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Everybody is eager to know what is happening around them! The curiosity to know about the happenings and the events of the Udaipur never dies. What if I tell you that you can keep yourself updated about the city sitting at your home.

Sometimes, we want to keep ourselves updated about what is going on in our own Udaipur city which on our daily news channel we are not able to fetch. And so we bring you a platform where you can read every update and news related to the city. Be it government updates, social events, or important information, you can find everything in a single place along with relevant images and specific details. News of Udaipur is a special platform for all the News enthusiasts who wants to know about the benchmark events of the town, the book releases, the press releases, the events, and many other important updates about the city with 100% authenticity and lightning fast speed.

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UdaipurMart.com – Your Destination for Business Listing in Udaipur

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udaipurmart.com

Whenever any new business opens in city the first thing that new business needs is publicity. Every new business or any existing business wants maximum people in the city to know about it. Now the question is how business can achieve its target of advertisement and publicity without investing huge money.

We are living in digital age where India is among the country with highest number of internet users. As per the current worldwide internet uses reports Indian are spending significant amount of time in internet form all the age group.

Business need a new platform where they can showcase their product and services to this internet generation of customers.

Four Young IT professional Digamber, Harish, Tosiff and Raza came forward to solve this problem and created a platform for each city starting from Udaipur.

They created a platform called UdaipurMart.com to bring all the business of the city under one umbrella and make it easy for customers to search what they are looking for. UdaipurMart is not only about business listing. It’s a cultural connect with the city. Team has done excellent Job in site design. Site is made with exceptional designs with very attractive looks. Users are going to fall in love with its design. Site navigations are very easy.

What Udaipurmart is offering to Business:

  • Complete details of business.
  • Product and services business sells or provide.
  • Business contact information: phone number, address and email address.
  • Photographs of your products, services and office with sliding animation!
  • Social media links for Like, Follow on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Google Plus.
  • Create a Facebook fan page for business.
  • Your business email-id.
  • Personalized URL, you can use on Business Card
  • Showing Discounts/Offers or Sales/Services provided by you.

UdaipurMart.com advertises business on the internet, offline and attracts more customers for business .With minimum budget business is visible to maximum number of potential customers.

Udaipurmart.com has fantastic journey since its launch five months back. Site has been receiving applauds from different sections. Site has got more than 24500 hits in five months and count down continuing. UdaipurMart has created online profile of more than 400 business from a small flower shop to big brands. Their client tale shows popularity of site which is making its making among all age group. The biggest brand of Udaipur city Celebration mall is using UdaipurMart as its online advertisement partner. Partnership with the brands like celebration mall show the quality benchmark commitment and service delivery of udaipurmart.com.

Celebration mall has picked up Udaipurmart.com as online advertisement partner over other established national and international player based on its unique web site creation offering and its ability to reach to local customers. Celebration mall is expected to gain huge traction from this collaboration. With this partnership Celebration mall would be able to take its promotions to new customers.

Many other big brands of the city are looking to use UdaipurMart for their online advertisement needs.

Its very important for each small or big business to make its presence among the online users. People are looking for business nearly them self until they do not know about its existence or product or services they offer there are chances that customer would not reach to them. Ignoring their online presence and promotion could heart their competiveness.

The proud moment for team UdaipurMart when a Ghodi wale listed on UdaipurMart calls and says thanks I have got a new deal via Udaipurmart.com and I want to change photo of my Ghodi how can I do it. There are many such business like a leading Jewelers of city has just completed a huge deal through online presence on Udaipurmart.com.

Team Udaipurmart is enthusiastic with the response they have got from market and they have expansion plans. Team has already started similar platform for other cities like Rajsamand with RajasamandMart. Soon they are launching similar cities in other cities in Rajasthan and other states.

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India’s Largest Digital Image “Udaipur 20 Gigapixel” Coming Soon

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udaipur gigapixel shoot

Udaipur Gigapixel is a project in which you will be able to see the cityscape of Udaipur city in huge resolution. It will be a Gigapixel Interactive Image on internet. With this project Udaipur will  on the world map of interactive media and gigapixel imagery. Udaipur Gigapixel project will be an Image which will allow user to explore Udaipur in its finest detail.

In a talk Pranshu Dubey of PixelDo Media, Who is also the photographer of this project told us that It will be the first of it kind image in India. People have done such projects for paris and london but in India it will be the first effort starting from the beautiful City of Lakes – Udaipur.

