Rajasthan

Jaipur, Nov 14 (UNI) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has taken serious exception to the Election Commission of India’s “inaction” in the matter of disbursement of pensions and the direct bank transfer of Rs10,000 to women or other payments in Bihar, which he described as part of the “vote chori”. He said – “This,…

Jodhpur, Oct 29 (UNI): The Rajasthan High Court Wednesday granted a six-month interim bail to rape case convict Asaram Bapu. The High Court division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sangeeta Sharma granted him interim bail on medical grounds. Senior Advocate from Delhi Devdutt Kamath appeared for the convict while Additional…

Jodhpur, Oct 25 (UNI) The death toll in the Jaisalmer Bus fire tragedy has risen to 27 after one more victim succumbed to his grave burn injuries at the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur today. Dr Fateh Singh Bhati, Medical Superintendent of MG Hospital, said the injured passenger, Iqbal of Gangana village, died this morning….

Jaipur, Oct 15 (UNI) A number of passengers are feared to have died and many injured when a moving bus caught fire in Jaisalmer late Tuesday afternoon. The ill-fated bus, carrying 57 passengers, was passing near an Army Station when it suddenly caught fire. The flames immediately engulfed the entire vehicle, turning it into a…

Jaipur, Oct 8 (UNI) More than 35 wagons of a Rewari-bound goods train derailed near the New Srimadhopur railway station in the Sikar district of Rajasthan on Wednesday morning,marking the second train mishap in the state within two days. According to GRP sources, the train from Phulera junction, 60 kms from Jaipur, was heading to…

Jaipur, (UNI) The Rajasthan High Court has ordered for issuance of notices to the state Urban Development Secretary and the Managing Directors of five power supply companies in the matter of appointment of engineers in the UDH department. A division bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjith Purohit ordered to issue notices on…

Jaipur/New Delhi, July 9 (UNI) An IAF Jaguar trainer aircraft crashed today killing both pilots, near Bhanuda village in Ratangarh sub-division of Churu district in Rajasthan. The aircraft flew from Suratgarh air base around 1230hrs or so, on a routine practice sortie. It caught fire mid-air and fell with a big bang in an unmanned…

Bikaner (Rajasthan), May 22 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated 103 AMRUT railway stations in Bikaner, Rajasthan and laid the foundation stone of various projects worth Rs 26,000 crore. Earlier, the Prime Minister flagged off the Bikaner-Mumbai Express train at Deshnok railway station. Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Kishanrao Bagde, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma,…