GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat says barely any locations available for building large dams, stresses on recharging groundwater

There are nearly 736 major dams in the country. Mostly, constructing a large dam not only involves displacement of people but a large swath...

Australia-India Water Centre inaugurated virtually

The water issues and challenges of India and Australia share many common elements, including natural extremes of floods and droughts, incre...

Implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Rajasthan, WB dissatisfactory: Jal Shakti Ministry

West Bengal, whose performance over the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission was termed "dismal" by the ministry last week, did not att...

Cabinet nod to programme for maintaining, improving 736 dams

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told reporters at a cabinet briefing that the dam rehabilitation and improvement programme pha...

India became ‘food-deficit’ when people in power tried to run nation on British mindset: Shekhawat

While addressing at an event in the national capital on September 30, the Union Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat spoke in supp...

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat tests positive for coronavirus

The minister said in a tweet that he underwent a coronavirus test after experiencing symptoms of the infection. On the advice of doctors he...

Punjab will burn: At meeting with Haryana CM, Amarinder Singh says SYL emotive issue

Meeting Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat through a video link, the Punjab CM argued th...

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat gets relief in cooperative society scam case

In a relief to union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a cooperative society scam case, the Rajasthan High Court has stayed the ADJ cour...

32 lakh households provided with piped water post lockdown: Union minister

Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month, PMGKRY is an employment-cum-rural public works campaign to provide livelihood opportun...

Jaipur court asks SOG to probe the role of Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in ‘Credit Society Scam’

The petitioners said Shekhawat was a partner in the property business of Vikram Singh, the managing director of Sanjivani Credit Cooperativ...

Ashok Gehlot writes to PM over bid to 'topple' his government, names Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Ashok Gehlot said the alleged attempt to bring down the Congress government in the state insulted the people's mandate and was an open viol...

Congress demands Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's resignation for 'involvement' in conspiracy to topple Rajasthan govt

Congress leader and former Union minister Ajay Maken said the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Rajasthan police has registered a case in conne...

Rajasthan crisis: Were phones of politicians tapped? BJP demands CBI probe

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra hit back at the Congress a day after it cited some audio clips to accuse some saffron party leaders, includin...

Rajasthan political crisis: Haryana police present at ITC Manesar to stop Rajasthan SoG from meeting rebel Cong MLA

Rajasthan political crisis: SoG has registered an FIR against Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Bhanwar Lal Sharma & Sanjay Jain for...

Two FIRs lodged in Rajasthan over Congress complaints of horse trading

​​ Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had earlier in the day demanded the arrest of union minister and BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekh...

Congress releases Rajasthan 'bribe' tape, demands FIR against union minister Gajendra Shekhawat

AICC spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that two audio recordings have surfaced in which the MLA Sharma, union minister Shekhawat and a BJ...

Assam decides to engage returnee youths in Jal Jeevan mission

During the conference, the Union Jal Shakti Department Minister urged for expediting the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Assam so t...