Visit in Jaipur

Ajmer: Villagers from Dumara Wednesday protested outside JLN Hospital, demanding the arrest of the accused after former sarpanch Govind Ram Gujjar died during treatment.Police said Govind Ram was hit by an SUV in Dumara village last week while he was walking home. He had been protesting an encroachment on a village road. He was badly…

Kota: The conflict in the Middle East has badly hit the rice industry in Bundi, as nearly 3,75,000 quintals of Basmati rice worth over Rs 300 crore are stuck at seaports and in storage, industry representatives said Sunday. They added that the threat of unemployment looms over nearly 10,000 workers, 60% of them from Bihar,…

Jaipur: Investigations into the alleged embezzlement of nearly Rs 1 crore from 10 state-run hospitals across seven districts have found no technical fault in the Ojas software, with the health department concluding that the fraud was executed by creating fabricated beneficiaries in the Pregnancy and Child Tracking System (PCTS) and routing payments through the Ojas…

Jaipur: The state primary education department on Sunday suspended five govt school teachers from Balotra and Jodhpur for allegedly selling milk powder — intended for distribution in schools under Panna Dhai Bal Gopal Yojana mid-day meal programme — to sweet manufacturing factories at a rate of Rs 160-200 per kg.The department has set up a…

Jaipur: A proposal to reintroduce minimum educational qualifications for sarpanch (elected heads of panchayat bodies at the village-level) and municipal councillors in Rajasthan has triggered a debate ahead of the upcoming local body elections. Urban development minister Jhabar Singh Kharra has sent a recommendation to Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma suggesting that sarpanch should have…