Jaipur: The hunger strike launched by sanitation workers over pending recruitment demands entered its second day Saturday, with unions warning of a statewide work boycott if the govt fails to act by June 25. Members of the Sayukt Valmiki Evam Safayi Shramik Sangh began the protest on Friday at the Jaipur Municipal Corporation’s headquarters, demanding…
Ajmer: Police Sunday said Manju (25), whose three children drowned in a water tank in Baswani village in Nagaur district, told investigators that her daughter Gunjan, 4, slipped into the tank Friday evening, prompting her to jump in to save her. Manju said her other daughter Anushka, 5, and her son Rudra, 1, then followed…
Jaipur: A 25-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death while trying to mediate a dispute between two groups of friends in Jaipur’s Shivdaspura area, police said Saturday.The incident took place near Vrindavan Garden late Friday night. The victim’s body was found in a vacant plot Saturday morning.Police identified the deceased as Sonu Yadav, a native…
Jaipur: Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot made revealing statements about Congress politics in Rajasthan during an event commemorating former prime pinister Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary at the PCC headquarters Wednesday.In candid remarks, Gehlot suggested that current Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra‘s position was a direct result of the political crisis triggered by Sachin Pilot‘s…
Jaipur: A lot can change in a fortnight. That was the experience of Sanskar Saraswat, a teenage shuttler from Rajasthan who jumped a staggering 178 places in two weeks to reach his career-best world ranking of 206.According to the latest world rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thursday, the 19-year-old was the top…
