Jaipur, July 25 (IANS) A fresh spell of heavy monsoon rain continues to lash Rajasthan, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue an Orange and Yellow Alert for rainfall across the state on Saturday. Heavy rain was recorded in several districts on Friday, including Sirohi, Jodhpur, Barmer, Pali, and Jalore, with Mount Abu receiving 195 mm (around 8 inches) of rainfall. In Jodhpur, torrential showers led to knee-deep waterlogging on several roads, disrupting normal life.Accordi…
Latest Dausa News & Updates
Jaipur, July 21 (IANS) The southwest monsoon has become active once again across Rajasthan after a nearly two-week lull, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue an orange and yellow alert for thunderstorms and rainfall in all 33 districts on Tuesday. The weather department has forecast moderate to heavy rainfall across several parts of the state over the next three days, bringing much-needed relief from the recent spell of intense heat. Rainfall was reported in several distr…
Jaipur, July 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually inaugurated eight redeveloped railway stations in Rajasthan as part of the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, under which 75 railway stations across the country have been modernised to enhance passenger amenities while preserving regional architectural heritage. The stations have been upgraded with modern facilities such as lifts, escalators, free Wi-Fi, executive lounges, improved waiting areas, digital passenger information syst…
Sawai Madhopur, July 16 (IANS) In a shocking incident reported from Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district, a female teacher of the Government Senior Secondary School has been suspended for allegedly asking female students of classes 9 to 11, to strip in order to conduct a search after finding some money missing from her purse.The school is located in Liwali village in Bamanwas sub-division of the district.Panic spread through the village when the terrified students returned home and recounted thei…
Jaipur, July 15 (IANS) The School Education Department is continuously monitoring government schools at the grassroots level to ensure student safety and provide a quality learning environment. As part of this initiative, Rajesh Yadav, Additional Chief Secretary (School Education), conducted surprise inspections of several government schools in Jaipur and Dausa districts on Wednesday, reviewing building quality, academic arrangements and infrastructural facilities.He said the dilapidated conditi…
Jaipur, July 9 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind road safety drive, judicial officers across Rajasthan stepped out of courtrooms and onto the streets on Thursday to inspect luxury buses and school transport vehicles amid growing concerns over bus fire incidents and passenger safety. Nine buses were seized on Wednesday, and more will be seized on Thursday, too, said officials.However, while caring for passengers travelling in these buses, it will be ensured that they are dropped off at their destinat…
Jaipur, June 12 (IANS) A bus carrying around 40 tourists collided with a truck loaded with iron angles in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district early Friday morning, leaving the bus driver and conductor dead and around 16 passengers injured, several of them critically.The accident took place near the Buchawas cut on National Highway 152-D at around 5 a.m.According to preliminary information, the bus was returning to Jaipur from Manali when it crashed into a truck parked on the roadside.The impact was …
Jaipur, June 11 (IANS) Rajasthan’s political landscape turned its attention to Dausa on Thursday as senior Congress leaders, workers and supporters gathered in large numbers to pay tribute to former Union Minister and farmer leader Rajesh Pilot on his 26th death anniversary.The annual observance, marked by an interfaith prayer meeting at the Rajesh Pilot Memorial in Bhandana village, drew a strong turnout, underscoring the enduring influence of one of the Congress party’s most charismatic mass l…
Jaipur, May 21 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court has granted interim relief to suspended RAS officer Pinky Meena by staying her suspension order in connection with a bribery case linked to the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project. The order was passed on Thursday by the bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal, which observed that the High Court had earlier stayed the suspension of another accused officer in the same case, RAS officer Pushkar Mittal, and that Pinky Meena’s case stood on a similar footing.The c…
Jaipur, May 20 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has carried out a major reshuffle in the police department, transferring 17 IPS officers and replacing the Superintendents of Police (SPs) in seven districts. The districts affected by the late Tuesday night reshuffle include Chittorgarh, Bhilwara, Didwana-Kuchaman, Nagaur, Tonk, Bharatpur, and Dausa.As part of the transfers, Harendra Kumar Mahawar has been appointed Inspector General (IG) of the Kota Range, a post that had been lying vacant. Manish…