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Jaipur: Occupancies have fallen by over 50% in the state’s flagship heritage tourist train, Palace on Wheels, in the past two years, with the Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) raising contractual violations by the private company which had taken up operations in 2023-24 at its review meeting on Monday, sources said. In 2024-25, the number…

Jaipur: Violent clashes erupted in Rathi Kheda village of Tibbi Wednesday after hundreds of farmers stormed an under-construction ethanol factory and tore down its boundary wall using tractors. Police resorted to lathi charge as protesters vandalised vehicles and set at least three of them on fire. Congress MLA Abhimanyu Poonia, who arrived to support the…

Jaipur: Bikaner police Friday arrested a delivery boy for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl after luring her to his friend’s room. The rape survivor’s condition deteriorated, and she was admitted to PBM Hospital for treatment Thursday evening.According to the police, the 14-year-old girl was acquainted with the accused delivery boy, a resident of Gandhi Colony,…

Jaipur: Merchandise exports from Rajasthan declined by 30% in 2024-25 to Rs 59,511 crore compared to Rs 83,704 crore in 2023-24. The fall is the steepest in more than a decade, though there was a slight dip in 2019-20 to Rs 49,946 crore against Rs 51,178 crore in 2018-19.The decline was led by engineering goods,…

Jodhpur: In a vociferous demonstration Friday, lawyers at the Rajasthan high court‘s principal seat in Jodhpur expressed their anger towards Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma. The protests erupted over the alleged scheduling of a significant number of matters for hearing on the last working day of the month, a change that contradicts an established…