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NEW DELHI: Six people, including four minors and two adults, died in separate rain-related tragedies as heavy rains battered Rajasthan over the past 24 hours, causing widespread flooding and severe disruption on Sunday. The India Meteorological Department reported that Dausa recorded the highest rainfall with 29 cm in the last 24 hours till 8:30 am…
NEW DELHI: A massive crater has formed in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district after relentless rainfall led to the overflowing of the Surwal Dam, triggering land collapses and widespread flooding across several villages on Sunday. A large portion of land near the village caved in, leaving behind a gaping crater and cutting off access routes.Entire settlements,…
Jaipur: A young leopard cub that strayed from Jaipur’s Jhalana reserve and hid inside a factory near Gopalpura for three days was safely captured following a rescue operation by the forest department early Sunday morning.Contrary to initial speculation, the animal was not the well-known leopardess ‘Pooja’, but her male cub, estimated to be around 12…
Jaipur: The smart meter rollout in the state is facing strong opposition from both consumers and stakeholders. They said that the cost of the smart meters will eventually be passed on to the consumers in the form of tariffs, even though the benefits are meagre.Agriculture accounts for about 40% of the power consumption in the…
Jaipur: The state govt’s announcement of the Swami Vivekananda Scholarship for Academic Excellence has faced significant backlash from education experts and student groups, who describe the timing as “deliberately delayed” and “exclusionary.“Modified on Thursday, the scholarship aims to support 150 students pursuing higher education in the top 50 foreign universities. The figure was reduced from…
