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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Rains kill 130 deer in Rajasthan

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About 80 black bucks drowned at the Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday night, following a heavy thunderstorm and unexpected flooding.

In all, about 130 deer of different species were killed.

The sanctuary,on the edge of the Thar desert,spread over 720 hectares in Rajasthan’s Churu district, 210 km northwest of Jaipur, is famed for its black bucks,numbering around 2,000.

But in the absence of proper drainage and adequate precautions by forest officials, a single night’s heavy rain was enough to wreak havoc.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Tragedy at Jodhpur temple

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Devotees slipping on water from smashed coconuts offered to a deity may be one of the causes of Rajasthan’s worst-ever stampede, in which at least 150 people died on Tuesday morning.

As the devotees slipped, believed to have been pushed by a group of reckless young men, it had a cascading effect on the thousands behind, who had gathered at the 500-year-old Chamunda Devi Temple in the Mehrangarh Fort of Jodhpur since 2 am to offer Navratra prayers.

A senior government official, who did not want to be named, said the devotees in the men’s queue fell on one another, leading to a stampede on the ramp that leads to the hilltop shrine.

Chief Secretary D.C. Samant said: “Rumours about a wall collapse or bomb scare are baseless.”

About 20,000 worshippers had gathered at the temple, about 330 km from Jaipur.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Three new IITs coming, but where is the infrastructutre?

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Here's another example of the clumsy manner in which the HRD ministry handles India's most prestigious institutions of higher education. Three new IITs are opening next month, but no buildings, infrastructure or faculty befitting the global brand is in place yet.

Three existing IITs - Guwahati, Madras and Delhi - have been made ‘mentor institutions' for the new institutes at Patna, Medak and Rajasthan.

Faculty from the Guwahati and Madras IITs will be deployed to teach at makeshift campuses at Patna and Medak. IIT Rajasthan doesn't even have a ‘makeshift campus', and will debut from its mentor's campus at IIT Delhi.

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