Rajasthan's Suman Rao is Miss India 2019

Suman Rao, Miss India Rajasthan was crowned the winner of Femina Miss India World 2019 during a star-studded grand finale of the beauty pageant, held on June 15, 2019 at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai. Miss India 2019 winner Rao was crowned Miss India World 2019 by her predecessor, Miss India 2018 Anukreethy Vas from Tamil Nadu. While Shivani Jadhav from Chhattisgarh was crowned Femina Miss Grand India 2019, Shreya Shanker from Bihar won the Miss India United Continents 2019 title. 

The winners were judged by a panel comprising renowned designer duo Falguni Shane Peacock, Miss World 2018 Vanessa Ponca de leon, actors Huma Qureshi, Chitrangda Singh, Aayush Sharma, choreographer-filmmaker Remo D'Souza, sprinter Dutee Chand and football captain Sunil Chhetri. The finale of the Miss India pageant 2019 was a star-studded affair, with Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal performing on Bollywood's hit dancing numbers to the pageant being hosted by Bollywood's favourite producer, Karan Johar along with Manish Paul and Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar.

About Suman Rao: Suman Rao, a resident of Rajsamand, Rajasthan was crowned Miss India 2019. The 20-year-old model was born on November 23, 1999. Suman also has the title of Miss India Rajasthan 2019 under her belt. And the gorgeous model is all set to represent India in the coveted Miss World 2019 that is going to take place in Pattaya, Bangkok in the month of December 2019.

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Rajasthan Assembly election 2018 Important facts

Rajasthan Assembly election 2018 Important facts:

• Rajasthan legislative assembly election in Rajasthan was held on 7 December 2018 to elect members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.
• The election was held in single phase.
• Indian National Congress became the single largest party of the state in 2018 with 99 seats from 200 seat. 
• BJP wins 73 seats with 38.8% vote share.
• Senior congress leader Ashok Gehlot was selected to be Chief Minister of the state.
• Ashok Gehlot has recently become the chief minister of the state for third time. He served as Union Minister in Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi as well as Narsimharao governments. 
• His first term as Rajasthan CM was from 1998 to 2003, while second term was from 2008 to 2013. 
• Sachin Pilot has been selected to be deputy chief minister of the state for the first time.

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Deepak Upreti is New RPSC Chairman

Senior IAS officer Deepak Upreti has been appointed new chairman of Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) on Saturday. The post was lying vacant  for over two and a half months as the tenure of Dr Radheshyam Garg ended on May 1.

Upreti, the 1986-batch IAS officer was a transport commissioner. He had also served as principal secretary in mines and petroleum department, cooperative department and medical and health department. He had been divisional commissioner of Ajmer and commissioner in commercial sales taxes department. At present, he was posted as additional chief secretary (ACS), home guards, Jail and chief vigilance commissioner.

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Mundawar MLA passes away

Dharam Pal Choudhary (64), the sitting BJP MLA from Mundawar Vidhan Sabha constituency of Rajasthan, has passed away in Gurugram on April 18, 2018. He was a three-time MLA from Alwar district–in 2003, 2008 and 2013.

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Leaders of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly

Leaders of Opposition List in Rajasthan Assembly (Vidhan Sabha):

• Jaswant Singh
• (29-03-1952  to  09-04-1956)
• Tan Singh
• (03-12-1956  to  31-03-1957)
• Narendra Singh
• (24-04-1957  to  01-03-1962)
• Maharawal Laxman Singh
• (13-03-1962  to  28-02-1967,
• 03-05-1967  to  15-03-1972,
• 20-03-1972  to  30-04-1977,
• 24-09-1979  to  11-10-1979)  
• Parasram Maderna
• (18-07-1977  to  13-11-1978,
• 16-02-1979  to  29-08-1979,
• 31-12-1993  to  30-11-1998)
• Ram Narain Choudhary
• (13-11-1978  to  15-02-1979)
• Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
• (15-07-1980  to  09-03-1985,
• 28-03-1985  to  30-12-1989,
• 08-01-1999   to   18-08-2002 )  
• Kedar Nath Sharma
• (28-12-1989  to  01-03-1990)
• Haridev Joshi
• (19-03-1990  to  15-12-1992)
• Gulab Chand Kataria
• (24-08-2002   to   04-12-2003)
• (21-02-2013   to   09-12-2013)
• Dr. Bulaki Das Kalla
• (16-01-2004   to   26-01-2006)
• Ram Narayan Choudhary
• [27-01-2006  to  16-10-2007]
• Hema Ram Choudhary
• (16.10.2007 to 10.12.2008)
• Smt. Vasundhara Raje
• (02.01.2009 to 25.02.2010,
• 09.03.2011 to 20.02.2013)
• Rameshwar Lal Dudi
• (23.01.2014 to till today)

