Jaipur: The RD Baheti Charitable Trust Jaipur District Open Badminton Championship got underway at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium Hall here on Monday. Principal sports secretary Dr Neeraj K Pawan (Sports and Youth Affairs), RD Baheti and Pradeep Baheti inaugurated the week-long annual tournament. Neeraj K Pawan and Pradeep Baheti played a rally to mark…

Jaipur/Jaisalmer/Jodhpur: Mock drills simulating drone and aerial attacks were held across Rajasthan, including the border districts, as part of the second statewide civil defence blackout and mock exercise under ‘Operation Shield’. In Jaipur’s Khatipura area, the drill took place at the Shaheed Major Digvijay Singh Sumal Govt Senior Secondary School, followed by a brief blackout…

Udaipur: Panic gripped residents of Krishnapura Colony in Udaipur city, after a leopard strayed into the residential area early Thursday and evaded capture for over eight hours before being tranquilised and removed by the forest department.The wild cat was first spotted around 5 am entering lane number 3 of the colony from the nearby Ayad…

Jaipur: An almost 3-km stretch on Mahal Road in Jagatpura turned into an avenue for the display of weapons and the might of Indian Army. Over one lakh citizens witnessed the Army Day Parade on Thursday, the first time the parade was open to the public, an official statement said.Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General…

Udaipur: On the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, Gayatri Seva Sansthan (GSS), an NGO dedicated to child rights protection, in coordination with the district administration, prevented 13 child marriages scheduled across Rajasthan. Of these, nine cases were stopped in Udaipur, two in Pratapgarh and two in Sikar.Yashoda Paniya, acting chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC),…