Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Alwar: A 50-member team that went to Kahrani village in Alwar district to stop illegal mining on Sunday was attacked by the illegal miners. More than six policemen were injured, out of which three have been admitted to a hospital. After the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision where it came down …
Chief Secy Asked To Submit Compliance Report Within Two Weeks Alwar: A central empowered committee (CEC) constituted by the Supreme Court condemned the Rajasthan government for its failure in restricting illegal mining in the state and ordered to take immediate steps in regulating it. The instructions came after the Supreme …
Giving relief to those selling and buying land during an acquisition process initiated by the State Government, the Rajasthan High Court has ruled that such sale and purchase would no longer be void if the Government subsequently de-acquires the land. The Section 90-B proceedings for transfer of title may also …
A Central Empowered Committee team, which came to take stock of rampant illegal mining in the Aravallis on the basis of a Supreme Court directive, was prevented from visiting the places by mining mafia who put large boulders on the road. The team reached Alwar to check illegal mining in …
The Rajasthan Cabinet on Monday put its seal of approval on a controversial decision to give khatedari rights to over 30,000 farmers occupying the custodian land in Alwar, Bharatpur, Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar districts, vacated mostly be those driven out of the State during the Partition, by paying a nominal regularisation …
The Urban Development Ministry has given in-principle approval to three Regional Rapid Transit System corridors which will vastly improve Delhi's connectivity with Alwar, Panipat and Meerut. The Urban Development Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, “approved in-principle the concept proposal of implementing Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) in three important corridors in …
Neemrana: Barely 10 km from the RIICO industrial area in Neemrana, the countryside that once charmed people with its mustard fields, is now emerging as a stone-cutters’ paradise. The narrow potholed road to Mandan, a tiny hamlet, is lined with stone cutting machines that constantly feed a train of tractors …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan is at a higher risk of HIV transmission due to geographical and occupational reasons such as tourism, according to World Health Organisation. WHO officials threw light on Rajasthan's status relating to HIV/AIDS at a press briefing on the second day of WHO's South East Asia Region's 64th session …
The Rajasthan Government's urban bodies signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Ircon International Limited, a railway undertaking, for construction of 12 railway over-bridges and under-bridges across the State here over the weekend. Addressing the MoU signing ceremony, Principal Urban Development Secretary G. S. Sandhu said a total of 26 railway …
The Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India vide its Gazette Notification No. S.O. 1189 (E) dated 29th November, 1999, delegating the power conferred on it to State Government of Rajasthan, interalia directed the State Government to initiate steps to prepare a Master Plan for the development of the …
JAIPUR: The state government has identified 20 districts as focus districts to provide quality medical facilities for reducing infant mortality rate in the state. Most of the focus districts are situated in western Rajasthan including Jaisalmer, Barmer and Jodhpur. The other districts are Pali, Sirohi, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Pratapnagar, Banswara, Chittorgarh, …
Enthused by the emergence of the NCR sub-region of Bhiwadi- Neemrana-Alwar as a major automobile manufacturing hub in the country, the Rajasthan Government is considering a special package to the sector. The area has already attracted investments from the Japanese auto majors including Honda, and the Rajasthan State Industrial Development …
Demographers, social activists and concerned citizens came together here on Sunday to deliberate on the sharp decline in child sex ratio in Rajasthan, as revealed in the 2011 Census figures, and resolved to take drastic steps to check the disappearance of girl child by establishing her value in the society …
A recently deputed Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in Alwar was driven off by a mob when he stumbled upon an alleged case of illegal mining while conducting a survey in the area. The mob also allegedly roughed up some homeguards deployed to prevent illegal mining. The IFS office has …
Rajendra Sharma | TNN Alwar: Having received flak on several occasions for its failure in containing illegal mining in Aravalli ranges, the Rajasthan government seems to have woken up at last. On Thursday, in a joint operation with mines department, the Alwar district administration seized 27 trucks and arrested 17 …
Alwar/Jaipur: The man suspected in the killing of male tiger ST-1 at the Sariska tiger reserve, Parsadilal Gujjar, was on Wednesday taken to the CBI's Centre for Forensic laboratory for a polygraphy test. The test will ascertain the extent to which the suspect is involved in the poisoning of the …
Arvind Singh Thanagazi As a forest fire approached the Kyara village, situated in vicinity of Sariska Tiger Reserve, officials of state forest department and district administration of Alwar locked horns, each shirking responsibility. According to villagers, the forest fire started in the bushes near Thanagazi on Sunday but the authorities …
Giyasilal Saini is a marginal farmer who has market savvy. It comes from experience. Living in a semi-arid area like Alwar in Rajasthan, he always knew he could not depend on farming alone. So he would keep some goats, like others in village Jaitpura. Then three years ago the pond …