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Narayan Das Maharaj, Maharao Raghuveer Singh from Rajasthan to get Padma Shri Award 2018

Narayan Das Maharaj, Maharao Raghuveer Singh from Rajasthan to get Padma Shri Award 2018. The list of Padma awardees 2018 announced by the Union government on Republic Day includes 2 eminent persons from Rajasthan along with 3 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri Awards. Narayan Das Maharaj is associated with Triveni Dham, Jaipur and Maharao Raghuveer Singh is from Sirohi.

About Narayan Das Maharaj : महाराज नारायणदास चिमनपुरा गांव के रहने वाले हैं। यह गांव त्रिवेणी धाम से लगभग दो किलो मीटर दूर है। शिष्यों के मुताबिक नारायणदास महाराज को माता-पिता छह वर्ष की उम्र में भगवानदास महाराज के पास छोड़ गए थे। नारायणदास गुरुजी की रात-दिन सेवा करते। उनसे शिक्षा-दीक्षा ली और समाज सेवा में लग गए। महाराज नारायणदास सबसे ज्यादा उम्र के वैरागी हैं। उनके शिष्य उन्हें 92 वर्ष का बताते हैं, लेकिन उन्हें देख लगता है कि वे शतायु हो चुके हैं। वे श्रद्धालुओं को गौ रक्षा का संदेश देते हैं और भूखे का पेट भरना ही जीवन का सबसे बड़ा उद्देश्य समझते हैं।

Maharao Raghuveer Singh: Maharao Raghuveer Singh is from Sirohi will gets Padma Shri Award 2018 in Literature and Education category for his contribution.

• Padma Shri (Padma Shree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Awarded by the Government of India, it is announced every year on India's Republic Day.
• Check Padma Awards 2018 Winners List

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Nihal Chand Goel appointed as Chief Secretary of Rajasthan

Rajasthan Government on 30th December appointed Nihal Chand Goel (59) as the new chief secretary of Rajasthan. He replaced Ashok Jain, who is retiring on December 31. Goel will hold charge for four months only. Along with being the chief secretary, Goel will also handle the additional responsibility of being the chairman of Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals, Udaipur, until further orders.

A 1982-batch officer, Goel was additional chief secretary (ACS) , forest and environment, tourism, art and culture department and additional chief secretary, coordination – mines and petroleum department, Rajasthan. Goel, who has done his masters in English Literature and then an MBA, has also served as the collector and district magistrate of Jaisalmer in 1990. He has also been the chairman and managing director of the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Limited. He is known for his excellent public dealing, leadership qualities and handling files. 

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Radheshyam Garg appointed New RPSC chairman

Radhe Shyam Garg has been appointed new chairman of Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC). The Rajasthan governor office announced Dr Garg’s appointment late on Friday. The post had been lying vacant for the past more two months after the former chairman Shyam Sundar Sharma retired in September. Chairman’s post is a constitutional one with the governor appointing the head. The term of the chairman and members is that of six years or 62 years of age, whichever is earlier. Garg will complete 62 in May, 2018. This means, he will serve the post for only six months. Former chairman, Shyam Sundar Sharma held the post for less than three months before retiring on September 28. He had replaced IAS officer Lalit K Panwar who held the post for nearly two years.

Garg, a native of Dholpur, has been associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and had been an office bearer for RSS’s Dholpur branch. RPSC, the body entrusted with the task of recruiting government employees was without a head after its chairman Shyam Sunder Sharma retired on September 28. The commission is an eight-member body, including the chairman. The chief minister Vasundhara Raje on December 13 had made announcement of 1.4 lakh government jobs under direct recruitment. A lion share of the recruitment will be done by the RPSC. Also, it now has to manage exams of more youth in coming days as applicants number is likely to grow in the wake of the government’s decision to increase age cap to 40 from 35 for youth taking competitive exams.

