Sawai Padmanabh Singh is not an easy man to catch. Yes, the 26-year-old titular maharaja of Jaipur (Pacho to his close friends and half a million followers on Instagram) has been generous in opening his home, the City Palace Jaipur, to creatives from across the country for evenings curated around fashion and culture in recent … Read more
Budget impact: In the Union Budget 2024, the Centre has made noteworthy adjustment regarding the treatment of long-term capital gains (LTCG) in property transactions. Specifically, the indexation benefit has been eliminated, resulting in substantial modifications to the LTCG calculation. Despite this change, it has been affirmed by the government that properties purchased or inherited prior to … Read more
Gauravi Kumari and Claire Deroo with the artisans of PDKF | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Gauravi Kumari from the erstwhile royal family of Jaipur was 14 when her mother, the now Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Diya Kumari, launched her namesake Princess Diya Kumari Foundation (PDKF) a decade ago. The aim was (and continues to … Read more
Former Rajasthan CM and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The suspense over the appointment of new Chief Minister in Rajasthan following the BJP’s victory in the recent State Assembly election will be over on December 12, when a Legislature Party meeting will be convened here to nominate the leader of the … Read more
Congress leader K.C. Venugopal. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Amid reports that the Congress leadership is in the final stages of working out a compromise formula between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot, party general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal on June 22 evening reached Jaipur. Mr. Venugopal is said … Read more
The number of specified dams in the country is over 5,500 and about 70 of them are those of national importance. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) in Jaipur has been identified as the National Centre for Earthquake Safety of Dams, the first centre of its kind in the … Read more
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas. File | Photo Credit: PTI Holding the Congress government in Rajasthan responsible for the acquittal of the accused in the Jaipur serial blasts case, the BJP on May 13 held dharnas and recited Hanuman Chalisa in parts of the city to mark the 15th anniversary of the bombings. A series of blasts … Read more
Jaipur: A new website called ‘Raj Health portal’ (rajhealth.rajasthan.gov.in) was launched by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday for maintaining real-time data of doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, officers and non-gazetted employees of the department of medical, health and family welfare. It is estimated that the state has around 1.5 lakh employees are working at health … Read more
Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly Rajendra Rathore on April 8 met 2008 Jaipur serial bomb blast victims at their residence to express solidarity with them following the acquittal of all accused in the case. The blasts had claimed 71 lives and injured 185 others. BJP in the wake of the acquittal order blamed the … Read more
