Jaipur: Rajasthan University vice-chancellor Prof Bhagwati Prasad Saraswat has been appointed nodal officer for the Standing Committee on Education to Employment and Enterprises by the higher and technical education department. The initiative aims to link higher and technical education with employment and entrepreneurship, promote technical innovation and skill development, and create new job opportunities for…

Truck carrying devotees crashes into tree, more than 23 devotees injured, Jhunjhunu: A truck carrying devotees returning from Jeenmata temple lost control and crashed into a tree around 4 am Sunday on the Sirohi bypass in Neem ka Thana area of Sikar district. Twenty-three devotees were injured in the accident. Of them, nine were referred…

Accused arrested for withdrawing money by swapping ATM cards Jhunjhunu: Sikar Kotwali police Saturday arrested a 34-year-old man for swapping ATM cards and withdrawing money from people’s accounts in Sikar city. Police recovered 15 ATM cards from the accused.Sikar Kotwali SHO Sunil Kumar Jangid said the accused is Sandeep Kumar Sansi (34), a resident of…

Jaipur: With just nine MBBS seats left in govt medical colleges, Rajasthan has opened the stray vacancy round of NEET UG counselling with 1,077 seats available under the 85% state quota, most of them in private colleges.The Rajasthan Medical and Dental Counselling Board released the final seat matrix Sunday after the completion of three counselling…

RTDC again tries to lease out Chaura Rasta tourist facility centre Jaipur: Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) is preparing to make another attempt to lease its Tourist Facility Centre (TFC) at Chaura Rasta in the Walled City, significantly reducing the reserve premium after three earlier attempts failed to attract bidders.RTDC took possession of the two-storeyed…