Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has asked govt to start provisional family pension and disability pension for a 62-year-old unmarried woman having mental ailments like schizophrenia along with physical disorders. The court has asked govt to start family pension from May 1 for the woman, who is the daughter of a couple who were govt servants.A…

Jaipur: Nagaur MP and RLP chief Hanuman Beniwal, who was protesting for the cancellation of the SI recruitment exam and the reorganisation of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC), was detained by the police along with his supporters while marching towards the chief minister’s residence Friday. The police took them to the Sanganer Sadar police…

Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court‘s upholding of BJP MLA Kanwarlal Meena‘s three-year sentence in a 2005 criminal case has effectively made his membership of assembly liable to disqualification.With Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, saying that any legislator sentenced to two or more years in prison faces automatic disqualification from the legislature,…

Udaipur: The funeral of former Union minister and senior Congress leader Girija Vyas took place in Udaipur Friday. Her nephew, Vivek Sharma, performed the last rites at Ashok Nagar Mokshdham following Vedic traditions, with 104 hymns recited.Earlier, the funeral procession saw the participation of several politicians from Congress and BJP, including former chief minister Ashok…

Jaipur: A special court dealing with PMLA cases in Jaipur granted interim bail to former PHED minister Mahesh Joshi Friday so that he could participate in his wife’s post-death rituals. The court sanctioned a three-day release from May 8 to May 11 against his request for a nine-day bail.Joshi, one of the accused in the…