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India's Dalveer Bhandari re-elected to ICJ

India’s nominee to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Dalveer Bhandari was on 20th November re-elected to the fifth and the last seat of the world court after Britain withdrew its candidate from the election. Mr. Bhandari received 183-193 votes in the General Assembly and secured all the 15 votes in the Security Council after separate and simultaneous elections were held at the UN headquarters in New York. The elections were held after United Kingdom, in a dramatic turn of events, withdrew out of the race for the Hague-based ICJ, thus paving the way for Mr. Bhandari’s re-election to the prestigious world court. Mr. Bhandari and Britain’s Christopher Greenwood were locked in a neck-and-neck fight for re-election to the ICJ.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the election of Bhandari, 70, as a “proud moment for us” and credited foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and the external affairs ministry for the victory. He also thanked all members of the General Assembly and Security Council for “their support and trust in India”. For the UK, the vote meant it will not have a judge at the ICJ for the first time in The Hague-based court’s 71-year history. The Guardian described the development as a “humiliating blow to British international prestige and an acceptance of a diminished status” in world affairs.

Dalveer Bhandari acquired degrees in the humanities and law from Jodhpur University and practised in the Rajasthan High Court from 1968 to 1970. In June 1970, he was then invited to a six-week workshop organized by the University of Chicago on research on Indian law in Chicago on an international scholarship and subsequently on another international scholarship, he obtained a Masters of Law from Northwestern University School of Law.

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Rajasthan government hikes OBC reservation from 21% to 26%

Rajasthan Assembly on 26th October 2017 passed a bill which increased reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) from 21 percent to 26 percent. The community includes Gujjars and four other castes. The reservation in Rajasthan now stands at 54 per cent defying the set ceiling of 50 per cent by the Supreme Court. The Backward Classes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions in the State and of Appointment and Posts in Services under the State) Bill, 2017, seeks to provide 5 per cent reservation to Banjara, Baldiya, Labana; Gadiya Lohar, Gadoliya; Gujar, Gurjar; Raika, Rebari, Debasi and Gadariya, Gadri, Gayari.

Rajasthan High Court last year struck down five per cent reservation for these castes provided through The Rajasthan Special Backward Classes Act, 2015, pointing out flaws in the government’s process of granting reservation. With the 2015 SBC Act, the government had moved the five castes from OBC into a separate Special Backward Castes category. As per Supreme Court guidelines, the total quota in government jobs and educational institutes for different reserved categories in the state cannot go beyond 50 per cent.

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VASTRA 2017 in Jaipur

Textiles Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurates VASTRA 2017 in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 21st September 2017. Speaking about the success of the mega textiles event Textiles India 2017, the Minister said that Textiles India was an effort not only of the Government; she said that it was an effort of the entire industry that wanted to tell the world in one voice, “Come, Make in India”. She added that nothing better says Make in India than Textiles in India. The Minister said this after inaugurating the 6th Edition of the 4-day international textiles and apparel fair VASTRA 2017, in Jaipur on 21st September 2017.

The Minister said that this confidence in the textiles sector is bolstered by the recent high growth of FDI in the textiles sector. Recounting the success of the Integrated Skill Development Scheme, Smt. Irani also said that the success rate of placements of skilled workforce in textiles sector is now over 70%. She added that the Government continues to engage with the trainees even after placement to ensure that individuals are able to sustain work in their work chain for at least 6 months. The Textiles Minister expressed satisfaction regarding the inclusion of design and other workshops in VASTRA 2017. She added that the beauty and variety of the designs that we have had historically in our nation is something that the Indian textiles sector can and does leverage internationally.

Smt. Irani said that in the growth of the textiles sector lies the growth of India and the growth of job opportunities. She said that the textiles sector provides direct employment to over 45 million people and indirectly impacts close to another 20 million households. She said that the Government of India has brought in Rs. 6,000 crore package specially aimed at providing support to the textiles, apparel and made-ups sectors.

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Alwar MP Chand Nath Yogi dies

BJP MP from Alwar and head of Rohtak’s Baba Mastnath Math, Chand Nath Yogi, passed away on 16th September 2017 while undergoing treatment in New Delhi. He was 61. The 61-year-old Mahant, who headed Baba Mastnath Matth, Rohtak, had won the Alwar seat in the 2014 parliamentary elections after defeating Congress candidate and former union minister Jitendra Singh. Mahant’s body is being taken to Rohtak and the last rites would take place at the matth around 4 pm, Alwar District BJP president Raghuveer told The Tribune.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the death of the MP, who was suffering from throat cancer. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje also expressed condolences to the bereaved family members, saying it is an irreparable loss to to her and the entire BJP family. Now, two Lok Sabha seats, one held by Chand Nath in Alwar and another by Sanwarlal Jat in Ajmer have fallen vacant after their death. Rajasthan sends 25 members to the Lok Sabha.

