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Jaipur: The state govt has reassigned over 180 specialist doctors from patient care to verify educational certificates and documents of 8,200 newly selected nurses and paramedical staff.On Thursday, 135 senior specialists from SMS Medical College — including anaesthetists, surgeons, gynaecologists, orthopaedicians, paediatricians, psychiatrists, radiotherapists and super-specialists in transfusion medicine, tropical medicine and palliative care —…

Jaipur: Employee unions in the state have voiced strong objections to a recent directive from the state govt requiring all fully aided and non-fully aided institutions to fund pension payments from their own resources. They argue that autonomous bodies lacking financial provisions should be supported by the govt for the implementation of the Old Pension…

Jodhpur: Swinging into action with a view to nip in the bud a trend that has morphed jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi into a pop-culture symbol, police have launched a crackdown on sellers cashing in on the gangster’s image.In the past two days, teams have raided two shops, seizing stacks of these jackets and arrested five…

Jaipur: Two friends were killed late Wednesday night after their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Nagla Khatka village under Rudawal police station area in Bharatpur. Police registered a case of causing death due to negligence against the driver of the unidentified vehicle, which fled after the crash.According to officials, the incident occurred…

Alwar: A Pocso court here Wednesday sentenced a man to 10 years in jail for raping a minor girl who lived in his village. Special public prosecutor Pankaj Yadav said Judge Shilpa Sameer also recommended the district legal services authority to provide Rs 50,000 rupees to the girl under the compensation scheme.Yadav said the girl’s…