Eastern Rajasthan

Intense monsoon rains brought normal life to a standstill in several parts of eastern and central Rajasthan, flooding out roads, rail tracks, low-lying residential areas and hospitals and claiming seven lives since Sunday night.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to grant national status to the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project.

Gujjars, who constitute around 9 to twelve percent of the population and are significant in 40 to 50 assembly seats in eastern Rajasthan, are a critical vote bank for both the Congress and the BJP.

The first Shramik Special train from West Bengal left for Rajasthan's Bikaner on Sunday, while a train carrying stranded migrants from Maharashtra reached Howrah station, a South Eastern Railway official said.

Hundred people have died in the last four days in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh where several parts received above-average rainfall this week. A red alert - likelihood of heavy to very heavy rainfall - has been sounded by the weather office in most districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh and several parts of Bihar, including Patna. Heavy downpour in the last ...

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday sought the Centre's help for strengthening Rajasthan's financial management besides demanding the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) be declared a national project.

Bharatpur in eastern Rajasthan, known for the migratory birds that flock here every winter, is now looking at some realpolitik. It is one of the only two former princely kingdoms in Rajasthan that had Jat rulers; the other one in neighbouring Dholpur is the home turf of former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, its former Maharani.

Dholpur, a small town in eastern Rajasthan, hit the trending lists today as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, on election trail in Rajasthan, promised to put in on the Make in India map. Mr Gandhi is on a two-day tour of BJP-ruled Rajasthan, where assembly elections will be held in a single phase on November 28.

Five sluice gates of the Kota barrage were opened on Wednesday to release excess water into the Chambal river after heavy rains lashed eastern parts of Rajasthan, officials said.

Water crisis is spreading across north India as the temperature continues its upward march. While Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla has barely enough to drink, parts of Rajasthan's Ajmer is locking up its water drums to prevent theft. In villages of eastern Uttar Pradesh, women are walking miles to fill their pitchers. The water crisis is Shimla has...

A dust storm, accompanied by rain, wreaked havoc across Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan yesterday, killing more than 100 people, uprooting trees and flattening houses. In Uttar Pradesh, 73 people died -- 43 of them in Agra alone. In neighbouring Rajasthan, the figure was 36. The storm swept across Delhi too, but no loss or damages have been reported fr...

Twenty seven people have died and several injured in Rajasthan last night after a powerful dust storm swept through the state. The eastern part of Rajasthan, like Alwar, Dholpur and Bharatpur districts, were the worst-affected in the dust storm. The intense storm and lightning led to houses collapsing, trees being uprooted and power connections sna...

Hundreds of people have been evacuated to safer places in eastern Rajasthan after heavy rainfall over the past two days led to a flood-like situation in the region and severed road connectivity to many areas.

The Jat agitation in Haryana today had its echo in eastern Rajasthan where protesters damaged two buses and blocked railway tracks and highway, prompting the district administration to impose prohibitory orders.

Its eastern offshore Ravva field saw a 27 per cent jump in output to 26,064 boepd in the second quarter.

Intense monsoon rains brought normal life to a standstill in several parts of eastern and central Rajasthan, flooding out roads, rail tracks, low-lying residential areas and hospitals and claiming seven lives since Sunday night.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to grant national status to the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project.

Gujjars, who constitute around 9 to twelve percent of the population and are significant in 40 to 50 assembly seats in eastern Rajasthan, are a critical vote bank for both the Congress and the BJP.

The first Shramik Special train from West Bengal left for Rajasthan's Bikaner on Sunday, while a train carrying stranded migrants from Maharashtra reached Howrah station, a South Eastern Railway official said.

Hundred people have died in the last four days in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh where several parts received above-average rainfall this week. A red alert - likelihood of heavy to very heavy rainfall - has been sounded by the weather office in most districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh and several parts of Bihar, including Patna. Heavy downpour in the last ...

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday sought the Centre's help for strengthening Rajasthan's financial management besides demanding the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) be declared a national project.

Bharatpur in eastern Rajasthan, known for the migratory birds that flock here every winter, is now looking at some realpolitik. It is one of the only two former princely kingdoms in Rajasthan that had Jat rulers; the other one in neighbouring Dholpur is the home turf of former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, its former Maharani.

Dholpur, a small town in eastern Rajasthan, hit the trending lists today as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, on election trail in Rajasthan, promised to put in on the Make in India map. Mr Gandhi is on a two-day tour of BJP-ruled Rajasthan, where assembly elections will be held in a single phase on November 28.

Five sluice gates of the Kota barrage were opened on Wednesday to release excess water into the Chambal river after heavy rains lashed eastern parts of Rajasthan, officials said.

Water crisis is spreading across north India as the temperature continues its upward march. While Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla has barely enough to drink, parts of Rajasthan's Ajmer is locking up its water drums to prevent theft. In villages of eastern Uttar Pradesh, women are walking miles to fill their pitchers. The water crisis is Shimla has...

A dust storm, accompanied by rain, wreaked havoc across Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan yesterday, killing more than 100 people, uprooting trees and flattening houses. In Uttar Pradesh, 73 people died -- 43 of them in Agra alone. In neighbouring Rajasthan, the figure was 36. The storm swept across Delhi too, but no loss or damages have been reported fr...

Twenty seven people have died and several injured in Rajasthan last night after a powerful dust storm swept through the state. The eastern part of Rajasthan, like Alwar, Dholpur and Bharatpur districts, were the worst-affected in the dust storm. The intense storm and lightning led to houses collapsing, trees being uprooted and power connections sna...

Hundreds of people have been evacuated to safer places in eastern Rajasthan after heavy rainfall over the past two days led to a flood-like situation in the region and severed road connectivity to many areas.

The Jat agitation in Haryana today had its echo in eastern Rajasthan where protesters damaged two buses and blocked railway tracks and highway, prompting the district administration to impose prohibitory orders.

Its eastern offshore Ravva field saw a 27 per cent jump in output to 26,064 boepd in the second quarter.