Women trainees, popularly known as ‘Solar Mamas’ learn to assemble and install solar-powered lights at Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan. Women trainees, popularly known as ‘Solar Mamas’ learn to assemble and install solar-powered lights at Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan. Women trainees, popularly known as ‘Solar Mamas’ learn to assemble and install solar-powered lights at…
Social activist Nikhil Dey Anyone with an idea — however unconventional — about bringing change through local people and their knowledge could approach Bunker Roy. His response was often simple: “Do it, and I will support you. So what if some of them fail?”I saw this faith in people as one of the defining qualities…
Jaipur Police arrests man in Delhi for five-year extortion case Jaipur: A man accused of extorting money from a Jaipur woman for nearly five years using a video of her selling liquor was arrested in Delhi after police traced him to a rented house. He allegedly threatened to upload the video on YouTube and have…
Jaisalmer: Strengthening Indo-French cooperation in education, vocational training, traditional craftsmanship and women’s empowerment was at the centre of French Ambassador to India Dr Thierry Mathou’s two-day visit to Jaisalmer on Nov 9 and 10.During his visit, the Ambassador explored opportunities to deepen collaboration between France and Rajasthan, with a special focus on enhancing educational opportunities,…
Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has directed the state govt to appoint an administrative member in Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal at Jodhpur by Nov 30, warning that the chief secretary or additional chief secretary, Department of Personnel (DoP), will have to remain present before the court if the direction is not complied with.A division bench…
Tourism season misses Diwali momentum Jaipur: The Diwali surge in tourist footfalls across Rajasthan was missing this year, with the tourism industry witnessing a subdued start to the high season in Nov. Massive fireworks display on Diwali at Amar Jawan Jyoti, Jaipur Rajasthan on 09 November 2026. The programme was organised by JMC and JDA…
Jodhpur: Rajasthan High Court has ruled that Class IV employees hired through placement agencies cannot be denied minimum pay scale applicable to their posts merely because they were not appointed through the regular recruitment process.Allowing two petitions filed by Tribal Area Development Department employees, the court directed state govt to grant them the minimum pay…
Jaisalmer: Police Monday solved a kidnapping, assault and robbery case within hours, arresting six people, including a 19-year-old woman, and detaining a minor, all residents of Noida, Uttar Pradesh.Jaisalmer SP Abhishek Shivhare said at a news conference Tuesday that the accused allegedly used the dating app Grindr to befriend a local grocery trader, lure him…
Barefoot College founder Bunker Roy with former US president Bill Clinton during his visit to Tilonia, Ajmer in 2014 Few people outside Rajasthan would have heard of Tilonia before 1972. A small village in Ajmer district, surrounded by the harsh landscape of rural Rajasthan, faced many challenges familiar to villages across the region—water scarcity, limited…
JAIPUR: Sanjit Bunker Roy, the social activist who founded Barefoot College in Rajasthan’s Tilonia and trained rural women from across the world as solar engineers, died at his home in Ajmer district Tuesday morning. He was 81, and is survived by his wife, noted social activist Aruna Roy.Through Barefoot College, Roy built a model in…