If we talk about the image in detail then this gigapixel image is made up of 1600 individual images which are shot with a robotic camera head and then stitched together to make one seamless image.

The images for this project have already been shot and post production work is going on. For the shoot the team visited Udaipur many times in different time of the year. And on one sunny day of feb they went to the top of Karni Mata temple, Sky was clear that day and they shot images for this project.

Udaipur Gigapixel Shoot

Currently they are working on the aspect of more interactivity, trying to include sound and videos with this image. They are also working on to put this image in form of an exhibition where the image will be projected on a big screen and a visitor can use the hand gestures to zoom in/our and scroll the images.

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Mr. Taj Mohammed Rangrez Is The New ‘Crorepati’ In Town

Udaipur’s history teacher Taj Mohammed Rangrez is the new ‘Crorepati’ in town!

Sony Entertainment Television’s Kaun Banega Maha Crorepati, one of India’s most popular TV quiz game show hosted by Mr. Amitabh Bachchan has got its first ‘Crorepati’ of the season and that too from our very own city – ‘The City Of Lakes – Udaipur’. Yes!! You have read it right. Udaipur’s history teacher Mr. Taj Mohammed Rangrez is the new ‘Crorepati’ in town.

Mr. Taj Mohammed Rangrez wih Mr Amitabh bachchan KBC 2013
Photo Courtesy : Mid-Day

Taj Mohammed was titled as KBC – 2013’s first ‘Crorepati’ after he successfully answered the twelfth question worth 1 Crore. Taj was also complimented by Mr.Amitabh Bachchan on how well he played and on becoming the first Crorepati of this season.

After the win Taj quoted “I can’t believe that I am a Crorepati! I was confident of the game and did not want to exhaust my lifelines at the start of the game”. Taj Mohammed who teaches history at School in Fatehnagar, Udaipur also made it clear that he plans to use this money to treat his 7 year old partially blind daughter. He also wishes to to buy a house and use a share of this prize money to educate three under privileged girls and help two orphan girls get married.

The episode featuring this first Crorepati winner of KBC 2013 will be aired on September 15.

 

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Udaipur News Tid Bits – Week #17

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#1 Udaipur Celebrated Sagas Ji’s Janmotsav :

Devotees across Udaipur combined together on 9th August, 2013 to cherish and celebrate the janmotsav of Sagas Ji Bavji, a local deity. As per every year, this year too this auspicious event was attended by hundreds of Bavji’s devotees. The decorated Picholi temple witnessed queues of bavji hukum’s devotees all ready to cater their gratitude and convey the birthday wishes to the lord. The day began with the morning rituals and Bavji Hukum’s abhishek followed by a Mahabhog offered to him. Also artists invited from Ahemdabad carried our Ratri Jagran in name of the deity.

 

#2 Link Gates of Swaroop Sagar Opened :

The link gates connecting the swaroop sagar and Fatehsagar lakes have finally been opened. Udaipur witnessed 2.48 inch rainfall due to continuous rains in the last 24 hours. As a result, the link gates of Swaroop Sagar has been opened to facilitate the excessive flow to enter lake Fatehsagar, with this the water level in the lake has started rising. Swaroop Sagar’s water flow is about 4.5 Feet. As per the forecasting experts, Udaipur is assumed to witness heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours.

 

#3 Mr. Ashutosh Pednekar appointed as Udaipur’s New Collector :

Mr. Ashutosh Pednekar is our city’s new Collector. Mr. Pednekar, an IAS 2002 batch officer has previously served as the District Collector at Alwar, Boondi and Ganganagar. While addressing the media, Mr. Pednekar briefed up about his action list for the coming time, where he talked about focusing on the implementation of the flagship schemes of the CM, developing framework to cope with the increasing traffic problems. He also plans on development of tribal areas by developing the small scale and cottage industries.

 

#4 City’s Heritage Walk Inaugurated :

To promote tourism and avail nominal priced guided tour to the tourists, Udaipur’s first heritage walk was organized on 5th August, 2013. The Heritage Walk’s inauguration was done by Mr. G.S. Sandhu (Rajasthan State Government, Principal Secretary) along with Ms. Rajni Dangi (UMC, Mayor). The tour shall include a heritage walk in areas like Jagdish Chowk, City Palace Road, Baghore Ki Haveli, Bhattiyani Chauhatta, Gangaur Ghat  etc where  the tourists shall be briefed about these heritage points and will be provided with a guide book, a note pad and a jute bag. The charges for this tour are set as Rs.200 (all inclusive). This tour will be organized from 8 am-10 am and 5 pm-7 pm daily.