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राजस्थान खादी ग्रामोद्योग बोर्ड के अध्यक्ष शंभूदयाल बड़गूजर का निधन

केकड़ी से भाजपा के पूर्व विधायक व खादी ग्रामोद्योग बोर्ड के मौजूदा अध्यक्ष शम्भू दयाल बडगूजर का 19 अगस्त को निधन हो गया है। मुख्यमंत्री श्रीमती वसुन्धरा राजे ने राजस्थान खादी ग्रामोद्योग बोर्ड के अध्यक्ष  श्री शंभूदयाल बड़गूजर के निधन पर शोक व्यक्त किया है। मुख्यमंत्री ने स्व. बड़गूजर के परिजनों को ढांढस बंधाया। अपने शोक संदेश में श्रीमती राजे ने कहा कि श्री बड़गूजर मिलनसार एवं मृदुभाषी थे। 

खादी बोर्ड के अध्यक्ष के रूप में उन्होंने खादी को बढ़ावा देने वाली कई योजनाओं और नवाचारों को लागू किया। इसका फायदा बुनकरों और खादी ग्रामोद्योग से जुड़ी संस्थाओं को मिला। राज्यमंत्री दर्जा प्राप्त बड़गूर्जर पिछले तीन महीनों से अस्वस्थ थे। जयपुर के फोर्टीज अस्पताल में उनका इलाज चला, लेकिन देर रात को एसएमएस अस्पताल में इलाज के दौराने ही उन्होंने आखिरी सांस ली। भाजपा नेताओं में उनकी अपनी एक अलग छवि थी। 1993 के विधानसभा चुनाव में पूरे देश की राजनीत में अपना ऊंचा ओहदा रखने वाले कांग्रेस के दिग्‍गज नेता जगन्‍नाथ पहाड़िया को हराकर पूरे प्रदेश में अपनी अलग ही पहचान बनाई थी। बड़गूर्जर अपने पीछे दो बेटे और एक बेटी छोड़ गए हैं।

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हीरानंद कटारिया ‘द्रोणाचार्य अवार्ड’ के लिए नामित

हीरानंद कटारिया राजस्थान के पूर्व इंटरनेशनल कबड्‌डी प्लेयर और कोच है। राजस्थान के पूर्व इंटरनेशनल कबड्डी प्लेयर और कोच हीरानंद कटारिया के नाम की सिफारिश द्रोणाचार्य अवार्ड के लिए की गई है। इसके अलावा एथलेटिक्स कोच दिवंगत रामकृष्णन गांधी और रियो पैरालिंपिक स्वर्ण पदक विजेता टी. मरियप्पन के कोच सत्यनारायण के नाम की अनुशंसा भी द्रोणाचार्य अवार्ड के लिए की गई है। खिलाड़ी और कोच के रूप में सफल रहे कटारिया करीब तीन दशकों से कबड्डी से जुड़े हुए हैं। 1995 के सैफ खेलों की स्वर्ण पदक विजेता टीम के सदस्य रह चुके कटारिया प्रदेश के महाराणा प्रताप और गुरू वशिष्ठ पुरस्कारों से भी सम्मानित हो चुके हैं।

कटारिया ने 1997 से कोचिंग का जिम्मा संभाला और अब तक पांच अंतरराष्ट्रीय महिला खिलाड़ी तैयार कर चुके हैं। कटारिया से कोचिंग लेने वाली शालिनी पाठक, सुमित्रा शर्मा और मंजु भारतीय टीमों में जगह बना चुकी हैं और जूनियर वर्ग में गरिमा गौड़ और माया सहारण हाल ही में भारतीय टीम के शिविर में हिस्सा लेकर लौटी है। कटारिया पिछले 15 सालों से नि:शुल्क प्रशिक्षण दे रहे हैं। राजस्थान वुशु संघ के अध्यक्ष कटारिया का परिवार खेलों से जुड़ा हुआ है। उनके पुत्र लवमीत कटारिया अंतरराष्ट्रीय बॉलीबाल खिलाड़ी है।

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Sanwar Lal Jat passed away

Former Union minister and BJP parliamentarian Sanwar Lal Jat died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi early on 9th Aug 2017. He was 62. The Rajasthan politician, who had served as the minister of state for water resources in the Narendra Modi government, breathed his last at 6.15 am after being in coma for over a week. A five-time MLA, Jat was a mass leader and a close confidant of Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje.  

