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: State’s water resources department (WRD) has roped in an expert agency authorised by the Govt of India to depollute Jaipur’s three major dams: Kanota, Chandlai, and Nevta.A WRD official said the agency will prepare a detailed project report (DPR), focusing on improving water quality, identifying sources of pollution, GIS-based mapping, biodiversity conservation, use of…

Jaipur: The state govt spent Rs 142.62 crore and extended financial assistance to 34,704 girls under the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana over the past two years — a figure officials say is higher than the assistance provided in the first two years of the previous govt.According to data released by the CMO Friday, the application system…

Ajmer: Nagaur police seized 600 opium poppy plants from Akla village in Khimsar block and arrested the field owner, Trilokram Jat, on Sunday.Police said the accused had grown some of the plants on the roof of his house located in the field, while others were planted between standing crops. Acting on a tip-off during an…

Jaipur: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the chief electoral officer of Rajasthan and the school education department Monday to include election literacy and voter awareness in the school education process.Officials said the objective of the MoU is to make students aware of voter rights and democratic values and to develop an understanding…