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Jaipur: The seeded players from Rajasthan lived up to expectations in the main draw of the All India Sub-Junior (U-15 and U-17) Ranking Badminton tournament which began at the SMS Indoor Stadium here on Monday.Second seed Anvi Rathore of Jaipur launched her U-15 girls singles campaign by thrashing Jaynashree B of Karnataka 21-5, 21-7.Meanwhile, third…

Jaipur: The political temperature in Rajasthan’s Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) belt rose sharply ahead of the March-April panchayat and urban local body elections, with OBC and MBC organisations issuing an open call to boycott the polls over their long-pending demand for reservation for their communities in tribal-dominated regions.Posters warning of a boycott surfaced across Udaipur, Dungarpur…

Jaipur: The state govt has decided to create 298 more senior resident posts in 10 medical colleges in the state after the finance department approved medical education department’s a proposal, a senior health official said.The move aims to strengthen Rajasthan’s medical education system, prepare more qualified doctors for future and increase employment opportunities in the…

Jaipur: As workers from 27 districts of Rajasthan gathered at Shaheed Smarak here for a “mazdoor mahapanchayat,” Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) Monday called for the newly enacted VB–G RAM-G law to be scrapped, asserting that the legal right to work under MGNREGS will not be surrendered.The mahapanchayat, held opposite the police commissioner’s office, saw…

Bhilwara: State irrigation minister Suresh Rawat said Monday the Union Budget “will benefit all” and is aligned with the govt’s vision of ‘Viksit Bharat’.Speaking about the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP), Rawat said the project will be completed by Dec 2027 and that engineers are working “day in and day out” near Keshoraipatan on the…