Jaipur: A 23-year-old woman died early Monday after developing complications following a caesarean delivery at Bangur Hospital in Pali. The hospital administration has formed a committee to investigate the death.The woman, identified as Lalita, wife of Pawan Nagoura and a resident of Pokhran, delivered a baby girl Sunday. The newborn is undergoing treatment at the…

Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has emphasised that urban development cannot come at the cost of natural water bodies, drainage channels and catchment areas, observing that the state govt has a constitutional obligation to protect these resources for the benefit of the community.A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay K Agrawal and Justice Sameer Jain,…

Jaipur: Supreme Court Monday set aside Rajasthan State Election Commission’s (SEC) rejection of permission for ‘Matdata Jagrukta Yatra’. It directed the commission to reconsider the organisers’ request to conduct the voter awareness campaign during the third phase of Panchayati Raj elections and pass an order within two days.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya…

Jaipur: Organisations representing Pakistani Hindu migrants have written to the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA), seeking removal or revision of the Dec 31, 2014, cut-off date under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The organisations state that thousands who fled religious persecution are excluded from its fast-track citizenship provisions as they arrived in India after…

Departure of polling parties from Bhawani Niketan for Panchayat election Jaipur: Over 1.06 crore voters will decide the electoral fate of 9,094 candidates in the third phase of Rajasthan’s Panchayati Raj elections Tuesday, with polling scheduled across 27 districts for 377 zila parishad and 2,119 panchayat samiti wards. Of the total candidates, 1,305 are contesting…