Jaipur: It was only in May 2025 that Jaipur Municipal Corporation handed SMS Hospital a fire NoC, declaring that Rajasthan’s largest govt hospital was compliant on all fire safety parametres until May 2027. Yet, when fire broke out in the hospital’s neurosurgery trauma centre Sunday night and claimed eight lives, no alarms were sounded to…

Jaipur: City police Saturday arrested former Rajasthan University Students Union (RUSU) president Nirmal Choudhary in a 2022 case registered against him for unlawful assembly and protest outside Rajasthan University. Choudhary, who won the last election with Congress support, was appearing for a philosophy exam at the university when police arrived in plainclothes and took him…

Alwar: A 11-year-old girl died and six others from two families sustained severe burns after an LPG cylinder exploded at a car repair workshop in Kama town of Deeg district Tuesday evening, police said.The deceased was identified as Akshara, who succumbed during treatment at RBM Hospital in Bharatpur. The remaining injured were first taken to…

Jaipur: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Rajasthan police Tuesday arrested two persons, accused of arranging forged Taekwondo certificates and fake verification reports that were allegedly used by candidates to secure govt jobs under the sports quota.The accused, identified as Kaptaan Singh alias Gurjar Kaptaan Singh (22) of Karauli and Vishnu Bhakhariwal (25) of Jaipur,…

The key feature of this water sensor is that it can test water “as is” without adding extra chemicals Jaipur: Researchers from the Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ) have developed a new sensor that can detect very small amounts of toxic lead ions in drinking water. The team said that the new sensor is designed…