Rajasthan

Celebrated biker dies after crashing into camel in Jaisalmer

3:01 pm January 15, 2021

Jaipur : King Richard Srinivasan, a celebrated biker from Bengaluru, died after his motorcycle crashed into a camel in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, police said on Friday. The incident took place in Fatehgarh sub-division on Wednesday night when Srinivasan along with his three friends was headed to Jaisalmer, they said. A camel suddenly came in front of Srinivasan’s motorcycle. He sustained head injuries in the […]

Civil Aviation Min asked to allow uninterrupted transportation of samples for bird flu testing

9:40 pm January 14, 2021

New Delhi: Amid bird flu outbreak in 10 states, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying on Thursday said it has asked its civil aviation counterpart to allow uninterrupted transportation of samples for expeditious testing in designated laboratories. This comes in the wake of some states banning the supply of poultry and poultry products without testing […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Delhi bans sale of poultry products as bird flu cases reported in UP

8:16 pm January 13, 2021

New Delhi: Fresh bird deaths and avian influenza cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, while in neighbouring Delhi, civic bodies banned the sale of poultry products, even as the city government asked people not to panic and eat completely cooked eggs and chicken. Unusual mortality among birds has also been reported in some districts of Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, as per a […]

Reports of over 50 bird deaths received by Delhi govt, samples sent for testing, say officials

Bird deaths reported in J’khand, UP; Centre issues advisories on testing, culling operations

8:23 pm January 12, 2021

New Delhi: Fresh bird deaths were reported in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday amid cases of avian influenza in 10 states and union territories, with the Centre saying it has issued advisories regarding testing protocols and maintaining sufficient stock of PPE kits required for culling operations. In Uttarakhand, where nearly 300 birds, mostly crows, have died over the last few days, an […]

Rajasthan ACB arrests two men accused of bribery

11:36 pm January 11, 2021

Jaipur: A medical department officer and a private broker were arrested on Monday while allegedly taking bribe in two separate actions, a Rajasthan Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) spokesperson said on Monday. Medical department Registrar Dr Aditya Atre had demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant in lieu of passing the department’s canteen bill, he said. He said […]