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 …
Swine flu has claimed nine more lives in parts of Rajasthan in the last 48 hours, raising the toll due to H1N1 virus to 375 since January this year, an official said today. Of the nine, three persons succumbed to the H1N1 virus in Jaipur, and one each in Tonk, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Harish Vyas Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/12/2014 regarding the issue of granting Mining Lease in Khasra No. 16/66 Niwai Reserved Forest Block of Tonk Forest Division, Rajasthan for mining Silica sand to the …
The Rajasthan high court on Thursday issued notices to the state government over illegal gravel (bajari) mining on the Banas river in Tonk district on Thursday. Justice M N Bhandari issued notices to chief secretary; additional chief secretary, home; principal secretaries of home and transport, district collector and police superintendents …
While the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned mining of sand from river beds across the country without an environmental clearance, Rajasthan is one of the states where all the norms related to sand mining are being openly flouted. Apart from raising environmental concerns, sand mining from Banas and Chambal …
Jaipur: Seventeen peacocks were found dead in Tonk’s Jalgaon forest area on Monday. The police registered an FIR on Tuesday suspecting that the peacocks were given poisonous grains by poachers. According to the police, some villagers who had gone to the forests on Monday spotted carcasses of as many as …
Expressing concern over the killing of peacocks in the state, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has asked police to take stern action against the poachers. Increased poaching of peacock for feather is posing a serious threat to the national bird in the region, Special Officer of the Wildlife Crime Control …
Seen Mating After 30 Families Move Out From Mordungri Village Jaipur: The shifting of a few villages from the periphery of Ranthambore National Park has started showing results. The big cats, which were scrambling for space, have now more space to move around and expand their breeding zones. On Tuesday …
Jaipur: The ghosts of the grid breakdowns that plunged half of India into darkness last week may continue to haunt us as the network remains susceptible to wild overdrawing by state governments in the face of increasing demand and poor capacity addition. But there is light at the end of …
Nearly five lakh farmers in Rajasthan stand to benefit from cooperative loan facility this year following the State Government’s decision to revise the target for disbursement of loans from Rs.5,800 crore to Rs.7,000 crore. State Cooperative Minister Parsadilal Meena also said on Tuesday that special camps for disbursement of loans …
“If the State spends, more could be made available this year” The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has promised funds to Rajasthan in the power sector besides the bank's traditional areas of agriculture and rural development. The State has been told that if it can spend, additional …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government, for the first time, is experimenting with scientific ways for maintaining land records in the state. Under the national land records modernization programme, the settlement department has initiated a landmapping project with the use of Electronic Total Station (ETS) technique and is planning to later use …
Rajasthan will soon accord the bio-diversity rich Jawai Bandh forests in Pali district the status of a conservation reserve. The rich forests and the water bodies along the Jawai dam in Sumerpur tehsil have a large presence of crocodiles. The wildlife census in 2011 had put their number at 288. …
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 …
Rachna Singh | TNN Jaipur: Things seem to be changing for the better in the mining sector in Rajasthan. The HC has refused to entertain the petition of one Balaji Minerals which wanted to continue its mining operations in the forest area near Niwai in Tonk district. The Jaipur-based mining …
Villagers in Paldi and Bhichi are on all-night vigil as the forest guards have failed them. The panic was doubled as pugmarks of a panther were spotted by the divisional forest officer (DFO), Anil Kapoor in the Bhichi village. Early on Wednesday, the villagers of Bhichi heard roars of a …
In the trial of 26 activists charged with planning to shut down UK's coal-fired power station JAIPUR: Two case studies from Baran and Tonk districts of Rajasthan depicting the staggering impact of climate change on rural lives are going to be part of the testimonies to be presented at the …
Alwar/Jaipur: The death of four labourers in an illegal mine in the Aravalli ranges in Alwar has exposed the inability of the state government to act against wanton excavations despite Supreme Court
Jaipur: Investigation by government officials into Re 1 being paid as wages to NREGA workers at Gudaliya village in Tonk district have brought to the fore large-scale anomalies. The assistant engineer in his report has accepted the fact that though the total expense of the work done in the village …
To ensure the protection and conservation of wildlife, the state government has declared Bisalpur in Tonk district, Jodbeer in Bikaner district and Sundhmata in Jalore district as new wildlife sanctuaries in the state. Stating this on the conclusion of the 56th Wildlife Protection Week on Thursday at the Jaipur Zoo, …
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: Peeved at being paid just one rupee as their daily wage for the labour they put in under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS), workers of Gudlia Gaon under Rupbas Panchayat of Tonk district in Rajasthan are set to tread Bapu's path to …
