JAISALMER: Rajasthan chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma reached Pachpadra on Friday night to review the final preparations for the inauguration of the HPCL Rajasthan Refinery. He inspected the venue of Saturday’s programme, which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and directed officials to give the finishing touches to all arrangements.The chief minister also…

A damaged portion of Sodala Road in Jaipur Jaipur: With the monsoon setting in, road cave-ins and open trenches left behind by the city’s ongoing gas pipeline project are emerging as major safety concerns for commuters. On Friday, nearly a 20-foot-deep sinkhole appeared on Tonk Road near the Jaipur Municipal Corporation headquarters, disrupting traffic and…

Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for Phase II of the Jaipur Metro Saturday, kickstarting a five-year construction project expected to transform connectivity along Tonk Road and adjoining areas.Metro officials said the project has been divided into seven packages — four for civil construction and three for electrical and other system…

NREGA protest in Bhim town Jaipur: The protest against the Centre’s decision to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat -Gramin Rozgar Guarantee (VB-GRAMG) scheme continued in Rajasthan’s Bhim town Friday, with hundreds of workers affiliated with the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) and Rajasthan Asangathit Mazdoor Union…

Addressing a press-conference in Jaipur, members of the Samiti Jaipur: The Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Janadhikar Samiti Friday demanded that the Rajasthan govt provide a separate 10% reservation for those communities, along with residential land rights, protection from eviction without rehabilitation, and amendments to the state’s recognised caste list to ensure greater access to welfare…