Jaipur, Jan 17 (IANS) On the occasion of Sawai Madhopur’s 263rd Foundation Day, the district is poised to create history by hosting the country’s first-ever Guava Festival on January 18. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the festival on Sunday at 11 a.m.This year, the Foundation Day festivities are being organised as a combined Tiger Festival and Guava Festival, giving the event a unique and vibrant identity that reflects both the region’s rich wildlife heritage and its renowned g…
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Jaipur, Jan 12 (IANS) Under Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s zero-tolerance policy against illegal mining, Rajasthan has intensified enforcement through a coordinated crackdown that has yielded significant results.In just two weeks, 1,132 actions were taken across the state, leading to the recovery of over Rs 7.13 crore in penalties credited to the state treasury.Principal Secretary, Mines and Petroleum, T Ravikant, reviewed the ongoing campaign on Monday in a hybrid meeting at the Secretariat…
Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan), Jan 11 (IANS) The Indian National Congress has intensified its nationwide campaign against the controversial Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, commonly known as the G-RAM-G Act, which the party accuses of undermining and effectively replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). As part of this sustained effort to “Save MNREGA,” the District Congress Committee in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, organi…
Jaipur, Jan 1 (IANS) Acting on the instructions of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Headquarters, the ACB’s Sawai Madhopur unit on Thursday arrested Suryaprakash Nama, Senior Assistant posted at the District Industries Centre, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a complainant.Director General of Police, ACB, Govind Gupta informed that the Sawai Madhopur outpost had received a complaint alleging that the accused was harassing the complainant by demanding a bribe of Rs 30,000 in e…
Jaipur, Jan 1 (IANS) On the first day of the New Year, major temples across Rajasthan witnessed massive crowds of devotees, with long queues and heavy traffic jams from the early hours of the morning. In Jaipur, devotees began lining up outside Govinddevji Temple and Motidungri Ganeshji Temple as early as 4 a.m. The heavy influx of pilgrims led to congestion at Badi Chaupar and Chandi Ki Taksal Road in the walled city (Parkote area).Most of the vehicles entering the area were carrying devotees s…
Jaipur, Dec 30 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the party’s General Secretary and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Tuesday, arrived at the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur town, to celebrate the New Year. They reached around 12:30 p.m. earlier in the day along with their family.Speculation is rife that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s son, Rehan Vadra, may get engaged during this visit.The Gandhi family is scheduled to stay for four days at Sher Bagh, a five-star luxury resort n…
Jaipur, Dec 26 (IANS) Two people were killed when a car fell into a ditch following a collision with an unknown vehicle on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur, police said on Friday.The accident occurred near pillar number 246 around 11 p.m. on Thursday. Both the men in the car were residents of Gujarat.After receiving information about the accident, the Baunli Police reached the spot and took the deceased and the injured to the Baunli Community Health Centre (CHC).Accordin…