Mysuru: B.P. Ravi, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF, Evaluation, Working Plan, Research and Training) of Karnataka, has issued a stern warning that Karnataka risks becoming the second driest State in India, after Rajasthan, if water conservation is not prioritised. He shared these concerns while inaugurating a workshop on “Environmental Auditing: Building for a Greener…
BJP leads in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
December 3, 2023Congress ahead in Telangana; results a crucial prelude to 2024 LS polls New Delhi: Five hours into the counting of votes for Assembly polls in four States this morning, the BJP is comfortably leading in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. The Congress is ahead in Telangana, marking its sole consolation in this round of State…
Trader kidnapped in broad daylight
June 29, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Lashkar Police have arrested five people, natives of Rajasthan, who had allegedly kidnapped a trader in broad daylight over financial issues. The Cops arrested kidnappers within few hours of the crime. Those arrested are Dungar Singh, Narpath Singh, Badaram, Jamtharam and Sujanram, all natives of Rajasthan and residing at Rajarajeshwarinagar in Bengaluru. They had…
Udaipur beheading: Hindu organisations and traders take out joint rally
July 2, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning Rajasthan’s Udaipur incident where a tailor was brutally beheaded, hundreds of members of various Hindu organisations and traders of Marvari community from Rajasthan and Gujarat, took out a massive rally in city this morning, urging the Government to ensure that such incidents do not recur and to further strengthen laws against terror…
Not only Rajasthan, even Mysuru had a rare pink leopard
November 14, 2021Pushkar lived in City Zoo from 2001 to 2013 Mysore/Mysuru: A rare pink female leopard was sighted in the Ranakpur region in the Pali district of Rajasthan a couple of days back while earlier sighting of the pink leopard was reported from South Africa. The Indian leopard usually has its coat spotted on a pale…
Eco-friendly earthen cups to replace plastic cups in all Railway Stations
November 30, 2020Dhigawara (Rajasthan): “Tea will be sold in environment-friendly ‘Kulhads’ (earthen cups) in place of plastic cups at all Railway Stations across the country,” said Railway Minister Piyush Goyal yesterday. Addressing the gathering at an event organised at the Dhigawara Railway Station in Rajasthan’s Alwar district to mark the inauguration of the newly electrified Dhigawara-Bandikui section…
Pilot ejected, but Gandhis?
July 18, 2020The Congress has ejected its Co-Pilot out of the cockpit in Rajasthan. Now everyone is waiting to see if Sachin Pilot lands safely on BJP’s lap or makes a hard landing trying to start his own party? Meanwhile, the Congress party, still piloted by the Gandhis, is in nosedive and heading for a crash-landing as…
Rajasthanis housed at Shelter Camps in city return to their residences in outskirts
May 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A total of 170 people, native of Rajasthan, were housed at Shelter Camps in city following nationwide lockdown. Though they were not able to return to their native places, a time has come for these people to return to their residences in the district. A total of 170 people including 23 women and 22…
Rajasthan’s 170 migrant workers wait for their special train from Mysuru
May 2, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar Mysore/Mysuru: Thousands of migrant workers have been stranded in places across the country since the nationwide lockdown was enforced on Mar. 25. To ease the situation, the Centre on Friday gave its nod for stranded migrant workers, students and others to return home by “Shramik Special” trains that will be run by…
My childhood fascination for Chittor
January 25, 2019By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last Friday I wrote about my recent visit to the fortress town of Chittorgarh at Rajasthan and my very disappointing experience with the guide there who instead of guiding my family and me around the historically important sites was only hell-bent on narrating the storyline of the recently released…
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