Rajasthan Water Resources

Neeraj Chaudhary did his MTech in Environmental Sciences and Management at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi during 2009-11 and he is currently working with the Rajasthan government's Water Resources Department.

Stressing that development at the cost of culture is not sustainable, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today highlighted the age-old traditions of water conservation and sustainable use of water resources in Rajasthan, saying these practices have virtually made it a drought-free state.

The Rajasthan Assembly on Wednesday passed the Rajasthan River Basin and Water Resources Planning Bill, 2015 by voice vote.

Sanwar Lal Jat, who was inducted in the Narendra Modi Ministry on Sunday, is a close confidant of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Till recently, he held the Water Resources portfolio in the Rajasthan government.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today retained 46 ministries as she alloted portfolios of Rural Development and Panchayti Raj, Health and Mines among her Cabinet ministers.

Former Water Resources minister in the Rajasthan government, Mahipal Maderna, arrested in connection with the Bhanwari Devi case, has been sent to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody till December 9.

Former Water Resources minister in the Rajasthan government, Mahipal Maderna, has been arrested in connection with the Bhanwari Devi case.

With the Rajasthan High Court directing it to expedite its probe into Bhanwari Devi's disappearance, the Centre Bureau of Investigation is set to question her husband, Amar Chand Nat. He has alleged that Bhanwari Devi, missing since September 1, was abducted by associates of former water resources minister Mahipal Maderna.

Supporters of former Water Resources Minister in the Ashok Gehlot government, Mahipal Maderna, attacked mediapersons outside a hospital in Jodhpur where he is currently admitted.

Indra Vishnoi, the sister of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh, has now claimed that Bhanwari had met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot about 18 months ago and had told him about the CD showing her in a compromising position with former Minister Mahipal Maderna, the sacked Water Resources Minister.

A key accused in the Rajasthan missing nurse case, Baldev Ram, has been arrested near Jodhpur. He is one of the three accused who kidnapped Bhanwari Devi, a midwife, who went missing nearly a month ago amid reports that she has a CD which shows her in a compromising position with Mahipal Maderna, the Health and Water Resources minister.

The Ashok Gehlot government has been left reeling from a double whammy. The government which was already in the dock over last week's police firing in Bharatpur's Gopalgarh town that left nine people dead, is now having to deal with alleged involvement of its Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna in a disappearance case of a midwife in Jodhpur. ...

A lower court in Jodhpur has ordered the police to register a case against Rajasthan's Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna for his alleged involvement in the case of Bhanwari Devi.

Neeraj Chaudhary did his MTech in Environmental Sciences and Management at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi during 2009-11 and he is currently working with the Rajasthan government's Water Resources Department.

Stressing that development at the cost of culture is not sustainable, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today highlighted the age-old traditions of water conservation and sustainable use of water resources in Rajasthan, saying these practices have virtually made it a drought-free state.

The Rajasthan Assembly on Wednesday passed the Rajasthan River Basin and Water Resources Planning Bill, 2015 by voice vote.

Sanwar Lal Jat, who was inducted in the Narendra Modi Ministry on Sunday, is a close confidant of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Till recently, he held the Water Resources portfolio in the Rajasthan government.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today retained 46 ministries as she alloted portfolios of Rural Development and Panchayti Raj, Health and Mines among her Cabinet ministers.

Former Water Resources minister in the Rajasthan government, Mahipal Maderna, arrested in connection with the Bhanwari Devi case, has been sent to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody till December 9.

Former Water Resources minister in the Rajasthan government, Mahipal Maderna, has been arrested in connection with the Bhanwari Devi case.

With the Rajasthan High Court directing it to expedite its probe into Bhanwari Devi's disappearance, the Centre Bureau of Investigation is set to question her husband, Amar Chand Nat. He has alleged that Bhanwari Devi, missing since September 1, was abducted by associates of former water resources minister Mahipal Maderna.

Supporters of former Water Resources Minister in the Ashok Gehlot government, Mahipal Maderna, attacked mediapersons outside a hospital in Jodhpur where he is currently admitted.

Indra Vishnoi, the sister of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh, has now claimed that Bhanwari had met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot about 18 months ago and had told him about the CD showing her in a compromising position with former Minister Mahipal Maderna, the sacked Water Resources Minister.

A key accused in the Rajasthan missing nurse case, Baldev Ram, has been arrested near Jodhpur. He is one of the three accused who kidnapped Bhanwari Devi, a midwife, who went missing nearly a month ago amid reports that she has a CD which shows her in a compromising position with Mahipal Maderna, the Health and Water Resources minister.

The Ashok Gehlot government has been left reeling from a double whammy. The government which was already in the dock over last week's police firing in Bharatpur's Gopalgarh town that left nine people dead, is now having to deal with alleged involvement of its Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna in a disappearance case of a midwife in Jodhpur. ...

A lower court in Jodhpur has ordered the police to register a case against Rajasthan's Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna for his alleged involvement in the case of Bhanwari Devi.