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Jaipur: A day after 104 ambulances (Janani Express) stopped operations following the expiry of contract of the private firm, the health dept Thursday redirected calls from 104 ambulance service to the 108 ambulance service. This delay has severely affected pregnant women requiring transport. As operations of all 600 Janani Express ambulances came to a halt,…

Jaipur: A 30-year-old man died by suicide inside the surgical ward of Dausa District Hospital Thursday, with police saying he was distressed due to marital discord.Police identified the deceased as Ramavatar Meena (30), a resident of Nangal Rajawatan. He allegedly locked himself inside the ward’s bathroom and hanged himself using a towel.The incident came to…

Jaipur: Comedy powerhouse Vir Das and chess legend Viswanathan Anand, among others, will make their debuts at the 5-day Jaipur Literature Festival beginning January 15, 2026.The impressive line-up of new voices includes Archana Sharma, a senior physicist at CERN, celebrated globally for her pioneering contributions to particle physics.Sports and popular culture will rub shoulders with…

Jaipur: A 35-year-old patient, who recently underwent a kidney transplant, died after jumping from the sixth floor of the Super Speciality Block at the Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital Thursday morning. Police later identified the deceased as Hansram Jat, a native of Tonk.ACP (Gandhi Nagar) Narayan Kumar Bajiya said Jat leapt from a sixth-floor window…

Jaipur:Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Thursday inaugurated the ‘Know Your Army’ exhibition at the Bhawani Niketan Shiksha Samiti campus on Sikar Road, where weapons and defence equipment were on display for the public. However, though the exhibition was to open to the public only on Friday, lack of information led to large crowds turning up…