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Udaipur News Tid Bits – Week #16

Udaipur News Tid Bits Week 16

#1 Swami Vivekananda’s Statue Inauguration Ceremony at MLSU :

Mohan Lal Sukhadia Universtiy’s campus witnessed the inauguration ceremony of a statue of Swami Vivekananda on 30th July, 2013. The statue was inaugurated by Mr. Nitin Gadkari (Former President, BJP) the guest list also included various other local dignities namely : Shri Gulab Chand Kataria (MLA), Ms. Rajni Dangi (Mayor), Dr. I V Trivedi (V-C, MLSU) and Mr. Pankaj Borana (President, MLSU). It is noticeable that this statue was sponsored by Udaipur Municipal Corporation.

 

#2 State’s First ‘Tourist Police Station’ Now In Udaipur :

Rajasthan’s first Tourist Police Station was set up in Udaipur on 30th July, 2013. The station was inaugurated by IG, Police Mr. T.C. Damor. This station was set up as per the last budget focusing on installation of tourists oriented police stations in the tourist cities such as Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur. This station is situated near Bagore Ki Haveli. Tourists, in case of any emergency, need or incident can file in their reports in this facility. This facility has a staff strength of 15 police men. These police officials shall also keep an keen eye on the illegal activities and illegal guides in the region.

 

#3 Auctions for Hariyali Amavasya Shop Allocation

The shop auction process for Hariyali Amavasya by Udaipur Municipal Corporation witnessed an overwhelming response. Almost 265 shops were auctioned in just 2 days. The shop set up area excludes the Fatehsagar Paal zone, however the Bambaiya Bazar area will act as the alternative, where about 500 shops will be set up. This auction will continue till 5 August, 2013.

 

#4 Illegal Liquor Worth Rs.30 Lacs Seized By Police

The Goverdhan Vilas Police seized illegal liquor worth Rs. 30 Lac on Balicha Bypass on 28th July, 2013. The CI and ASI were able to seize a truck filled with about 978 cartons of illegally shipped liquor, the truck driver on interrogation by the Goverdhan Vilas Police stated that the truck was illegally transporting Beer and English Liquor from Chandigarh to Ahemdabad. It is noticeable that the truck driver initially made a false statement about the contents of the truck. However, he later confessed of his actions and also told the Police about the other truck which fled the scene on witnessing the police.

 

 

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Udaipur News Tid Bits – Week #15

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#1 IIM Udaipur Celebrates its Second Anniversary

IIM-U celebrated its second birthday on 27th July, 2013. With this the institute has successfully stepped into its third year, the celebration was witnessed among the presence of Prof. Janat Shah (Director) , faculty members, students and the administrative staff. It is noticeable that IIM-U’s second edition of the Leadership Summit is scheduled to be organized on August 3rd at Darbar Hall, City palace.

 

#2 Vidyapeeth’s Fourth Convocation Ceremony Concludes

Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University held its fourth convocation ceremony on 24th July, 2013 at its administrative office, Pratap Nagar. The event witnessed the convocation of its 55 students; the ceremony also marked the successful completion of the three year course by 12 foreign students. Prof. Bhawani Shankar Garg (Chancellor, HNGU) and Dr. Hemixaben Rao (VC, HNGU) distributed the awards. Prof. S.S. Sarangdevot (Vice-Chancellor, JRNRVU) conveyed his greetings to the students.

 

#3 Mock Drill: Rehearsing How To Cope with A Hijacking Situation

A hijacked plane was forced to land at the Dabok airport on 25th July due to lack of fuel. The four terrorists that hijacked the plane also killed two passengers…!!  The anti-hijack committee, Dabok Police, A.SP, SDM, CISF and other administrative officials responded to this situation. Well nothing to worry about! It was just a mock drill that focused on rehearsal of mitigation and tactics for such Hijacking contidions.

