Prakash Bhandari

Prakash Bhandari is a veteran journalist with over 50 years of experience. He has worked with The Times of India for 30 years and contributed to leading publications as well as international news agency AFP.

Pant desired, Pathak delivered 

A month ago, Rajasthan chief secretary Sudhansh Pant had said that departmental promotion committee (DPC) should be held timely to fix seniority and award...

Top heads of RIICO head for land identification for industrial township

Top officials of RIICO hit the ground running to implement the plans strategised in the drawing board.  RIICO chairman Ajitabh Sharma, who is also principal...

No more tears: Alwar collector Artika Shukla did in few hours what administration could not do in 6 months

It took just few hours to wipe signs of desperation, tears and anger from the face of widow-teacher Saroj, who had been struggling to...

Widow awaits pension, ‘insensitive’ Alwar CEO fails to submit service record 

Apathy, callousness, cruelty - define the state of affairs in Alwar district administration.  A widow Saroj, who had worked with Alwar district council for 34...

Does Rajasthan have an appetite to gulp investment of Rs 35 lakh crore?

Rajasthan has conquered the first frontier of drawing investment commitments in the Rising Rajasthan Global Summit. Perhaps, this is the  second largest investment summit in...

Made-in-India Solar PV cells mandatory from June 1, 2026

No more imported solar PV cells can  be used in government-backed projects from June 1, 2026. The ministry of new and renewable energy has introduced an...

Revenue secretary Sanjay Malhotra named next RBI Governor

Those who know Sanjay Malhotra and his acumen were betting him to be the future cabinet secretary.  But then the challenging economic landscape, which demands...

Nostalgic Raje receives Modi, summit rolls out with bang

Sitting in the front row, former chief minister Vasundhara Raje must be feeling nostalgic.  In 2007, when the first ever investment summit was organised in...

Five reasons why Rising Rajasthan is biggest ever summit in Rajasthan?

Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit to be held from 9-11 December is going down in the history of Rajasthan as the biggest investment summit....

Former IFS Munish Kumar Garg likely to be chairman of SEIAA

Former head of forest force (HoFF) Munish Kumar Garg is likely to be the new chairman of State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority -...