Jaipur: The EU Ambassador to India, Daniele Smadja on Tuesday visited Malion ki Dhani in Barmer to launch a project on water co-financed by the EU.

Jaipur: A seven-member team of the World Bank led by country director Roberto Zagha began a visit to the state on Tuesday to study the government

Prior permission needed, it maintains; decision by the end of December.

Murli Deora For the first time after the announcement of the Cairn-Vedanta deal on August 16, the government today admitted to differences with Cairn over whether the deal required approval under the production sharing contract for the Barmer oil block.

Petroleum Secretary S Sundareshan said there were

Malaria cases continue to rise in the western districts of the state. The number of cases recorded in three western districts was around 11,000 till last week, half of the total cases of 22,000 reported so far in the state.
"This year the number of cases reported in the state have increased due to heavy rain in the western districts.

Team from Delhi tours western Rajasthan to check the spread of diseases

DNA correspondent
After a sudden spurt of malaria reported from western Rajasthan for the past few weeks, teams of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) visited the area to take stock of the situation.
According to officials, a team led by BN Thapar, joint director at NVBDCP visited Barmer on Monday.

Jaipur: Malaria has registered a steep rise in the western districts of the state. The districts of Jaisalmer and Barmer registered more than a thousand cases last week.

Jaipur: Serious irregularities have surfaced in the payment of wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) across Rajasthan.

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NEW DELHI: In a reversal of roles, the desert State of Rajasthan received more rain than the green States in the northeast.

As per the latest data available with the India Meteorological Department, Rajasthan received 20 per cent more rainfall than the normal, while Manipur is faced with a whopping deficit of 52 per cent and Meghalaya, 41 per cent.

New Delhi: Flagship refiner-marketer IndianOil Corporation is setting up a gridlinked solar power plant worth about Rs 100 crore at Barmer in Rajasthan, even as the state-run firm sharpens focus on non-conventional energy sources in an attempt to supplement fossil fuels earnings with carbon credits and move towards a green future.

Close to 100 antelopes have perished in the region comprising Jodhpur and Barmer districts of Rajasthan in the past week with a senior forest official citing dehydration as the possible reason for the deaths.