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Jaipur: After being pulled up time and again by Union minister Jairam Ramesh over illegal mining in the state, chief minister Ashok Gehlot is not leaving any chance to hit back at him. A day after blaming the Minister of state for environment and forests, Gehlot heaped on criticism against the former at another public platform on Tuesday.

Raj Faces Trouble In Getting Environment Clearances For 14 Power Projects

Jaipur: In what could be termed as yet another addition to the ongoing war of words among the Congress leaders, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday blamed union minister Jairam Ramesh for hindering environmental clearances that were holding up upcoming state

A severe heat wave sweeping the country, with temperatures of almost 44

The district administration has finally woken up to the reality of the dying Harmu rivulet and has initiated steps to protect it from encroachers.

Today, officials from the administration started measuring the rivulet to identify the areas where it has been encroached on. The drive, led by sadar sub-divisional officer (SDO) Manoj Kumar, will continue for a few more days.

The higher Bt cotton acreage and output will partially compensate the overall decline in cotton acreage and output in North India in 2008-09 (October-September), O P Agarwal, executive director, Cotton Association of India, said today. Lack of irrigation in Ganganagar cotton belt in Rajasthan led to a 35 per cent fall in cotton acreage from 368,000 hectares in 2007-08.