Jaipur: Nearly a decade ago, when Santosh Devi Khedar brought apple and pomegranate saplings to her small farm in Beri village of Sikar district, she was met with laughter, disbelief and quiet mockery. Neighbours and even agriculture experts dismissed the idea of growing apples in the arid land, where water is scarce and summers ruthless….
Jaipur: Minister of state for home Jawahar Singh Bedham once again instructed the Director General of Police to begin the process of replacing Urdu and Persian words with Hindi in police department operations. In an official communication to the DGP Saturday, he stated that this will improve public understanding of police records, official forms, and…
Jaipur: The death toll in the oxygen cylinder explosion at an industrial unit in Vishwakarma Industrial Area (VKI) rose to three Sunday after another injured worker succumbed during treatment, a day after the blast ripped apart the facility and shook neighbourhoods over a kilometre away.Police identified the third victim as Shibu alias Anuva, a native…
Jodhpur: A speeding private bus ran over two brothers riding a motorcycle, killing them on the spot in Sanchore on Tuesday morning. After the accident, the bus dragged the motorcycle for about 100 meters and caught fire after colliding with the iron safety railing along the highway.ASP (Sanchore) Anwad Dan Ratnoo said the private bus…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has ordered the agriculture department to pay regular monthly salary and service benefits, along with 6% interest since 2018, to an assistant engineer who became paralysed following a brain hemorrhage in 2017.In a broader directive, the court instructed the state’s chief secretary to issue orders to all govt departments to…
