Jaipur: Three people, including a police constable, were injured when a pickup truck loaded with doda-post (poppy husk) rammed into a police van, mowed down bystanders, and crashed into a shop in Sriganganagar Monday evening. The accused smuggler, who was attempting to flee from Raisinghnagar police, was arrested at the scene.The incident took place in…

Jodhpur: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Adarsh Defence and Sports Academy at Hanwant Aadarsh Vidya Mandir, Lal Sagar, Monday. The total project of this academy is worth around Rs 110 crore. In the first phase, the sports academy was built at a cost of about Rs 30 crore, with 125 rooms. In this…

Jaipur: Alarmed by an escalating financial crisis in state-funded universities, vice chancellors of 17 govt institutions in Rajasthan have urged the state to immediately increase financial assistance to prevent what they described as an imminent “collapse of higher education standards”.In a virtual meeting held with chief secretary V Srinivas Saturday, the VCs shared stark accounts…

Jaisalmer: A team led by Professor V S Parihar, dean of the faculty of Earth System Science at Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur, unearthed a phytosaur fossil — the first-ever in India — from Jurassic rocks in Jaisalmer’s Megha village. This 20-crore-year-old fossil, resembling a crocodile, marks a significant milestone in understanding India’s prehistoric life.The…

Jaipur: Fresh cases of Lumpy Skin Disease in cows have surfaced in Sirohi district, three years after the disease devastated the region’s dairy farming. The animal husbandry department has issued an advisory that cows and calves showing symptoms be isolated. It has also asked its officials to conduct a survey in the region.“Lumpy is seen…