I may be illiterate but I am not a fool. The irate comment from 32-year-old Shakeela sliced through the gathering at the Rajasthan Womens Commission (RWC) public hearing in the state’s Tonk district.

The wife of Saleem Khan from Kala Paltan village was livid about her failed vasectomy operation.

An agitated Shakeela was narrating on July 7 her tale of woe to the RWC panel, including district officials responsible for redressing womens grievances. An official asked why she had opted for the operation when she knew she was

After viral fever, malaria and dengue, a more lethal mosquito-caused illness is causing panic in the city. As per official reports, no case of chikungunya has been traced in the city but four patients with its symptoms are being treated. Their samples have been sent to a laboratory.

We have already started a survey in the city to identify chikungunya patients but no one has so far been traced, said chief medical officer D C Jain. However, there is panic in the city over the infection. Mistaking normal joint pains and viral fever for chikungunya, many people are visiting local hospitals.

Chikungunya is a relatively rare form of viral fever caused by an alphavirus that is spread by bites from the aedes aegypti mosquito. Its symptoms are fever and shivering, joint pain, headache, weakness and nausea. In Sirohi area of the state, 10 cases of chikungunya have already been identified by the hospital administration while in Jalore about five samples are under diagnosis.About 42 cases of chikungunya have been traced in Jodhpur region alone, in which over 600,000 people are reportedly suffering from fever. Some 630 patients approached six major hospitals in Jaipur on Saturday. All the patients complained of high fever.

NAFED, the designated agency for pulses import, so far received nearly 78 per cent of 49,300 tonne of contracted moong and urad varieties.
The balance quanity is likely to be shipped within this week, an official release said
NAFED had contracted 49,300 metric tonne of two pulses varieties.

A total of 22,448 tonne of urad and 318 tonne of moong has been disposed of at an average price of Rs 33.06 and Rs 31.27 per kg respectively as on September 15.

NAFED has selected 10 centres, namely, Delhi, Chennai, Kanpur, Akola, Gulbarga, Bhubaneshwar, Amritsar, Jalgaon and Jaipur for distribution of the imported pulses.

Prices of gram dal remained constant in Agartala, Guwahati, Kolkata, shillong, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram.

However, prices of gram dal registered an increase in Delhi, Lucknow, Shimla, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Jaipur, Mumbai, Bhubaneshwar, Patna, Bangalore and Chennai.

As many as 150 men were made to dip their hand in burning oil in Rajasthan to nail the culprit who had stolen foodgrain.

According to media reports, following a theft in a school in Ranpur, 300 km from here, a local panchayat in Pratapgarh ordered the suspects to dip their hands in burning oil. 82 kg of rice was stolen.

Agni Pariksha (test by fire) finds reference in Hindu mythology.
A huge tumbler of hot oil was placed near a river and the villagers aged between 16 and 35 were asked to find a ring in it.

It was believed that the culprits entire elbow will be burnt and hence he would be caught. However, the exercise was a big failure.
Police went to the village along with a medical team and treated the victims.

Three officials, including police station in-charge of Devgarh, have been suspended in this connection.

After viral fever, malaria, and dengue, it is chikungunya that is creating panic in Jaipur.

As per official reports, no case of chikungunya has been traced so far in the city but four patients with its symptoms are being treated. Their samples have been sent to a laboratory.

We have already started a survey in the city to identify chikungunya patients but no one has so far been traced, said chief medical officer D.C. Jain.

However, there is panic in the city over the infection. Mistaking normal joint pains and viral fever for chikungunya, many people are visiting local hospitals.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Shiv Sena on Friday urged Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to cancel the allotment of land for building a Haj House in suburban Sanganer.

Raje should not lay the foundation for the proposed Haj House, state VHP chief Narpat Singh Shekhawat said in a statement.

Land for a Haj House has already been allocated at Karbala in the walled city and there is no need for a second such house as it would disturb communal harmony in Sanganer, an area with few Muslims residents, he said.

Rajasthan, which will play host to the IATO annual convention from September 7-10 at the Birla Auditorium in Jaipur, is all set to welcome delegates and dignitaries from across the country. Commenting on the venue Subhash Goyal, president, IATO stated, Rajasthan is emerging as one of the most popular destinations with its wide range of forts, palaces and havelis that are steeped in history and romance. The city has developed quite a lot during the past five to six years and today is a modern city with some of the best Information Technology and management institutes. It also has the finest malls, hotels and restaurants, not to omit the shopping centres that houses all ultra modern brands. Jaipur, became the natural choice for our members to host the convention.

Rajasthan with a population of more than 50 million people remains a land of paradoxes. While a sizeable part is a desert, the state also has mountain ranges, lakes, rivers, forests and fields. According to Vinod Zutshi, secretary tourism and civil aviation, government of Rajasthan and chairman, Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC), the state is proud to be hosting the IATO convention in Jaipur. We are totally geared for the convention and the city will be a welcome break to all delegates and their families.

A Major was shot dead by a soldier he had rebuked at a forward post in Rajouri district. Major Harsh Kumar, hailing from Jaipur and posted with a Rashtriya Rifles unit, was shot dead by Naik Ravi Kumar at an isolated post in Thanamandi area on Wednesday night, a Defence Ministry spokesman said here.

Fifth such case

This was the fifth case of a soldier shooting a superior in the last two years. The Army has opened two psychiatric counselling centres in the Northern and

Eastern commands to deal with stress-related problems of the personnel. The Major commanding a unit engaged in counter- insurgency operations had given a dressing down to Kumar, following which Kumar shot him, Army source said.

Top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya sailed into the last eight of the Jaipur Club Harish Chandra Golecha Memorial squash tournament when he defeated Farid Khan without dropping a point.

Despite landing in the Pink City only a couple hours back, Ritwik took little over 15 minutes to humiliate his opponent from Mayo College 9-0 9-0 9-0.

Other fancied players such as Gaurav Nandrajog, Vikas Jhangra, Supreet Singh and Partha Sharma too made it to the quarterfinals with ease.

Seventh seed Shakti Singh was a suprise loser, going down to Amjad Khan of Squash Rackets Federation of India.

(IANS) If you plan to come to Jaipur next month, think twice: hotels here are reporting full house thanks to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy.

The Sawai Mansingh stadium here will host six one-day international matches including a semi-final.

Owing to the cricket carnival, about 100 rooms would be exclusively required per day to cater for players, experts and other foreign delegates.

In addition, tourists would be in plenty, both for the matches and on vacations.

The maximum requirement of 175 rooms would come up Oct 15 when six teams including India, Pakistan, England, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh along with a qualifier team would be in the city.