Ajmer: The annual Pushkar Fair concluded Wednesday with hundreds of devotees taking a holy dip in the sacred Pushkar Sarovar on the occasion of Kartik Purnima. As the sun rose, chants and temple bells echoed across the town while pilgrims, sadhus and tourists performed the final rituals marking the end of the week-long festivities.A one-way…
Jaipur: A three-day intensive inspection campaign of health facilities across the state began Wednesday. On the first day, state, zone, district, and block-level officials conducted inspections of 813 health institutions to check if they met norms of Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS).Principal secretary (health) Gayatri Rathore said hospitals attached to medical colleges, district hospitals, maternal…
Jaipur: Three members of a family, including a two-year-old girl, were crushed to death when a dumper truck ran over the motorbike on which they were riding in Dholpur district Wednesday. The highway accident came barely two days after a similar tragedy in Jaipur, when a dumper truck crashed into multiple vehicles, killing 13 people.Police…
Jaipur: Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti President Vijay Bainsla on Wednesday once again warned of agitation and gave an ultimatum of 30 days to the state govt over the lack of fulfilment of commitments made by the Rajasthan govt to the Gurjar community in a June 8 agreement.Bainsla was addressing a meeting at Pancholi village in…
Jaipur: Under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) programme in the state, more than 36 lakh enumeration forms were distributed by BLOs visiting door-to-door by the second day on Wednesday. The state’s chief electoral officer (CEO) Naveen Mahajan said 68.1% of voters in the state have already been mapped with the previous SIR voter list. Jodhpur…