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Jaipur: Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Thursday publicly took police chiefs to task over intelligence failure, and questioned why local agencies had no information of drug networks in the state even as Mumbai and Gujarat ATS teams entered Rajasthan and took action against culprits.Addressing a state-level police conference in the city, Sharma pointed to the…

Jaipur: In a major push to secure land rights for educational institutions, Didwana–Kuchaman district administration issued land patta certificates to 1,025 govt schools in the last 30 days.The newly formed district, carved out of Nagaur, oversees 1,239 schools, of which more than 80% now possess verified land ownership—the highest proportion among Rajasthan’s 41 districts.District collector…

Jaipur: The state govt’s announcement of the Swami Vivekananda Scholarship for Academic Excellence has faced significant backlash from education experts and student groups, who describe the timing as “deliberately delayed” and “exclusionary.“Modified on Thursday, the scholarship aims to support 150 students pursuing higher education in the top 50 foreign universities. The figure was reduced from…

JAIPUR: An Army jawan was stabbed to death on Sabarmati Express last week after a heated argument with an AC attendant over a blanket turned violent. The victim, Jigar Kumar, was allegedly stabbed to death by attendant Juber Memon (30). Police later arrested the accused and recovered a blood-stained knife from the train. The Government…

Jaipur: Pregnant women in Rajasthan will now be able to undergo free sonography at private centres if the service is unavailable in govt hospitals, deputy chief minister Prem Chand Bairwa told the Assembly on Tuesday.Bairwa said, “If sonography is not available in govt facilities, a QR code-based voucher (under the Maa Voucher Yojana), is issued…