tourists. People throughout the country are allowed to visit the fair to sell their live stocks as well. Handicrafts have much demand in the mela as worldwide tourists visit the destination to buy attractive arts and crafts. An estimated number of around 50,000 camels are brought in the Pushkar camel festival. In recent years the fair has also included an exhibition cricket match between the local Pushkar club and a team of random foreign tourists. People enjoy the dances, music, camel races and many other exciting competitions. 

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Banasthali Students allege sexual abuse, Students launch protest

The students of the Banasthali Vidyapith in Tonk, Rajasthan, took out a protest march on Thursday night after two of their classmates were allegedly sexually abused for over a week. Today student of Maharani College, Jaipur also protest against the incident. Maharani college students today held protest march in jaipur and block road. The protesting students said that two student were harassed by two outsiders and that the university administration was trying to hush up the matter. Almost 5,000 students protested outside the campus late on Thursday night to demand justice for the victims. They even pelted stones and refused to let the district administration enter the campus until much later.

Late evening, a posting on a web site  appeared in which a girl claiming to be a student of Banasthali alleged that authorities were describing an alleged rape as incident of seduction by a girl and were taking action against her. Soon thereafter, some media groups in Jaipur received telephone calls from distraught girls alleging that two rapes took place on a single  night, one in the hospital on the campus and another, at cine complex, also on the campus. The girls alleged that rapists were from the campus and were being shielded. Tonk Superintendent of Police S Parimala said efforts were being made to pacify the girls and investigate their complaint. "We are looking into the matter," Parimala said.

About Banasthali Vidyapith University: Banasthali Vidyapith is a fully residential women's university which offers an integrated system extending from the primary to the Ph.D. level. It was on October 6, 1935 that Smt. Ratan Shastri and Pandit Hiralal Shastri founded Banasthali to fill up the vacuum caused by the sudden death of their highly talented and promising daughter Shantabai. They had high expectations that she would work for women's cause when she would grow up. But  destiny  ordained  otherwise. Thus, Banasthali  owes its existence neither to the zeal of an educationist, nor to that of a social reformer. It is also not the creation of a Philanthropist's purse. It has arisen like the fabled phoenix from the ashes of a blossoming flower Shantabai. Banasthali is one of the five universities in India meant exclusively for Women. Over these seventy five years Banasthali has developed into a National Centre for women's education. Banasthali Vidyapith is a fully residential women's university which offers an integrated system extending from the primary to the Ph.D. level. It was on October 6, 1935 that Smt. Ratan Shastri and Pandit Hiralal Shastri founded Banasthali to fill up the vacuum caused by the sudden death of their highly talented and promising daughter Shantabai. They had high expectations that she would work for women's cause when she would grow up. But  destiny  ordained  otherwise. Thus, Banasthali  owes its existence neither to the zeal of an educationist, nor to that of a social reformer. It is also not the creation of a Philanthropist's purse. It has arisen like the fabled phoenix from the ashes of a blossoming flower Shantabai.

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Kejriwal accuses Robert Vadra for corruption

Arvind Kejriwal today accused Robert Vadra, husband of Priyanka Gandhi and son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, of corruption and providing illegal benefits to real estate company DLF. Addressing a press conference here, Kejriwal said Vadra purchased over Rs 300 crore worth of properties over the past four years, whose worth today is over Rs 500 crore. “Vadra purchased these properties with the help of a Rs 65 crore worth unsecured, interest-free loan which too was provided by DLF,” former Team Anna member Kejriwal alleged. Accusing Vadra of getting Rs 65 crore as unsecured loan from DLF, Kejriwal said that he used the money to buy properties owned by the same company at rock bottom prices. Kejriwal blamed the Congress governments of Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan of shielding Vadra and DLF. Pointing that the income of Vadra grew from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 300 crore, Kejriwal raised a demand to probe the benefits DLF received for "helping" the husband of Priyanka Gandhi.  The Congress party rejected the allegations as "baseless". Kejriwal, who was the key strategist of a movement for a strong Lokpal bill, last week made his political debut with a party, whose name is to be announced next month. Prashant Bhushan, his father Shanti and Manish Sisodia are the other key members of his party.

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BSNL offers Free Mobile connections in Rajasthan

