Rajasthan

There is some good news for land owners, whose land was acquired by state government for development works and they went not happy with compensation that they were offered.Now, government is planning to allot 25% developed land to land owners in those matters which were stuck up in court before 2005 as the owners were not happy with compensation of 15% developed land offered to them. Most owners have not surrendered their land to the state government as they felt that the compensa…

The hospitals situated in the rural areas of the state will not suffer from shortage of blood from now onwards. Rajasthan State Aids Control Society (RSACS) on Wednesday received 16 new refrigerated vehicles which will act as a link to transport blood from main blood bank to the blood storage centres at various community health centres (CHC) across Rajasthan. The specially designed vans can transport 200 blood bags at a time in ideal condition required for preserving blood. There are 82…

The Gurjars, agitating over the quota issue, appear to be heading for a clash with the state government as efforts to bring their leader Kirori Singh Bhainsla to the talks table failed on Tuesday.A day earlier, Bhainsla had set a deadline for the government to announce 5% quota for Gurjars in government jobs. On Monday, at a community mass gathering at Mehrawar near Bayana he gave a clear warning about bringing the state machinery to a standstill if the community’s demand remained unful…

Already been to Rajasthan’s popular wildlife sanctuaries at Bharatpur, Ranthambore and Sariska? Well, another mind-boggling destination in the state is the Darrah National Park near Kota. Located on a hilly terrain, the sanctuary is actually a combination of three wildlife reserves-Darrah wildlife sanctuary, Chambal wildlife sanctuary and Jaswant Sagar wildlife sanctuary. The park comprises large forest tracts, once the hunting grounds of the Kota royals. The sanctuary is home to …

We are investigating the case, is a standard reply of senior police officers whenever queried about the progress of any unsolved cases of murder, dacoity or robbery. Except for a few cases, it seems that that city police are merely stashing cases in the name of investigation. In the infamous Babli Bhandari case, the main accused Rajesh Yadav is still at large. The parents of the deceased girl had alleged that since the father of the accused is an assistant sub-inspector in traffic polic…