Jaipur: City police intensified their crackdown on illegal Bangladeshi nationals with a second consecutive day of coordinated searches and interrogations across multiple parts of the city Thursday.The drive follows heightened security directives issued by chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Wednesday, instructing police to identify and deport foreign nationals residing illegally in the state.According to officials,…

Jaipur/Jaisalmer/Jhunjhunu: Western disturbances active over the state Thursday brought hailstorms, rainfall, and dust storms to many places in Jodhpur, Jaipur, Ajmer, and Bikaner divisions. However, the change in weather occurred too late in the day to affect maximum temperatures. Jaisalmer Thursday recorded a maximum temperature of 46.7 degrees Celsius, the hottest in the state.In Jaisalmer,…

Jaipur: As managing type 1 diabetes is quite challenging in children, the state govt has established dedicated clinics for it under Mission Madhuhaari in all district hospitals of the state. “We started it as a pilot project in Jaipur, Nagaur, Udaipur, and Jodhpur, and now all the district hospitals of the state have established these…

Jaipur: State govt has issued directions that doctors working in govt hospitals on a contractual basis are not allowed to write prescriptions from their private clinics under Rajasthan Govt Health Scheme (RGHS). The RGHS is under scrutiny as some doctors were allegedly found involved in fraud. Three doctors were recently suspended for such fraud. “Under…

Jaipur/Udaipur: Former Union minister and prominent Congress leader Dr Girija Vyas passed away Thursday evening at a hospital in Ahmedabad following complications from burn injuries sustained during a Gangaur puja ceremony at her home in Udaipur in March. She was 78.Vyas, who had been in intensive care for the past month, breathed her last at…