Born in a peasant’s family at Ajmer’s Gopalpura village, the politician made his Lok Sabha debut in 2014 by defeating Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot from Ajmer.  The chairman of the state farmers’ commission, he frequently raised rural issues - mostly related to agriculture - in the Rajasthan assembly. Jat was a farmers’ leader who had made an immense contribution to the state as MLA, MP and minister.

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Khel Ratna Award to Devendra Jhajharia, Sardar Singh

Two-time Paralympic gold-medallist Devendra Jhajharia on 3rd August became the first paralympian to be recommended for the country’s highest sporting honour - the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award along with former hockey captain Sardar Singh. The final call on this would be taken by the Sports Ministry. Besides, the awards selection committee has recommended 17 names for the Arjuna award.

The 36-year-old Devendra Jhajharia, who is the first Indian to win two Paralympic gold medals, was the first choice of the awards selection committee headed by Justice (Retd) C K Thakkar. Jhajharia had won his medals in the javelin throw event.

The committee has picked 31-year-old midfielder Sardar Singh as its second nominee for the top honour and has suggested that both Jhajharia and Sardar be considered for the award jointly.

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Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar passed away

Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar (78), maestro and custodian of the venerable Dhrupad tradition of Hindustani classical music, has passed away in Pune, Maharashtra on July 30, 2017. He was known affectionately to his legions of disciples and admirers as ‘Saeed Bhai’. 

He was born in Alwar in Rajasthan in 1939 and was a part of the Dagar family of musicians. He represented the 19th generation of Dagar Tradition. Dhrupad – a Sanskrit portmanteau of Dhruva (immovable) and Pad (verse) has its roots since ancient times, mentioned as early as the 3rd Century B.C. in the Natyashastra.

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Ajit Singh Shekhawat appointed new Rajasthan DGP

Ajit Singh Shekhawat, a 1982 batch Indian Police Service(IPS) officer was on 31st July appointed as the new director general of police(DGP) by the Rajasthan government. Singh replaced outgoing Manoj Bhatt who retired from the service on Monday. Ajit Singh was holding the position of DG prison, additional DGP Sunil Kumar Mehrotra has now been given the additional charge of state prison department. 

Ajit Singh was instrumental in leading talks with Rajput leaders during the crucial hours of Anandpal Singh encounter agitation which unfolded in Nagaur last month and took violent turn. Himself from Rajput community, Singh was sent to violence hit Sawarda village of Nagaur as the government's emissary to find a common ground with protesters. Singh hails from Jaipur and completed his school education in the city, and graduated from St. Stephen's college in New Delhi. He carved a niche from himself as 'efficient cop,' with clean image who resisted undue influences in policing. 

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अशोक जैन बने राजस्थान के नए मुख्य सचिव

भारतीय प्रशासनिक सेवा के वरिष्ठ अधिकारी श्री अशोक जैन ने शुक्रवार को शासन सचिवालय स्थित मुख्य सचिव कार्यालय में श्री ओ.पी.मीना से मुख्य सचिव पद का पदभार ग्रहण किया। उल्लेखनीय है कि जोधपुर जिले के मूल निवासी श्री अशोक जैन 1981 बैच के भारतीय प्रशासनिक सेवा के वरिष्ठ अधिकारी हैं। श्री जैन इससे पूर्व सामाजिक न्याय एवं अधिकारिता  विभाग में अतिरिक्त मुख्य सचिव थे ।

वहीँ राजस्थान आई.ए.एस. आफिसर्स एसोसिएशन द्वारा 30 जून 2017 को शासन सचिवालय में मुख्य सचिव श्री ओ.पी.मीना को उनकी सेवानिवृति पर भावभीनी विदाई दी गई। समारोह में अतिरिक्त मुख्य सचिव, प्रमुख शासन सचिव सहित बड़ी संख्या में भारतीय प्रशासनिक सेवा के अधिकारी मौजूद थे।

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Pradeep Nandrajog takes oath as New Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court

Justice Pradeep Nandrajog takes oath as New Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 2nd April 2017 in a ceremony at Raj Bhawan, Jaipur. Governor Kalyan Singh administered the oath of office to Nandrajog. The Chief Justice took the oath in English in the presence of Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Kailash Meghwal, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and members of the council of ministers. Nandrajog was the Delhi High Court judge before being appointed as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.

Earlier President in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India appointed Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, Judge of the Delhi High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in the year 1981. He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on 20th December 2002 and became a Permanent Judge on 16th April 2004. 

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