Udaipur
City in Rajasthan, India
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Udaipur is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, about 415Ā km (258Ā mi) south of the state capital Jaipur. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency. It was founded in 1559 by Udai Singh II of the Sisodia clan of Rajputs, when he shifted his capital from the city of Chittorgarh to Udaipur after Chittorgarh was besieged by Akbar. It remained as the capital city till 1818 when Mewar became a British princely state, and thereafter the Mewar province became a part of Rajasthan when India gained independence in 1947. It is also known as the City of Lakes, as it is surrounded by five major artificial lakes.
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Section 144 imposed in Udaipur as violence erupts after student stabbed in school, vehicles torched, watch videoAfter the incident, members of several Hindu right wing outfits gathered in the Madhuban area and set fire to three cars parked in a garage and got engaged in stone pelting.DNA - Published | |
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NIA court frames charges against 9 for beheading Rajasthan tailorA special NIA court in Jaipur on Tuesday framed charges against nine accused in the beheading of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal. Two cleaver wielding men, Gaus Mohammad and Mohammad Riyaz, had entered..IndiaTimes - Published | Skyscrapers and scorpion: Indigenous artists mix modern with the traditionalLast year, Warli artist Anil Chaitya Vangad recreated a map of Seoul in three large Warli panels. Vangad will showcase a Warli representation of Mahatma Gandhi's life at 'The Art of India' exhibition...IndiaTimes - Published |
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At Rajasthan rally, Amit Shah raps Ashok Gehlot over tailor beheadingUnion home minister Amit Shah Friday told a packed Udaipur rally that the two cleaver-wielding men who had beheaded local tailor Kanhaiyya Lal in June last year "would have been hanged by now" if..IndiaTimes - Published | 'Men who helped police nab Kanhaiya Lal's killers...': BJP leader levels allegation at Rajasthan CM Ashok GehlotThe two men, Shakti Singh and Prahlad, had identified Udaipur tailor's killers based on information circulated by the police and helped get them arrested in Rajasthan's Rajsamand.DNA - Published |
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Angry over land acquisition, man triggered rail track blastThe blast on the Udaipur-Ahmedabad rail track has been revealed to be the work of a man who claims he wasn't compensated for acquisition of his land.IndiaTimes - Published | 186kg of gelatin found in Rajasthan; no link yet to rail-track blastSeven sackfuls of gelatin sticks weighing 186kg were found abandoned under a bridge in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district on Tuesday, three days after an attempt to blow up a portion of a rail bridge on..IndiaTimes - Published |
NIA at Udaipur blast site, culprits will be severely punished: Railway ministerRailway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said the accused in the Udaipur track explosion will be severely punished and the NIA along with other investigating agencies was at the site. An explosion..IndiaTimes - Published | Locals spot cracks on Udaipur-Ahmedabad railway track after explosion, major mishap averted; ATS probes 'terror' anglePM Modi had flagged off the inaugural run of the Asarwa-Udaipur express train on this track from Asarwa Railway Station in Ahmedabad on October 31.DNA - Published |
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Udaipur killing: NIA arrests seventh accusedFarhad Mohammad Sheikh @ Babla, aged 31 years and a resident of Diwan Sah Colony in Udaipur, Rajasthan was a close criminal associate of one of the main accused in the case, Riyaz Attari, and played an..IndiaTimes - Published | NIA arrests 7th man in connection with Udaipur tailor's murderThe seventh arrest in relation to the Udaipur tailor murder has been made on Saturday evening.DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes |
RSS on Udaipur tailor murder: 'Muslim society must oppose Kanhaiya Lal's killingĀ vigorously'Kanhaiya Lal murder: RSS leader Sunil Ambekar was speaking to reporters after a three-day RSS event in Rajasthan.DNA - Published | In 22-city campaign, Congress points to āBJPās linksā to Udaipur, J&K terrorIndiaTimes - Published |
Haryana: Man arrested for offering Rs 2 cr reward for chopping off Nupur Sharma's tongueEarlier, a tailor and a chemist were killed in Udaipur and Amravati respectively for allegedly supporting Nupur Sharma.DNA - Published | Sixth suspect held in Udaipur beheading caseThe NIA on Wednesday arrested Udaipur resident Wasim Ali, the sixth suspect to be held for the beheading tailor Kanhaiya Lal Sahu in his shop on June 28. He was produced before an NIA special court in..IndiaTimes - Published |
