Jaipur: With onion prices plummeting by nearly 50% in September — the sharpest decline since Feb 2019 — distressed farmers in Rajasthan have petitioned the govt for urgent intervention to help them tide over the agrarian distress. Government estimates place the production cost of onions between Rs 8 to Rs 10 per kilo, but farmers…

Jaipur/Jodhpur: Lawyers will abstain from work at the Jodhpur principal seat and Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court when it reopens on Monday, announced bar associations. This follows a standoff between lawyers and the high court over the decision to introduce night courts and two working Saturdays each month. A full court had decided…

Jaipur: With the onset of the monsoon, Rajasthan has started reporting a rise in dengue cases. According to the health department, 75 dengue cases have been recorded in the last 45 days from different parts of the state. As mosquito-borne diseases begin to surface, the health department is conducting surveys and launching preventive measures in…

Jaipur: An engineer was arrested in Jaipur Sunday for cheating in the fourth-grade employee recruitment exam using a smartwatch he had hidden in his private parts. The device allowed him to pass undetected through security checks, police said.DCP South Rajarshi Raj Varma identified the accused as Ravi Jhajharia (28), a resident of Khandela in Sikar….

Jaipur: The Gujjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti has urged the Bhajanlal Sharma govt to restructure the reservation system in Rajasthan’s Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) areas, demanding sub-quotas for three other categories within the existing 50% ‘general/open’ pool. The categories include Other Backward Classes (OBC), Most Backward Classes (MBC) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).Currently, TSP regions reserve 45%…