Jodhpur: The acting principal of a govt senior secondary school in Jodhpur was suspended after being accused of violating a student’s privacy by inspecting her mobile phone on school premises without informing her parents.Officials from the Directorate of Secondary Education, Bikaner, confirmed that the action followed an inquiry which substantiated the allegations against the principal.The…

Jaipur: The Bhajan Lal Sharma-led BJP govt ordered a high-level probe into an alleged bribery scandal involving three MLAs Sunday after a sting operation by a leading Hindi daily showed them accepting money in exchange for facilitating contracts under the MLA Local Area Development (MLA-LAD) fund. The expose has come as an embarrassment for the…

Jaipur: Muskaan Foundation for road safety, with support from Rajasthan police, organised a walkathon Sunday to promote pedestrian safety in the city.Organisers said Jaipur has witnessed several pedestrian accidents in the past four years, including the 2012 death of IAS officer VS Singh, who was hit by a car during a morning walk.Over 1,000 participants,…

Jaipur: For the family of Dalip Singh (25), every ringing phone brings a surge of anticipation and dread. A native of Khivtana village in Nagaur district, Dalip worked aboard an oil tanker that was hit in a strike off the Oman coast earlier this month amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.Dalip’s family in the…

Jaipur: Congress MLA from Raniwara, Ratan Devasi, on Monday accused a former minister of the past govt and his son of making threats. He said that his family was harassed for several years.“Is this the right time to safeguard your family? For years, my family faced threats from an ex-minister of the past govt, along…