Jaipur: The Regional Transport Office, Jaipur (I), has given two weeks’ notice to over 25,000 e-rickshaws owners in the city to comply with norms requiring vehicle fitness certificates.RTO officials said permits to operate these vehicles would be cancelled for six months if any e-rickshaw owner is found without the necessary certificate. Those who fail to…
Bhilwara: Chittorgarh district’s Begun police station team Monday arrested one person and seized 151.5 kg poppy husk from a car during a drive against drugs smuggling.Chittorgarh SP Manish Tripathi told TOI that police officers in the district have been directed to check and prevent poppy husk smuggling. A special team under Begun police station officer…
Jaipur: The death of six people in a late Sunday fire at SMS Hospital sparked a political storm in Rajasthan, with Congress holding the Bhajan Lal Sharma-led BJP govt responsible and calling the incident a “symbol of BJP govt’s failure.” Congress demanded that health minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar resign, that a judicial probe be ordered,…
Jaipur: A fire broke out late Sunday night at the neurosurgery ICU of SMS Medical College’s Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, claiming the lives of eight critically ill patients. Six patients died in the ICU affected by the fire, while two others died during evacuation from the neighbouring ICU. Five patients rescued from the burnt…
Jaipur: Pradesh Congress Committee chief Govind Singh Dotasra, Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully, and NSUI national president Varun Chaudhary met director general of police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar Sharma at police headquarters Monday. They registered their protest regarding the arrest of NSUI state president Vinod Jakhar and the attack on NSUI students with weapons during their…