Jaipur: The peacocks in the state may soon be on the verge of extinction. Almost 10 peacocks are being poached every day in some part of the state. Even on Tuesday, over 12 peacocks were found dead while two others injured in a village near Pushkar.

The animal rights activists have raised a serious concern over dwindling population of the national bird in the state.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will shortly provide financial assistance worth Rs.1,774 crore for the second phase of a lift canal project in Nagaur district of Rajasthan to prov

JAIPUR: The death of two infants in Nagaur district due to contaminated measles vaccine has shaken the medical and health department as they have decided to issue fresh guidelines for the vaccination programme in the state.

Officials recently paid a visit to the 5-MW solar power plant in Khimsar, Rajasthan, touted as one of the biggest that the country can boast of and came away impressed.

When we consider that expenditure on medicines in India accounts for 50% to 80% of treatment costs, India’s pharmaceutical success has clearly not translated into availability or affordability of medicines for all. As part of Universal Access to Healthcare, good quality healthcare should be accessible, affordable, and available to all in need.

JAIPUR: The state cabinet on Wednesday took a number of decisons.

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

A new cement project worth `1,500 crores is set to come up which is likely to pave way for generating 3,000 more jobs in the state.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Tuesday in Jaipur.
The Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Limited (RIICO) and Ambuja Cement Limited (ACL) on Tuesday signed a MoU for setting up a `1,500-crore cement project which wi

Jaipur: Three labourers, working in a 250-feet deep marble mine, were on Sunday killed and six others injured when concrete from above fell on them in Nagaur district, 287 kms from here, .

Pandit Nehru laid the foundation of Panchayati Raj in Nagaur, Rajasthan. Also some of the outstanding legislations which involved empowerment of rural people, for instance, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and the Right to Information (RTI), have had their beginning in the state.

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