7 days ago
Infant girl left at ashram doorstep
Udaipur, May 9 - An infant girl apparently abandoned by her parents was found at the doorstep of a children's home here in yet another grim reminder of the fact that girls are less desirable than boys in Rajasthan.Employees at Mahesh Ashram, owned and managed by Udaipur-based NGO Maa Bhagwati Vikas Sansthan, found a baby born only half an hour ago Monday morning at the doorstep. The preference for ...
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1 month ago
Gehlot faces crisis, but may survive
Jaipur, April 13 - Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is facing vocal opposition from some Congress party colleagues over his style of functioning. But many believe he will manage to stay put, especially as assembly elections are due next year.At least 13 legislators considered loyal to union minister C.P. Joshi recently met Ahmed Patel, political advisor to Sonia Gandhi, in Delhi and complaine ...
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4 months ago
Rajasthan deploys spies to curb sex determination tests
Jaipur, Jan 3 - Alarmed over the state's dismal sex ratio, the Rajasthan government is building a network of professional informers to keep an eye on ultrasound clinics that conduct sex determination tests. For each lead, an informer will be paid Rs.25,000.Not only that, if the crime is proven in the court, the informer gets another Rs.25,000.Previously, an individual was givven Rs.5,000 if his co ...
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5 months ago
Rajasthan to provide 200 more medicines free of cost
Jaipur, Dec 16 - Rajasthan is all set to provide 400 types of medicines free to patients at government-run hospitals from next month, adding 200 more to its original list and carrying forward a hugely popular initiative.The state government had launched a scheme Oct 2 to provide free medicines to people below and above the poverty line and currently 200 types of generic medicines are being provide ...
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5 months ago
Ashok Gehlot emerges triumphant - for now
Jaipur, Nov 20 - By bringing his government out of turmoil, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has proved his political acumen of 40 years.The Bharatpur violence and the disappearance of a nurse, Bhanwari Devi, allegedly at the behest of one of the cabinet ministers, Mahipal Maderna, had turned controversial for the government. But his decision to seek resignations from all his cabinet colleagu ...
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6 months ago
Rajasthan plans more country-specific industrial zones
Jaipur, Oct 24 - Rajasthan's industrial development and industrial agency plans to develop country-specific zones of the kind that exists for the Japanese in Alwar district's Neemrana town.'Three-four countries, including Italy and Taiwan, have shown interest in having zones similar to the one in Neemrana,' Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Limited - managing direct ...
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7 months ago
Chained for 12 years, mentally ill awaits help
Hanumangarh -, Oct 16 - He lost his mental balance at the age of 13 after his best friend died in front of him. For the next 12 years, Gangajal has been living tied to an iron chain in a dark corner of his house for lack of medical treatment.Unable to afford a proper cure and getting no assistance from the government, the family of the 25-year-old in Sangaria in Hanumangarh district, , over 330 km ...
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7 months ago
Communal tension, scandal land Gehlot in trouble
Jaipur, Sep 21 - Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is passing through one of the worst periods of his political career. The communal tension in Bharatpur and the disappearance of a woman named Bhanwari Devi, allegedly involving a minister, have turned controversial for him.The Congress leadership has taken both the issues very seriously and asked Gehlot to submit reports. Though Gehlot did pre ...
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7 months ago
Ashok Gehlot hits a bad political patch
Jaipur, Sep 21 - Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is passing through one of the worst periods of his political career. The Bharatpur violence and the disappearance of a woman named Bhanwari Devi, allegedly involving one of his cabinet colleagues, have turned controversial for him.The Congress leadership has taken both the issues very seriously and asked Gehlot to submit reports. Though Gehlot ...
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8 months ago
Two women show the way forward in backward Rajasthan village
Barmer, Sep 20 - When villagers see these two young sisters, Fatima and Jainab, teaching at a madrassa in this small village of Rajasthan's Barmer district, they hardly believe it. Only a handful of men can boast of being educated in this village on the western extreme of the country.Despite being women from a minority community, these two have not only completed 'Aaleema', a religious course cons ...
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