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Congress MLA from Shahpura, Manish Yadav (File Photo) JAIPUR: A blend of humour and seriousness found its way into legislative discourse as Rajasthan Assembly Monday debated the rising monkey menace in Jaipur and across the state. The issue was raised by Congress MLA from Shahpura, Manish Yadav, and what followed was a mix of concern,…

Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Directorate General of Prisons Monday revised its Ramzan food-supply rules, allowing iftar supplies to inmates through a single authorised representative from the Muslim community, after delegations met Director General (Prisons) Ashok Rathore seeking changes to a Feb 17 order that had barred deliveries from multiple individuals or organisations.The Feb 17 directive had told…

Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court on Monday pulled up Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) DIG Anand Sharma over alleged inaction on complaints of irregularities worth “thousands of crores” in the state’s IT and communication department, saying failure to act “gives an impression that you are shielding the accused”.A single-judge bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain directed Sharma…

Jaisalmer: Barmer Police Monday raided an illegal MD drug manufacturing factory operating under the guise of poultry farming in Sinhar, under the Sedwa police station area, for the second consecutive day. MD drugs and chemicals estimated at Rs 8.50 crore were seized.Police said four kg of prepared MD narcotics, 34 litres of liquid chemicals that…

Jaipur: Investigations into the alleged embezzlement of nearly Rs 1 crore from 10 state-run hospitals across seven districts have found no technical fault in the Ojas software, with the health department concluding that the fraud was executed by creating fabricated beneficiaries in the Pregnancy and Child Tracking System (PCTS) and routing payments through the Ojas…