Rajasthan

NEET 2020: Highest number of qualifying candidates from Uttar Pradesh

3:13 pm October 18, 2020

New Delhi: The highest number of students qualifying in the medical entrance exam NEET this year are from Uttar Pradesh followed by Maharashtra, according to statistics available with the National Testing Agency (NTA). Over 7.7 lakh out of the over 13.66 lakh candidates have qualified the exam which is used for admission to MBBS courses […]

Smoky haze shrouds Delhi-NCR; air quality enters ‘very poor’ zone

10:51 am October 15, 2020

New Delhi: A layer of smoky haze lingered over Delhi-NCR on Thursday with air quality in the region hitting ‘very poor’ levels, even as stricter anti-air pollution measures, including a ban on electricity generators, came into force under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). NASA’s satellite imagery showed a large cluster of farm fires near […]

UK university strikes air quality research pact with Indian institute

Delhi pollution body bans use of diesel generators till further orders

4:44 pm October 14, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Wednesday issued directions banning the use of diesel generators in the national capital from Thursday under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). GRAP is a set of anti-pollution measures that come into force in Delhi and its vicinity towns according to the severity of the situation. […]

BJP hits out at Raj govt over ‘rise’ in crimes

11:20 pm October 13, 2020

Jaipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday targeted the Congress government over the alleged increase in the number of crimes in Rajasthan. BJP leaders said if the chief minister is also in charge of the home affairs, then it was expected that crime in the state should decrease, but the incidence of crimes in Rajasthan […]

Body of priest cremated after administration’s assurances to family; BJP steps up attack on Gehlot govt

10:24 pm October 10, 2020

Jaipur: A temple priest, who died after being set afire allegedly by land-grabbers on Wednesday in Rajasthan‘s Karauli district, was cremated after his protesting family members agreed to it following assurances from the administration, officials said on Saturday. The family, which had refused to conduct his last rites, was assured that they would be provided […]