Jaisalmer: An entire gram panchayat in Jaisalmer has refused to enter the poll process, turning reservation of seats into a flashpoint in the ongoing panchayat elections.Not a single nomination was filed Sunday for the sarpanch post or any of the seven ward panch posts in Bhojraj Ki Dhani Gram Panchayat, also called Bhojrajpura, under Ramgarh…

Jaipur: Steel tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal will attend Pravasi Rajasthani Divas for the first time, with sources confirming his participation along with several other prominent industrialists.Among those who have confirmed their participation are Ajay Shriram of the DCM Shriram Group, Radhakishan Damani of DMart, HM Bangur of Shree Cement, Madhav Singhania of JK Cement and…

Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has held that a complainant turning hostile cannot shield a public servant accused of corruption if other oral, documentary, electronic and circumstantial evidence establishes the demand and acceptance of a bribe. The court observed this while upholding the two-year imprisonment of a former assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in a 19-year-old bribery case.A…

Jaipur: Rajasthan State Health Assurance Agency (RSHAA) has warned govt and private hospitals empanelled under the Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya Yojana against using the Medical Officer Incharge (MOIC) approval route as a routine shortcut for identifying patients and generating treatment sanctions.Under the scheme, hospitals are expected to verify patients primarily through Aadhaar-based biometric authentication using UID-compatible…

Jaipur: The promotion of two private secretaries to deputy registrar at Rajasthan University (RU) has triggered objections from senior employees, who have alleged that seniority norms and the prescribed 3:1 vacancy ratio were overlooked.In an order issued Friday, RU Registrar Kaluram promoted Naresh Kumar Sharma and Ajit Singh Panwar from private secretary to deputy registrar….