Jaipur: The state govt has raised Rs 5,000 crore through three Reserve Bank of India (RBI) bonds to fund development schemes, not through direct loans but via State Guaranteed Securities (SGS).The bonds, issued for 10 to 26 years, will have to be repaid over the long term. Rajasthan, which raises funds through bonds almost every…
Jaipur: The state education department announced Monday that road safety measures will be taught in schools to spread awareness among students while signing a formal MoU with Muskaan Foundation, a private institute working on road safety for the project.In a meeting regarding the Road Safety School Education Project, chaired by education secretary Krishna Kunal, concern…
The Manganiyar Seduction by Roysten Abel stole the show with their musical performance When the voices of the desert reverberated from the ramparts of the historic Jaigarh Fort, it felt like being transported to the bygone era of royal Rajputana. The two-day Jaigarh Heritage Festival 2025 concluded with a soulful rendition by the Manganiyars of…
Jaipur: A day after Jaipur police arrested Ajay Kumar Nat (47) from Mumbai for allegedly purchasing looted jewellery worth nearly Rs 75 lakh at throwaway prices, investigators now suspect that the accused also deceived the same robbers he was dealing with.Police sources told TOI that Nat, the elder brother of gang leader Santosh Chauhan, earned…
Jaipur: Global luminaries, including writers, thinkers, policymakers, artists, and public intellectuals, are set to converge for the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) which begins Jan 15.Among the star-studded speakers are Stephen Fry, Sudha Murty, Tim Berners-Lee, Esther Duflo, Javed Akhtar, Vir Das, Vishwanathan Anand, Leo Varadkar, Alice Oswald, and Shikhar Dhawan, making the show a celebration…
