Dec 2018

HARYANA Mahendragarh gets first medical college   Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the 19th medical college of the state and the first in Mahendragarh district.   The medical college will be constructed on 80.63 acres at Koriyawas village, Narnaul, at a cost of Rs 500 crore.   According to sources, … Read more

RAJASTHAN MLA LAD scheme spend increases in election year   With the assembly elections in Rajasthan this year, nearly 62 per cent of the total funds released have been spent under the MLA local area development scheme in 2018-19 (up to November) , according to a rural development department record. It is also worth noting that out … Read more

HARYANA E-Upchar – To manage medical records online   Through e-Upchar, drug management, transport and blood bank management, healthcare sytems in Haryana has been transformed radically.   Under e-Upchar facility, patients are given ‘Unique Identification Number’ via which their health records can be accessed online at any hospital of Haryana.   With the help of Hospital Management … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan History : Nasirabad revolt of 1857   First of all, this revolt was started in Nasirabad. The main reason behind this was that the British government sent Ajmer’s 15th Bengal Infantry to Nasirabad because government had no faith in this Infantry.   All the soldiers were angry with this decision of the … Read more

HARYANA State gets legal services award Haryana has received the Best State Legal Services Authority Award in the country in the annual event organised by the National Legal Service Authority. The Haryana Legal Services Authority was adjudged best authority in the country and District Legal Services Authority, Gurugram, was adjudged best among northern states. INTERNATIONAL … Read more

RAJASTHAN Second highest all-girls education institutions in Rajasthan   The trend of separate educational institutes for girls may have become a passé in the county but not in Rajasthan. The desert state has the second highest number of dedicated girls’ colleges in the country making it the most conservative state. Figures released by the HRD ministry says that … Read more

HARYANA Nearly 70% turnout in Haryana municipal polls   Nearly 70 per cent voters exercised their franchise in elections to five municipal corporations and two municipal committees in Haryana.   The five municipal corporations where polling was held were Hisar, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak and Yamunanagar and the two municipal committees were Jakhal Mandi in Fatehabad … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan pink sandstone for Abu Dhabi temple   Pink sandstone from Rajasthan will be used in the construction of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi. Work for the temple was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in February this year and is expected to be completed by 2020. Spread over 55,000 sqm land, the temple will be hand carved by … Read more

HARYANA Centre accords nod for sainik school at Matenhail   The Union Government has accorded approval for the establishment of Haryana’s third  Sainik School at village Matenhail in district Jhajjar.   A Memorandum of Agreement would soon be signed between the State Government and Ministry of Defence (MOD), Government of India for setting up of … Read more

RAJASTHAN After Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan too waives farm loans   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot  announced that farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh defaulted till November this year will be waived. The CM said it would cost the state exchequer Rs 18,000 crore. Rajasthan is the fourth state to waive farm loans after Congress-held MP and Chhattisgarh and … Read more