Jaipur: In a significant move to empower young women, Rajasthan govt has started giving 5% bonus marks to girls who have a black belt in self-defence in its admission policy for state-run colleges. This initiative started last year, but only 15 students benefited from it. This year, officials said, the college education department is spreading…

Rahul Gandhi faces backlash for ‘lame horse’ remark; disability rights group files protest (Photo: PTI) JAIPUR: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi‘s remarks on underperforming Congress workers made at a party meeting in Bhopal on Tuesday seems to have boomeranged. While his party workers may have taken the remark in their stride, an advocacy group for…

Jaipur: Jaipur’s promising chess player Shreyanshi Jain brought laurels to the region by emerging champion at the 38th National Under-7 Open & Girls Chess Championships 2025 which concluded at KT Global School, Barunei Temple Road, Khordha, Odisha, on Thursday.The five-day Nationals was organised by the All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA) under the auspices of All…

Jaipur/Udaipur: Two wetlands in Rajasthan—Khichan in Phalodi and Menar in Udaipur—were declared Ramsar Sites, raising India’s total count to 91. With the addition of these wetlands, Rajasthan now has four Ramsar sites, including Sambhar Salt Lake and Keoladeo Ghana National Park in Bharatpur. India has the highest number of such Wetlands in Asia.The announcement came…

Jaipur: The 16-year-old boy from Mehandipur Balaji in Dausa, who went missing on Sunday after a threatening note was found near his bicycle, was located in Barmer, nearly 600 km from his home, and reunited with his family Tuesday. Police said the boy had staged his own disappearance after being scolded by his father for…