Jaipur: Rajasthan has received around Rs 2,700 crore in central assistance in the last four months under key health schemes.The official statement released by the CMO said the amount was released under the 15th Finance Commission and forms a major portion of the nearly Rs 4,300 crore allocated to the state over the past five…
Jaisalmer: Sriganganagar police Monday claimed a major breakthrough in two international heroin smuggling cases, linking a recent 11 kg seizure to an earlier 12 kg consignment allegedly dropped by drone from Pakistan near the border and transported to Punjab undetected.Superintendent of police Harishankar Yadav said the Feb consignment came to light during interrogation of five…
Jaisalmer: Divya Bhadu, who grew up in Somrad village in Dhanau area of Barmer district, scored 499 out of 500 marks in RBSE’s Class 12 Science stream exams, one of only five students to achieve this score. She had been studying at a school in Sikar district’s Losal, while staying at the school hostel, for…
Jaipur: Calling the elephants their “own kids,” handlers in Jaipur’s Hathi Gaon have defended the controversial pink elephant photoshoot and said the animal, Chanchal, died in Feb this year of natural causes linked to age.Ballu Khan, president of Hathi Gaon Vikas Samiti, said families in the settlement have raised elephants for five generations and depend…
Jaipur: Residents of Sushilpura staged a protest Tuesday over contaminated drinking water and raised the issue in front of their local MLA Gopal Sharma. For the last five days, people in the area have been receiving polluted water supply.The problem extends beyond drinking water. For nearly a month, foul-smelling wastewater has been flowing on the…