State-owned telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd(BSNL) will offer free mobile connection to college students across Rajasthan on the occasion of its 12th foundation day 1st October 2012. The free connections will be issued to college students across the state from October 4-10, 2012 during BSNL's Connecting Youth Campaign. Under the scheme, the students will be offered free SIM cards and plan voucher (per sec/ per min) of their choice, according to BSNL General Manager (Marketing) Sanjay Kumar. BSNL comes this year with heavy offers for customer across India.  BSNL users will be getting a 20 percent discount on 3G data cards, extra talk time, special data plans for students, plans bundled with the tablets and new value for money CDMA plans. "BSNL was created on October 1, 2000. On the eve of BSNL day, we are announcing host of schemes to share our celebration with our customers," BSNL Chairman and Managing Director R K Updhyay told reporters in New Delhi. BSNL announced eight schemes for its users, including unlimited local and STD calls for CDMA customers. "BSNL is offering unlimited local calls to any network at Rs 650 and unlimited STD calls to any network at Rs 850. These are promotional offers for this month only," Upadhyay said. BSNL Chairman and Managing Director RK Upadhyay says the company is eyeing the cloud computing segment and plans to launch new cloud based services starting November. The state run telco is also planning to introduce a 'loyalty programme' for the landline and broadband customers. Other plans include a single bill scheme for corporate customers and simplifying payment procedures for post-paid consumers.
The BSNL offers this October 2012 are as follow:
* BSNL Mobile: Prepaid GSM customers would get 20% extra talk time on top-up vouchers of Rs 200, Rs 500, Rs 1000 and Rs 6000. 
* 3G Data Card: Existing and new customers can obtain 3G data card for Rs. 500 under special scheme while Customers would also get 20% off on purchase of 7.2 Mbps 3G data card from BSNL i.e. 3G Data card at Rs. 999(Approx.).
* BSNL Broadband: For new broadband customers value added services such as Games on Demand, Music on Demand so on are offered for free. Those who want BSNL broadband connection need not pay security deposit for Broadband Modems or Broadband connections.
* BSNL Yuva for Youth: Under the ‘Yuva’ plan 7,000 MB 3G plan is offered for Rs. 599 and 1,500 MP 3G plan for Rs. 120.
* Unlimited Local, STD Calls: Unlimited local calls are offered by BSNL for its customers for Rs. 650 and another offer I unlimited STD calls for any network for Rs. 850.  Both these offers are applicable only for October, 2012.
* BSNL 3G Data Price: BSNL has also reduced the 3G data charges by 20%. Now BSNL 3G customers can enjoy 1 GB 3G is offered for Rs.  225 while 2,500 MB plan is offered for Rs. 360.

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Gujarat Assembly Election on 13, 17th December, HP on 4th November 2012

Chief Election Commission VS Sampath held a press conference today where he announced the poll dates and plan for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh poll today.  Assembly elections in Gujarat will be held in two phases on December 13 and 17, while polls in Himachal Pradesh will take place on November 4, the Election Commission announced today. Counting of votes will take place in the two states on December 20, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath said. The notifications for the two phases of Gujarat elections will be issued on November 17 and 23 and for Himachal on October 10. "The Model Code of Conduct has come into operation from this very moment (with the announcement of polls). The EC will enforce it strictly and will monitor all activities related to the elections in these states," Sampath said.
According to the poll schedule, the last date for filing nominations in Gujarat is November 24 for the first phase and November 30 for the second phase. After scrutiny on November 26 and December 1 for the two phases, the last date for withdrawal of candidature is November 28 and December 3 respectively. In Himachal Pradesh, the filing of nomination will end on October 17 and scrutiny will take place on October 18. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is October 20.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2012 Schedule:
Election Notification: 10th October 2012
Date of making nominations: 17th October 2012
Scrutiny of applications: 18th October 2012
Last date of Name Withdrawal: 20th October 2012
Polling: 04th November 2012
Counting: 20th December 2012
Gujarat Assembly Elections 2012 Schedule:
Gujarat Election Phase-1 Schedule:
Election Notification for first Phase: 17th November 2012
Date of making nominations for first phase: 24th November 2012
Scrutiny of applications for the first phase: 26th November 2012
Withdrawal of the name for the first phase: 28th November 2012
Polling for the first phase: 13th December 2012
Gujarat Election Phase-2 Schedule:
Election Notification for second Phase: 23rd November 2012
Date of making nominations for second phase: 30th November 2012
Scrutiny of applications for the second phase: 01st December 2012
Withdrawal of the name for the first phase: 03rd December 2012
Polling for the second phase: 17th December 2012
Gujarat Election 2012 Results (All Phase): 20th December 2012

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Faculty Jobs in SKRAU, Bikaner, Rajasthan

Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU), Bikaner, Rajasthan invites applications for 107 Professor, Associate Professor & Assistant Professors as per recruitment Advt.NO.01/2012
1. Professor = 9 Post in various departments
Pay Scale: Rs. 37400-67000 + AGP Rs. 10000
2. Associate Professor = 55 Post in various departmetns
Pay Scale: Rs. 37400-67000 + AGP Rs. 90000
3. Assistant Professor = 41 Post in various departmetns
Pay Scale: Rs. 15600-39100 + AGP Rs. 6000
4. Assistant Librarian = 2 Post
Pay Scale: Rs. 15600-39100 + AGP Rs. 6000
How to Apply: Eligible candidates should download application form and score card duly completed along-with fee should reach the office of Registrar, SK Rajasthan agriculture University, Bikaner-334006 (Rajasthan) on or before 19th October 2012.
Last date: 19th Oct. 2012
For Job Notification visit: http://www.raubikaner.org/applications/adManager/upload/Advt_01_2012.pdf
For More Jobs visit: http://www.sarkariblog.com/

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