Jodhpur: Eight young research fellows who worked under the dept of Science and Technology (DST)-funded project at ICAR–Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur, have not yet received their stipends since July last year, pushing them into financial distress.The project, officially for 2024-25, ended on July 29, 2025, but payments remain upaid. The fellows appointed…

Jaipur: Health dept has taken serious note of complaints that some doctors in govt hospitals are prescribing diagnostic tests from private laboratories even though the same tests are available free of cost in state hospitals under the Mukhyamantri Nishulk Nirogi Rajasthan (diagnostic) scheme. Calling the practice illegal and a violation of govt order, the dept…

Jaipur: Bharatiya Janata Party’s appointment of Nitin Nabin as its new national president has set off intense speculation about who from the party’s Rajasthan unit may secure a place in his core team and who may be left waiting.Deliberations have gathered pace also over the strategic direction Nabin is likely to pursue in the run-up…

Jaipur: The calculated risk of switching from Punjab to Himachal Pradesh paying rich dividends for Pukhraj Mann.Just before the start of the season, Pukhraj took a gamble and joined hands with Himachal as he thought it would be difficult for him to feature regularly in the playing XI of the formidable Punjab side.Since then life…

Jaipur: A lapse in emergency preparedness at the Jaipur bench of Rajasthan high court surfaced Thursday after a woman advocate collapsed on the premises and the standby ambulance was found unmanned, low on fuel, and without an accessible driver. With the advocate unconscious and minutes slipping away, a fellow lawyer drove the ambulance himself to…