DMRC to construct Jaipur Metro

Taking up its first independent project outside the national capital, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has agreed to the Rajasthan government’s proposal to construct a Metro rail in Jaipur, an official said Wednesday.

A DMRC spokesperson said that an

Jaipur’s Jantar Mantar now a world heritage site

India has added the 18th century Jantar Mantar in Jaipur to its list of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites July 31 after winning a bid in the race for inscription at Brasilia last week, a top Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) official said Wednesday.

Civic body CEO requests transfer

Political interference, financial crisis and work-load are making another Indian Administrative Service officer quit Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC). The chief executive officer RP Jain wishes to leave post following his predecessor Lalit Mehra.Jain is taki

Israeli expert all praise for SMS doctors

The Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College has been basking under the glory of world class achievements. After becoming the first medical college in Indian to collaborate with prestigious Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, US, now ex

Raj minister wants separate body for higher education

Welcoming the proposed bill on higher education and research by the Union government, higher education minister of Rajasthan Jitendra Singh has argued for medical and technical education to be independent. Singh was attending the Central Education Advisory Boa

No JMC pattas for Walled City houses

A state government circular has made the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) to stop issuing of lease deeds, name transfer and change of land use of houses located in the Walled City and colonies in its region. With this several such cases have been stuck up in

Met predicts rise in mercury across state

There was no respite from the blistering heat across the state as the mercury continued to take an upward swing at majority of places as Kota remained the hottest in the state by recording a maximum temperature of 44.4 degree Celsius, the Met reports said on S

Raje seeks Centre’s help for stranded Raj students

Former chief minister and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje has expressed her anguish to the incumbent CM Ashok Gehlot and union minister for foreign affairs SM Krishna for showing apathy towards Indians, including about 20 students from Rajasthan, trapped in violenc

Govt offers slew of sops to builders

To lure real estate developers and builders for taking up low-cost housing projects in Rajasthan, the government has offered a bouquet of sops to the investors. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot had launched the Sahbhagita Awas Yojna in state on Friday. The scheme f

ATM hacker arrested in Jodhpur

The Jodhpur police have arrested one member of an inter-state gang of phishers and hackers who tempered with ATMs and withdraw money from various accounts through fraudulent means. In order to curb this malpractice of hacking ATMs and withdrawing money from va

Man held with fake currency

One person has been arrested for the circulation of counterfeit currency notes worth Rs1.5 lakh. According to sources, the fake currencies are of Rs1000 and Rs500 denomination. "One person, identified as Mangilal Jaat, had paid a sum of Rs2 lakh as an ins

Warnings issued to food-stall owners

The health department team on Saturday issued warnings to food stall owners at the Sindhi Camp bus stand for not adhering to hygiene norms. On the fifth day of its drive against restaurants and stalls selling adulterated food items, the health department team

City unsafe for fairer sex: Married woman, girl raped

In two different cases of atrocities against woman, a married woman and a girl were allegedly raped in different parts of the city on Friday. The victims lodged FIRs in Shivdaspura and Nahargarh police stations late on Friday night, police said on Saturday. In

‘Clear backlog before fresh university recruitments’

Calling for the state government to intervene, aspirants belonging to the reserved categories have demanded to stall the newly initiated recruitment for teachers in the University of Rajasthan. They argued for announcement of filling up over 100 posts of backl

Jaipur student tops RMAT

Number of candidates cracking the Rajasthan Management Aptitude Test (RMAT) 2010 is less than the total number of seats available in state’s management colleges. As per the results of the entrance exam declared on Saturday, every student who obtained even a si

Empowerment must to oppose foeticide

Experts stressed on long-term measures like amendment in laws and changes in the education system to empower women to oppose and abate female foeticide. Emphasising on efforts to go to the root of the problem, they insisted on strict implementation of Pre-conc

Now, firms hire skilled people

Companies may have been on a hiring spree, but there has been a shift in the hiring trend in the last two quarters. They are preferring to hire people with relevant experiences rather than opting for freshers.This was claimed by the leading human resource cons

Encroachments on Amanishah ignored

The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has started a survey to check new constructions on Amanishah Nullah. Though flood-like situation is expected to threaten thousands lives in the nullah, the civic body is yet to chart out a plan to contain existing encroac

JDA police station hit by staff crunch

The shortage of policemen in state has affected the strength of upcoming police station in the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA). The home department recently reduced the number of proposed posts and asked the civic body to reshape the proposal. Two months ba

Kota gets new SP, 12 RAS officials shifted in bureaucratic reshuffle

In a late night reshuffle the state government has appointed IPS officer Ravi Kant Mittal as the new Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kota district and Rajesh Meena has been made the commandant of Hadi Rani Battalion. Meanwhile twelve RAS officers were also tr