Bhilwara/Jaipur: Eleven stone slabs forming the roof of a verandah collapsed Thursday night at the Govt Higher Secondary School in Jashma village of Chittorgarh district. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident as it happened at night while the school was closed for summer vacations.The incident has, however, raised fresh concerns over the condition…
Jaipur: Refusing to grant a lengthy extension of the deadline for conducting the long-pending Panchayati Raj and urban local body (ULB) elections in the state, the Rajasthan High Court Friday directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to complete the entire election process by July 31. The court also ordered that delimitation and revision of electoral…
Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has ordered an immediate stay on the issuance of fresh gypsum mining permits in seven villages of Pachpadra tehsil in Balotra district, where mining was allegedly being carried out under the guise of agricultural land improvement.The stay order applies to the villages of Vajawas, Bhimarlai, Sinli Jagir, Rikharlai, Mekarna, Gol…
Kota: A woman was killed and her 17-year-old daughter critically injured after a former tenant attacked them with a sharp weapon in Anta town of Baran district Thursday.According to Anta circle DSP Pushendra Singh Hada, the deceased, identified as Prembai (45), and her daughter were walking in their colony after dinner when the accused allegedly…
Jaipur: Governor Haribhau Bagde Friday unveiled the book ‘Natyashastra: Pancham Ved Par Ekagra’, edited by art scholar and Sahitya Akademi awardee Dr Rajesh Kumar Vyas, at the Lok Bhavan. The volume brings together writings by leading scholars on the many dimensions of Natyashastra, often described as Fifth Veda, within India’s knowledge tradition.Bagde described it as…
