Jaipur: The state cabinet on Monday approved the proposal to create a Vidhan Parishad, as was announced by chief minister Ashok Gehlot in his budget speech last month.

The cabinet also approved a series of other proposals, including setting up of the Rajasthan Water Resources Regulatory Authority (RWRR), clearing the State Differently abled People’s Policy 2012, setting up of the Rajasthan Rehabilitation and Research Institute for implementing special schemes, clearing the Rajasthan Rehabilitation of Beggars and Indigents Bill-2012 and the Rajasthan Transparency in Public Procurement Bill 2012.

Convention centre at Sitapur; silica mining lease for Saint Gobain

The Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday decided to do away with the controversial provision 90 B from the land conversion rules and also carry out necessary amendments to 90 A to make it simple and transparent.

JAIPUR: Another swine flu death was reported in the state on Sunday. An 18-year-old man, resident of Karauli district, died of the disease. A quack in Karauli district was responsible for his slowly bleeding to death.

This is the second consecutive swine flu death in the past two days.

Lack of rain, proper monitoring did ambitious scheme in

Aimed at countering the drought scenario in the desert state, Harit Rajasthan, an ambitious scheme of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, has failed to deliver the desired results due to lack of rain and failure to implement the scheme properly at the ground level.

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A turnaround: Maheshwara river in Kailadevi Sanctuary of Rajasthan

RAMPAL Singh Yadav, 25, moves with an air of purpose on his crutches, supervising the stone-crushing work by a nearly 80-strong