 

#4 Oath To Protect The Environment

Celebration mall celebrated its second anniversary in an unique and environmentally friendly way. The mall ‘s management in association with the Rotary Club led their environmental protection movement  by distributing about 1000 plants to the people. The mall also encouraged the use of environmental friendly bags. As per the mall authorities, the customers can enjoy special offers till 31st July.

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The Oberoi Udaivilas voted as the Best Resort in Asia

The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur
The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur has been voted as the Best Resort in Asia once again by Travel + Leisure, World’s Best Awards, 2013. This makes The Oberoi Udaivilas enter into the third consecutive year of ranking as Best Resort in Asia. The ranking is the result of a Readers’ Poll conducted by the magazine.

 

About Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards :

Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards are amongst one of the most prestigious awards in the international travel industry. The rating and evaluation of various hotels across the world is done by the readers on the following characteristics –
  • Rooms and Facilities
  • Location
  • Service
  • Restaurants
  • Food and Value.

“It is indeed a moment of pride for us that The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur has been voted the Best Resort in Asia for the third consecutive year. This is a significant landmark for Indian tourism that will make India a preferred destination amongst international travellers” said Mr. P.R.S. Oberoi (Executive Chairman, The Oberoi Group)

 

Who else made it to the List ?

Apart from The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur. The Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur and The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra also have been ranked amongst the Top 10 Resorts by Travel + Leisure, World’s Best Awards, 2013. Whereas, The Oberoi, Gurgaon and The Oberoi, Mumbai managed to secure their positions in the Top City Hotels in Asia.

 

You can even check out the detailed awards list for The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur : HERE

 

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(Photo Courtesy : Oberoihotels.com)

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Udaipur News Tid Bits – Week #14

News Tid Bits Week 14

 

#1 Swaroop Sagar Flushes Out The Dirty Water :

Udaipur witnessed a subsequently good amount of rainfall in its catchment area over the last few days, as a result the water levels of the lakes have started rising. In order to get ready for the forthcoming ‘Good Monsoon’, the irrigation department opened all the four gates of Swaroop Sagar by 4 inches for a short period of time. The opening of gates was a measure for clearing out the dirty water. The water level at Lake Pichola and Lake Udai Sagar continues to rise, due to the good inlet flow from their feeders.

 

#2 Female Surgeon Arrested for Taking Rs.4000 bribe :

The Anti Corruption Bureau arrested Dr. Anjali Seth (Surgeon and Asst. Prof, RNT Medical College) for demanding a Rs. 4000 bribe for conducting an operation. Dr. Seth served at MB Hospital on a contract basis and was also due to join the hospital on permanent basis. Dr. Anjali operated a person in May,2013. The patient’s relative when told Dr. Anjali regarding the patient’s present problems and asked her to look over the case for some better treatment, Dr. Seth demanded Rs 4000. Later the ACB after receiving this complaint raided the doctor’s residence and arrested her.

 

 #3 Web Radio To be Launched By MLSU :

In order to make the students practically sound, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University’s Journalism dept. shall launch the University’s Web Radio from the forthcoming session. The radio shall have a limited duration telecast, however the telecast can be later accessed through the record section. The radio shall enlighten its listeners with interviews of professors, university related information, GK etc. Prof. I.V Trivedi expressed his happiness and pride on this initiative by the University, and promised the help and support to the Journalism Department. It is noticeable that MLSU will be the first University in Rajasthan to facilitate the students with a Web Radio.

 

 #4 St. Paul’s Celebrated its 60th Anniversary :

St Paul’s Sr. Sec. School celebrated its 60th anniversary on 16th July,2013. The celebration included cultural program, cake cutting ceremony and honoring the students with outstanding performances. The program witnessed Bishop Devprasad Ganava (President, CDISU) as the chief guest. Apart from the cultural performances, the day also witnessed the selection and announcement of the chosen Head Boys,  Captains, Vice-Captains and the Heads of cultural, sports, language, health and discipline committees.

 

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Udaipur News Tid Bits – Week #13

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#1 State Level Powerlifting Tournament Concludes :

The District Power Lifting Association, Udaipur organized State Level Power Lifting Competition on 6th July, 2013, with Mr. Raghuveer Singh Meena (Member of Parliament) as the chief guest. Mr. R.S. Meena inaugurated the tournament at Udaipur’s Luv Kush Stadium. He also declared a sum of Rs. 5 Lac to be given to the association for upliftment of this ‘Iron-Game’.

