Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on Monday announced that the Department of Youth Services and Cultural Affairs will conduct a free mountaineering training camp for children and youth at Mount Abu from May 9 to 15. A separate rock climbing course will also be held from May 18 to June 1. Applications for both programmes must be submitted by March 31. Interested candidates are required to send duly filled forms with complete details to the Principal, Swami Vivekananda Mountaineering Training ...Read More

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has announced that Mount Abu will now be officially known as Aburaj, as part of a broader move to restore historical identities of cities and towns in the state. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma made the announcement in the Rajasthan Assembly on Friday. Along with Mount Abu’s renaming, Kaman will be called Kamvan and Jahazpur will be renamed Yagyapur. The state government said the decision was taken to honour local sentiments and revive the traditional and...Read More

Mount Abu: Torrential rainfall in the hill station of Mount Abu has severely damaged the main road connecting the tourist destination, prompting authorities to restrict entry of tourists and the movement of heavy vehicles for three days, until Wednesday. District Collector Alpa Choudhary stated that due to the heavy rainfall, part of the main road was washed away by strong water flow. As a precaution, the movement of all heavy vehicles—including buses, trucks, tankers, and dumpers—towards M...Read More

Mount Abu: A 28-year-old tourist from Gujarat was brutally stabbed to death in Mount Abu on Thursday afternoon. The victim, Hitesh Chaudhary, a resident of Dhanera in Banaskantha district, was attacked while on a bike trip with his cousin. According to Mount Abu Police Station Officer Pradeep Danga, the incident occurred when Hitesh and his cousin Naresh Chaudhary were riding towards the Chipaberi outpost from Baghnala. Around noon, they were intercepted by six men on two motorcycles who laun...Read More