Jaipur: Rajasthan’s education department has received 6.2 lakh applications this year for Right to Education (RTE) admissions in private schools, in the lottery issued Thursday by education minister Madan Dilawar.For the first time, the department also released data on transgender students selected for admission process.Dilawar said admissions under RTE are being conducted “in a transparent…

Jaipur: Congress Sunday demanded the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak.Accusing BJP and RSS of compromising the integrity of the National Testing Agency (NTA), state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra alleged irregularities in NEET examinations conducted between 2024 and 2026 and claimed that the future of lakhs of students…

Police are interrogating the accused and investigating the intended destination of the consignment. HANUMANGARH: Two inter-state smugglers were arrested late Wednesday night during a joint blockade at the Nagrana toll plaza in Hanumangarh district. Sangaria police and the district special branch seized a consignment of heroin and weapons that had been dropped by a drone…

Jaipur: Two men caught drunk in public in Kota were sentenced to community service instead of jail under the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). SP (Kota) Tejaswani Gautam said that due to the efforts of Railway Colony and Bhorkheda police stations, the district’s first, and possibly Rajasthan’s first, case was ordered by the court…

Alwar: An eight-month-old girl was left battling for life after her mother allegedly forced acid down her throat following a dispute with her husband in the Bhiwadi area of Khairthal-Tijara district, police said Tuesday.The girl is currently under treatment at the Rajkiya Geetanand Shishu Hospital in Alwar, where doctors described her condition as critical.According to…