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Jaipur: Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Wednesday ordered the mandatory retirement of nine police inspectors from the home department, in what was deemed as the govt’s strict stance against “incompetence, indolence, and unsatisfactory performance” of state govt employees.Sharma also allowed initiation of proceedings under Rule 8 of the All-India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1969…

Jaipur: The police Wednesday busted a cyber fraud racket worth Rs 5 crore operating in the city and arrested four members of the gang linked to an international network.DCP (South) Rajashi Raj Varma told TOI that the gang supplied bank accounts to online scammers, with funds routed all the way to China.“Acting on a tip-off,…

Jaipur: Chain snatchers in the city are growing audacious, with two women targeted in broad daylight—one in an upscale locality and the other at Sindhi Camp bus stand—on the same day.In the first incident, a woman fell victim to chain snatching on a moving bus. According to DCP (west) Hanuman Prasad Meena, Diksha Prajapati reported…

Jaipur: Public health engineering department (PHED) has issued notices to six engineers of the department, including a retired engineer, for alleged involvement in a scam of Rs 150 crore. Officials said these engineers reportedly gave Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tenders to two firms for more than 900 tubewells in Jalore district when they were entitled…

Jaipur: In the aftermath of the Jhalawar school building collapse, which left seven children dead and 21 injured, the state education department has doubled down on efforts to encourage the students to return to school, albeit in a makeshift arrangement until a new building is constructed. Classes of the Govt Upper Primary School in Piplodi…