Jaipur, Mar 24 Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today said his government is pursuing a target of setting up six new power plants over the next five years in a bid to make the state self-sufficient in the power sector.
Inaugurating a hybrid 132 kv sub-station at SMS stadium here, Gehlot said the state government has set itself a target of launching six new power plants over the next five years and the process has already started.
"We are moving ahead with an aim to secure future of the state in the energy sector. Our vision would help draw investments to the state in the sector and solve problems of farmers as well as general users," Gehlot said.
"There is ample potential for solar power generation in the desert state, and we hope to tap it to the hilt in the coming years," he said.
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Mumbai, Mar 24 Country's youngest Everest conqueror Krushnaa Patil is in need of Rs five lakh to scale her next peak.
"I am on a seven-summit quest where I am trying to conquer the highest peak in every continent. I've already conquered five peaks but require Rs five lakh to continue my quest," said Patil, who scaled Mount Everest at the age of 19 last year.
"It is disappointing that despite proving myself in a sport where the risk element is probably the highest, we hardly find any sponsors," she said at the India International Sports Summit here today.
"I am on a seven-summit quest where I am trying to conquer the highest peak in every continent. I've already conquered five peaks but require Rs five lakh to continue my quest," said Patil, who scaled Mount Everest at the age of 19 last year.
"It is disappointing that despite proving myself in a sport where the risk element is probably the highest, we hardly find any sponsors," she said at the India International Sports Summit here today.
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Nainital, Mar 24 A male elephant was today found dead in Corbett National Park's Sonanadi Range here.
Forest personnel patrolling in the area spotted the dead elephant, officials said.
It is suspected that the elephant died in fight with a tiger last night, they said, adding the tusks of the animal were safe.
Forest personnel patrolling in the area spotted the dead elephant, officials said.
It is suspected that the elephant died in fight with a tiger last night, they said, adding the tusks of the animal were safe.
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Mainpuri, Mar 24 Two girls were killed and 25 others injured when a tractor trolley overturned in Kurawali police area of the district, officials said here.
The girls, aged 11 and 3 years, were killed when the tractor trolley carrying pilgrims turned turtle in Nagla Kohri village this evening, sub divisional magistrate Jaishanker Dubey said.
He said that the injured were admitted to the hospital, where condition of seven was serious.
The girls, aged 11 and 3 years, were killed when the tractor trolley carrying pilgrims turned turtle in Nagla Kohri village this evening, sub divisional magistrate Jaishanker Dubey said.
He said that the injured were admitted to the hospital, where condition of seven was serious.
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Chennai, Mar 25 Critically acclaimed actress Padmapriya will be seen in a new avatar that of a gun wielding village belle in Tamil Cowboy film 'Irumbukottai Murattu Singham'.
"I play the role of a Marshal's daughter in a village in this fantasy-action-cowboy movie," she said, a different genre from the 'intense' roles she usually gets to play in films.
"The movie is an entertainer. It has everything?- action, comedy, eroticism," Padmapriya, famous for her intense roles in Tamil movies like 'Pookisham', 'Satham Podathey', 'Thavamai Thavamirundhu' and 'Mirugam', told PTI.
And if that is not enough, the actress will also be seen doing some action and firing guns. "It has a huge cast, each one having well defined roles," Padmapriya said.
Lakshmi Rai and Sandhya are the other two heroines in the film directed by Simbudevan.
"I play the role of a Marshal's daughter in a village in this fantasy-action-cowboy movie," she said, a different genre from the 'intense' roles she usually gets to play in films.
"The movie is an entertainer. It has everything?- action, comedy, eroticism," Padmapriya, famous for her intense roles in Tamil movies like 'Pookisham', 'Satham Podathey', 'Thavamai Thavamirundhu' and 'Mirugam', told PTI.
And if that is not enough, the actress will also be seen doing some action and firing guns. "It has a huge cast, each one having well defined roles," Padmapriya said.
Lakshmi Rai and Sandhya are the other two heroines in the film directed by Simbudevan.
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Pak continues to support some terrorist group: official
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Washington, Mar 25 Even though Pakistan has taken strong military steps against terrorists in the past one year, it has continued to support some groups that operate in Afghanistan, a top US intelligence official has said.
"Islamabad has demonstrated determination and persistence in combating militants it perceives dangerous to Pakistan's interests, but it also has provided some support to other Pakistan-based groups that operate in Afghanistan," Mathew Burrows, Counsellor and Director of the Analysis and Production Staff at the National Intelligence Council, told foreign journalists here.
"US and coalition success against the insurgency in Afghanistan could provide new long-term incentives for Pakistan to take steps against Afghan-focused militants".
"Increased Pakistani cooperation is more likely, if Pakistan is persuaded that the US is committed to stabilising Afghanistan and capable of doing so," he said at a news briefing held at the Foreign Press Centre.
"Islamabad has demonstrated determination and persistence in combating militants it perceives dangerous to Pakistan's interests, but it also has provided some support to other Pakistan-based groups that operate in Afghanistan," Mathew Burrows, Counsellor and Director of the Analysis and Production Staff at the National Intelligence Council, told foreign journalists here.
"US and coalition success against the insurgency in Afghanistan could provide new long-term incentives for Pakistan to take steps against Afghan-focused militants".
"Increased Pakistani cooperation is more likely, if Pakistan is persuaded that the US is committed to stabilising Afghanistan and capable of doing so," he said at a news briefing held at the Foreign Press Centre.