Jaipur: Cabinet minister and MLA from Sawai Madhopur, Kirori Lal Meena, Saturday blamed “negligent” forest officials in Ranthambhore National Park for the recent spate of tiger attacks on humans.“I believe the officials are negligent and the monitoring is weak. As long as they remain in charge, these incidents will continue. I raised this issue with…

Jodhpur: Two brothers drowned while bathing in a pond at a farmhouse in Ujaliya village near Jodhpur Saturday afternoon. The victims, Vikas (12) and Kishan (10), had entered the pond to cool off amid intense heat and humidity gripping the region.According to Karwad SHO Lekhraj Sihag, the boys were sons of Bhanwararam Bhil, a local…

Jaipur: National Investigation Agency (NIA) Saturday extended its crackdown on banned Islamist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) to Rajasthan, conducting early morning raids in Jhalawar as part of a larger operation spanning multiple states, including Madhya Pradesh. Two locations in Jhalawar—a house at Kaji Chowk and a shop near Jama Masjid—were searched during the seven-hour-long operation that…

Jaipur: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from Jaipur railway station on Saturday afternoon, was rescued within hours from Naraina, about 60 km away from the city. The man accused of abducting the child, identified as a resident of Naraina and known to be an alcoholic, was arrested.The child, Raj Thakur, was sleeping next to…

Jaipur: A resident doctor at SN Medical College, Jodhpur Dr Rakesh Vishnoi (30), died during treatment at SMS Hospital Saturday night after allegedly attempting suicide Friday. He was under stress due to departmental issues, colleagues said. Vishnoi was shifted via green corridor and put on ECMO, but despite efforts, doctors couldn’t save him. “Despite all…