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Leatherwork

Leatherware particularly jooties (slippers) with embroidered uppers are famous and popular. Today even designer hand bags with graphic embroideries make a good buy. Other Handicrafts at Jaipur Textile Crafts of Jaipur Pottery of Jaipur Painting of Jaipur Carpets Woodcraft Stonecraft Blue Pottery Floor covering Miniature paintings Leatherwork Metal Crafts Precious and semi precious stones Jewellery of Jaipur Bandhani, Block

Jaipur’s first ever film festival

The Mumbai-based event organising company, Entertainment-7 organised, on a lavish scale for the first time in Jaipur, a ten-day long Pink City Film Festival from March 31 to April 9. The programme was dedicated to Amitabh Bachchan. The Pink City Film Festivals inaugural function began on March 31 with an

International convention centre near Jaipur soon

A world-class international convention centre, complete with a 2,000 seater auditorium, plus hotels and a golf course will be built here as part of a major effort by the Rajasthan government to boost conference tourism. Work on the Rs.3-illion project, had aimed at filling up the lacunae caused by the absence

Rajasthans Independence Day function in Udaipur

Jaipur : For the first time, the main Independence Day function in Rajasthan Tuesday would be held at Udaipur and not in the state capital here. The venue for the function was shifted as Sawai Man Singh stadium where the state-level Independence Day and Republic Day functions are held normally

Land controversy

The saffron govt in Rajasthan headed by Vasundhara Raje is in the middle of a land scam. The matter relates to allotment of more than seven thousand sq meters of land to the Deen Dayal Trust at throwaway price in Jaipur. Interestingly, the Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is the Chairman

Battle royal over Jaipur palace

JAIPUR: Scions of one of the most familiar faces of erstwhile Indian royalty, Gayatri Devi, have taken up cudgels against their grandmother, demanding their share of the estimated Rs 1,000-crore family wealth. Devraj Singh (25) and Lalitya Kumari (27), children of Gayatri Devis only son late Jagat Singh, have dragged

Hearing in Imrana case on Monday

MUZAFFARNAGAR: The case of Imrana, whose alleged rape by her father-in-law sparked a nation-wide controversy last year, will come up before a court on Monday even as the National Commission for Women has sought an early judgement in the matter. Mondays hearing will come exactly a year after Imrana was

Samode Bagh

Samode Bagh, Jaipur About Samode Bagh Samode Bagh is a garden paradise situated 4 km from Samode Palace, nestled on 20 acres of beautiful grounds combines warmth and luxury, an atmosphere that is quiet, relaxed & elegant. It is a romantic hideaway where you can be as active or contemplative as

Curfew relaxed for 2 hours in Pali, Jaipur

Jaipur: The indefinite curfew imposed in Pali in Rajasthan after a clash between two communities over Mahaveer Jayanti celebrations left 10 persons injured was today relaxed for two hours from 0800 to 1000 hrs and passed off peacefully, a police official said. Additional Superintendent of Police Vinay Kumar told PTI

India : Mahindra Gesco mulls over apparel SEZs

After signing an MOU with Maharashtra government for multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Pune, Mahindra Gesco plans to build four more SEZs in the country. Subsidiary of Mahindra Group, Mahindra Gescos SEZs are already present in Chennai and Jaipur. Three zones would be product specific, while the fourth in eastern