26-year-old sets himself on fire

remains-firesA young man from Goran Khala, Khar Village died on the spot after he allegedly set himself on fire presumably due to over consumption of alcohol. The house was also gutted due to the massive fire.

Navlaram Gameti, 26, a daily wage laborer had an argument with his mother Ditli Gameti last night on 17th February. Navalram was allegedly drunk and threatened his mother to commit suicide, subsequently pushing her before pouring kerosene on himself. [Read more...]

Mother and Son die, 2 others injured in road accidents

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Durgesh Suthar, 27, died on the spot while his mother Bhuri Bai Suthar, 55 succumbed to her injuries at the MB hospital today, after they were smashed by a car at Kailashpuri, near Sukher this morning. Durgesh’s wife Dholi Bai, 22 was also injured in the accident and admitted to hospital in an unconscious state. [Read more...]

Udaipur set to welcome World Record Expedition

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Flagged off from Sri Ganganagar on February 16, 2012 to set a world record; the ‘Powered Harness Hang Gliding’ expedition will reach Udaipur tomorrow, 18th February. [Read more...]

Prof Garg launches newsletter of IAEA

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A quarterly Newsletter of the Indian Adult Education Association (IAEA), Udaipur branch was launched today by the President of IAEA, Prof. Bhawani Shankar Garg at Janpad Media Center. [Read more...]

New Water Policy, concerns discussed

waterA seminar was held today to discuss the recent Draft of the National Water Policy proposed by the Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India on 31st January.

The seminar was a joint effort, organized by Water Conservation Committee and Mohan Singh Mehta Memorial Trust at Vidhya Bhawan, today evening. [Read more...]

NCC Cadets appear for C Certificate test

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Around 620 cadets of National Cadet Corps of Udaipur division have appeared for ‘C’ Certificate Exam at MB College Ground today.

NCC Cadets, both boys and girls of all three wings including Army, Navy and Air Force have given the exam for the highest certificate as Cadets. The Test started at 10 am and concluded at 1 pm, after which there was a physical ability test that was carried out till evening. [Read more...]

Udaipur-Gwalior now extended till Khajuraho

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The Chief Public Relations Officer of North Western Railways, Ajmer division, Lalit Vohra visited the Udaipur City Railway Station and had a casual meet with media personnel today.

In a nearly 30 minute meeting with reporters, Vohra has discussed about various upcoming projects and facilities provided by the Indian railways in past and at present too. He talked about the completion of all proposed trains to Udaipur in the last budget and the idea of preserving meter gauge trains. [Read more...]

Flyover dream to come true, UIT starts Survey

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After the instructions of the UIT Chairmen Roop Kumar Khurana, the survey of the much needed flyover between Court Circle and City Station re started today. The main focus of the flyover will be to strengthen the road network of Udaipur City.

Few years back when the idea was proposed, it was discussed with the administration but due to protests from some local businessmen, the hope of flyover fainted. The election of Khurana as UIT Chairman has re-ignited the hopes of getting the much needed flyover after all. [Read more...]

Udaipur to witness a world record by Indian Army

hang-glidingThe ‘Artillery team of the Indian Army’ will perform an adventurous task of hang gliding to cover a distance of 350 kms from Bikaner to Sanderao. Udaipur would be enroute in this expedition. This world record attempt might be witnessed by Udaipur between 16th to 18th February. [Read more...]

INTUC to be on nation wide Protest

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The decision of Nation wide protest on 28th February rolls out from the 159th Board Meeting of INTUC (Indian National Trade Union Congress). The root cause of protest is to support the number of demands placed by INTUC.

Dr. G. Sanjeev Reddy, President INTUC stated the following demands:

- Every laborer should get Rs. 10,000 monthly.

- Bonus to laborers should be increased instead of ceiling it.

- Pension scheme should remain the same, with increased gratuity. [Read more...]