Visit in Jaipur

Jaipur: Concerned over the state govt’s laxity in preserving the ‘World Heritage’ status of Jaipur’s Walled City, including proceeding with projects without proper heritage impact assessments (HIAs) and demolition of historic homes, UNESCO has advised the govt to submit a status report by Dec 1, 2026, failing which the area may lose its UN tag….

Jaipur: As India celebrates Constitution Day today, homage is due to a largely forgotten scholar from Rajasthan whose linguistic brilliance silently shaped an important chapter in the Republic’s history.Kashiram Sharma of Ratangarh in Churu district, the man who produced the official Sanskrit translation of the Constitution, remains one of the most remarkable yet unsung men…

Jaipur: Police Wednesday arrested a woman and her partner for allegedly strangulating her 40-year-old husband, also a watchman, to death in Narayan Vihar on Nov 22 and staging the scene as suicide. The victim’s body was found with a towel tightly wrapped around his neck inside his room.Police have identified the accused as Asha and…

Jaipur: In what state govt employees termed as a victory of their struggle, the finance department issued an order Wednesday that state govt boards, corporations, undertakings, autonomous bodies, and universities where GPF Linked Pension Scheme or Old Pension Scheme (OPS) was in place by Oct 31, 2023, will continue to follow this scheme. All other…

Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court Wednesday directed the director general of police and the treasury officer to withhold salary and allowances of the investigating officer of a criminal case registered at Chandwaji police station for failure to appear for testimony in the trial court. The court said the salary should not be released until he appears…