Jaipur: Jaipur Municipal Corporation-Heritage is aiming to improve its waste collection system by streamlining the operations of its hopper vehicles. Each hopper will now be accompanied by a designated helper responsible for collecting waste directly from households and depositing it into the vehicle.JMC-H commissioner Nidhi Patel has issued instructions that all helpers must wear uniforms…

Jaipur: Fifty six-year-old superintendent engineer of Rajasthan PWD, Avinash Sharma, died on Sunday morning after his Harley Davidson motorcycle collided with a stray bull near Daultpura on the Jaipur-Delhi highway.Sharma, the older brother of senior civil servant and additional chief secretary (energy), Ajitabh Sharma, was riding his bike towards Delhi when a stray bull suddenly…

Jaipur: Students of University of Rajasthan have raised concerns at seats for postgraduate courses being increased under self-financed scheme (SFS) instead of regular admissions this year. For regular seats, students pay the subsidised fee set by the university, while self-financed courses typically cost double the regular fee. Student leader Manish Meghvanshi said, “Students from rural…

Jaipur: Banswara MP Rajkumar Roat Sunday accused the BJP of orchestrating a disruption during a Bhil community rally in Jhalawar which turned chaotic after a faction protested his presence.The rally, held in Khandia area Sunday, was organised as a pre-event to mark World Tribal Day, officially observed on Aug 9.Roat in a post on X…

Jaipur: Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s instructions to implement one-way traffic on the city’s busiest roads is questionable, as the routes already declared as one-way lack monitoring and violations are common.On Sunday, when Team TOI visited these one-way routes, traffic was moving in both directions on most of them. At Tonk Puliya underpass, a traffic…