RAJASTHAN

Udaipur : 64 thousand 312 covid vaccines were administered in a single day on Friday in Udaipur district , which perhaps is the highest record of a day for any district in Rajasthan so far. “In the total 7 centers in Udaipur city and 125 centers in rural areas more ... Read More »

New Delhi : After petrol, diesel is now at almost Rs 100 per litre mark in Rajasthan as oil firms raised fuel prices yet again on Friday. Petrol price was hiked by 29 paise per litre and diesel by 28 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. ... Read More »

Udaipur : Suraj Pole police  here  arrested 4 persons on Wednesday for the sacrifice of a camel. The sacrifice was done as a ritual to appease the deities as one of the  accused was suffering loss in his  dairy business after his cow fell ill. The accused  were identified as Shobalal ... Read More »

Jaipur : Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar districts of the state were receiving polluted water after Punjab released water in the Indira Gandhi Canal after a 60-day closure and his government had taken steps to resolve the issue. The canal was closed on ... Read More »

Udaipur : In a gruesome incident, a step mother drowned two children to death, convinced the family that they died in a mishap and buried the bodies. Three days later, the guilt ridden woman confessed the truth before the family. Upon the complaint of the victims’ grandfather, the police took the ... Read More »

Jaipur : Rajasthan reported 629 COVID-19 cases and 31 fatalities on Monday, pushing the state”s infection tally to 9,46,975 and its death toll to 8,687. Udaipur reported the highest number of 10 deaths, followed by Bikaner with five, besides those in other cities, according to an official report. Of the ... Read More »

Jaipur : Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should clarify which states had demanded to purchase Covid vaccines for the inoculation of the beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group. “To my knowledge, no state had made such a demand. The PM”s advisors seem to ... Read More »

Jaipur : The Rajasthan government has suspended the Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation mayor and three councilors for allegedly misbehaving with the local body”s commissioner, drawing a sharp reaction from the BJP. The Congress government also decided to conduct a judicial inquiry in the matter. The Department of local self-governance issued ... Read More »

Udaipur : Like elsewhere, the Muslim community in Chittorgarh too,initially  had their reasons for shunning the COVID vaccination drive. Most of  them believed taking the shot would bring side effects, some felt they would probably catch the contagion if  they took the dose and some even felt that the injection  would ... Read More »

Udaipur : While most of the people not only in villages but urban areas, are dependent on the government machinery for steps to tackle the pandemic, residents in a small gram  panchayat in Dungarpur took self initiated steps to tackle the situation. Dungarpur Zila Parishad CEO Anjali Rajoria said when the ... Read More »

‘Withdrew large amounts through exit shutter manipulation’ Udaipur : In a major breakthrough Udaipur police achieved big success in nabbing an inter-state gang that tampered with ATM cash shutters and withdrew lakhs of rupees. Four persons all residents of Hisar, Haryana have been arrested and the gang confessed to having committed ... Read More »

‘Accused constable suspended, inquiry begins ‘ Udaipur : Incidents of rudeness and misbehaviour by  policemen during compliance of lockdown norms are on rise in Udaipur. In one such incident, a dairy owner reportedly suffered renal problem after a cop induced physical exertion and made  him do 100 sit-ups and run some ... Read More »

Udaipur : In one of the biggest drug seizures of the year, Chittorgarh police arrested two drug peddlers transporting 30 quintals of illegal poppy husk inside a truck. The contraband was filled in plastic bags which were hidden beneath a load full of animal feed. The market value of the poppy husk ... Read More »

Jaipur : Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday that the state government has set an example across the country by managing the Covid situation well during the first and the second wave of the pandemic. During a late night Covid review meeting, he asked officials to do the ... Read More »

Udaipur : After hearing on the second consecutive day on a suo motu civil writ petition related to the Pakistani minority migrants residing in Rajasthan, a division bench of the High Court at Jodhpur, on Friday directed the state government to submit a detailed report by June 3, regarding compliance of ... Read More »

Udaipur : Hearing on a Suo Motu civil writ petition no. 10075/2017 in Petitioner Vs Union of India, a double bench of the High Court at Jodhpur on Thursday passed an order seeking report within a day from the state government on the availability of ration to Pakistani migrants residing in ... Read More »

‘Father tried to sell two girls for 60K rs each’ Udaipur : Chittorgarh police have booked a man for raping and molesting three minor daughters of his live-in-partner for years. The girls are 14, 12 and 10 years old respectively and they had narrated their plight to their mother. When the ... Read More »

Jaipur : Rajasthan Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati on Wednesday said a committee has been formed to look into the ways of conducting exams in state universities for the 2020-21 session amid the coronavirus pandemic. The panel will also give suggestions on timely commencement of the upcoming academic session, the state”s ... Read More »

Udaipur : Dungarpur, the first ODF city in Rajasthan and only city to have been awarded by Netherlands government for solid waste management, has become a role model for the rest  of the municipalities in Rajasthan. The Department of Local Self  Government has recently included Dungarpur’s success story as motivational mantra ... Read More »

Udaipur : In yet another case of mob violence, unknown assailants tortured and thrashed two men severely after they were caught with stolen tyres in Nimbahera of Chittorgarh district. Upon the theft complaint, the cops at Nimbahera (Sadar) police station lodged a case and arrested the thieves who were later released as ... Read More »