Jaisalmer village tense after farmer’s murder by poachers

Jaisalmer village tense after farmer’s murder by poachers

Image for the purpose of representation only. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Police resorted to lathi-charge and lobbed teargas shells on Thursday to disperse a crowd protesting against the murder of a farmer allegedly by poachers, after he stopped them from hunting deer at Dangri village in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. The protesters hurled stones … Read more

A 225-km yatra to save the endangered sacred groves of Rajasthan

A 225-km yatra to save the endangered sacred groves of Rajasthan

60 activists came together to create awareness over the longest ‘Oran Bachao Yatra’ and called for urgent action to preserve the sacred groves as lifelines for the desert. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A unique 225-km-long yatra taken out through remote villages and hamlets in western Rajasthan, which culminated at the Jaisalmer district headquarters earlier … Read more

CM Ashok Gehlot launches digital COVID relief concert series to support folk artists of Rajasthan

CM Ashok Gehlot launches digital COVID relief concert series to support folk artists of Rajasthan

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday inaugurated ‘Padharo Mhare Des’ digital COVID relief concert series to support the folk artists of the state. The series is an initiative to support folk artists by Manesha A Agarwal’s Arpan Foundation, according to an official release. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the initiative … Read more