 

#2 Vidyapeeth’s Theatre Course To be Inaugrated by Sunny Deol :

The forthcoming session at Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University will now be able to enjoy the newly added Theatre Course. A well equipped theater has been constructed in the university campus for the same. The launch of this new course will be done by bollywood actor Sunny Deol. According to Prof. S. S. Sarangdevot, Mr. Deol will arrive in the city on 19th July, and will address the launch ceremony of the Theatre Course on 20th July.

#3 College Students Paid Condolences to the Uttarakhand Flood Victims :

Students of Arts College paid condolence to the family members of one of their fellow pupil, who lost their lives in the  vicious Uttarakhand flood. A student of MA (Geography) – Shailendra Vyas lost five members of his family in the deadly Kedarnath  flood. The student lost his Father, Mother, Uncle, Grand Mother and Aunt in the incident.

 

#4 Udaipur witnessed overwhelming devotion at The Jagannath Rath Yatra 2013 :

The Jagannath Rath Yatra, udaipur’s annual festival-like-ceremony witnessed overwhelming devotion from hundreds of devotees. The yatra started from Jagdish mandir and passed through the areas of Ghantaghar, Bada Bazar, Dhan Mandi, Marshal Chouraha, Kalaji Goraji, Rangniwas, thus ending at the Jagdish mandir again.You may check the photo gallery of The Jagannath Rath Yatra 2013 – HERE

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Udaipur News Tid Bits – Week #12

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#1 Monkey Attacked Kid at Gulab Bagh Zoo

A monkey at Gulab Bagh Zoo attacked a kid on Friday. The monkey spared some space and came out from the cage and attacked the child in intention to grab a packet of potato wafers. By this sudden jerk the kid tumbled down and stabbed by the animal. The immediate reaction by his father prevented any major injury to occur. With lot of efforts by the zoo workers and his father the monkey was tranquilized and put in the cage again. The victim’s father Mr. Kailash Kumawat said that the boy was medicated at the hospital and has been called again for further vaccination. The cage in which the monkey was kept was broken and the passable arrangement could not stop the animal within. His urge for food rolled higher and he succeeded with a perfect break out.

 #2 Sub City Centre Not Erected in 25 Years

To connect Udaipur with the suburb the proposed Sub City Centre has not been completed in span of 25 years. It was planned to shape up the complex like Delhi’s Cannaught Place in order to develop the city but things have progressed in opposite direction. Instead, the place is providing shelter for illegal activities. Anti social elements have made it a meeting point for planning and execution of crime. Serious crime like murder, attempt to murder, chain snatching etc have happened many times in the area. All government offices are lying vacant. The proposed park boundary walls have been completely damaged. After five years of introduction of this plan the area was cleared out from encroachments in spite of several protests. Meanwhile new areas like Govardhan Vilas, Manvakheda, Savina, Baleecha etc. developed leaving the hope of Sub City Centre completion intact.

#3 Students Rampage at Science College for Counseling

Students at Science College protested and spread disturbance during the admission process. Students were held outside and were not allowed to enter in the college. It did not stabilize the situation and the college administration had to call the police. After defending by the police the application process and counseling resumed again. After release of the first cut off list the student union officials reached college and demanded college administration to increase number of seats. The college administration added that they have already added 10% seats and still the student union officials forced them to increase number of seats which is not possible. At the time of the incident more than 2000 students and their parents were present at the college campus.

#4 Entrepreneurs Not Unleashing the Power of Internet in International Trade

A workshop on ‘Finding Potential Customer and Promoting Export through E-Commerce’ was organized at UCCI’s P.P. Singhal Auditorium by Udaipur Chamber of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with Federation of Indian Export Organization and E Web Pay Pal. During the workshop the fact came out that due to ignorance and lack of tech savvy industrialists India’s export share is very less in the international trade and business. Mr. Vaibhav the chief of Federation of Indian Export Organization said for every trade the most important factor is buyer or the key customer. E commerce is the important mode through which one can sell his products at any corner of the world. It also saves time, energy and money. The Export Manager of E Bay retail Mr. Pushpendra highlighted the importance of E Bay, registration on E Bay, verification, logistics for export, billing, payments and communicating with the buyer, listing the product on E Bay for export, marketing and making a direct reach to the customer and many such issues that he revealed through his powerful presentation. According to him internet is the best medium to enhance our business.