Ghoomar Festival to be celebrated on Nov 19: Rajasthan Dy CM

November 17, 2025 2:26 PM

Ghoomar Festival to be celebrated on Nov 19: Rajasthan Dy CM

Deputy Chief Minister and Tourism and Arts & Culture Minister Diya Kumari announced that the Ghoomar Festival - 2025, a grand celebration of Rajasthan’s traditional dance form, will be held for the first time simultaneously at all seven divisional headquarters of the state — Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Ajmer, Udaipur, Kota, and Bharatpur — on November 19. The state-level celebration will take place on the football ground of Vidyadhar Nagar Stadium in Jaipur. Chairing a meeting with pub...

Centre clears Greenfield airports for Kota and Puri

May 6, 2025 10:33 AM

Centre clears Greenfield airports for Kota and Puri

Union Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Monday gave in-principle approval for the development of Greenfield airports in Kota (Rajasthan) and Puri (Odisha). The long-pending demand for an airport in Kota has finally received the green light. Lok Sabha Speaker and Kota-Bundi MP Om Birla, who has been consistently lobbying for the project, played a key role in accelerating the process. Once operational, the airport is expected to cater not just to Kota city—known as a prominent...

BJP and Congress issue three-line whips ahead of Lok Sabha speaker election

September 16, 2024 6:14 PM

BJP and Congress issue three-line whips ahead of Lok Sabha speaker election

Both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress have issued three-line whips to their respective Members of Parliament (MPs) to be present in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, June 26, from 11 a.m. onwards. This move comes ahead of the crucial election for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker. The election has taken on added importance as the opposition INDIA bloc, having failed to reach a consensus with the BJP, has nominated Congress MP K Suresh for the Speaker's position. This de...