Jaipur: Although state govt plans to issue a circular advising all urban local bodies (ULBs) to implement Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme following Supreme Court’s recent directives, the initiative has encountered obstacles before its rollout.Since the ABC programme has been irregular and predominantly limited to Jaipur, the state now faces a shortage of experts and…

20-year-old NEET aspirant from Uttarakhand died after allegedly falling from the fourth floor of his hostel in Kota (Representative image) KOTA: A 20-year-old NEET aspirant from Uttarakhand died after allegedly falling from the fourth floor of his hostel in Kota on Saturday morning, police said.The incident was reported from Landmark City in the Kunhadi police…

Jaipur: Dr Anandeswar Pandey, secretary general of South Asian Handball Federation and executive director of Handball Association India, has been elected as a council member of Asian Handball Federation (AHF) in the Ordinary Congress held in Cairo (Egypt) on Monday.Anandeswar Pandey is one of the five council members of AHF. Jaipur-based Dr Tejraj Singh, secretary…

Jhunjhunu: Speaking at the convocation ceremony of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shekhawati University in Sikar, governor Haribhau Bagde Saturday said in ancient India students from across the world used to come to universities like Nalanda and Takshashila and such times will once again return with universities like the Deendayal Upadhyay Shekhawati. Bagde said the land of…

Jaipur/Bhilwara: Police Friday uncovered a tech-savvy narcotics operation in Chittorgarh district and seized a drone along with cash, vehicles and sophisticated equipment from a smack and mephedrone (MD) manufacturing unit.The drone was allegedly used to track police movement and map escape routes during raids, Chittorgarh SP Manish Tripathi said. The action followed the arrest of…