Visit in Jaipur

Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court Monday directed the state govt to speed up conducting panchayat elections, while cancelling an order that removed 17 former sarpanch (elected village heads) as administrators from their posts. The decision was delivered by the single bench of Justice Anoop Dhand, who expressed strong disapproval over the delay in holding timely panchayat…

Jaipur: The state govt announced Saturday that families of the seven students who were killed in the school building collapse in Jhalawar’s Piplodi village on July 25 have received financial assistance of Rs 12 lakh each under various heads.The Chief Minister’s office revealed the details late Friday night, with MoS disaster management and Jhalawar district…

Jaipur: Rajasthan, with 3,847 child labour rescues, is in the top five states that reported the highest number of child labour rescues, states a report released by India Child Protection’s (ICP) Centre for Legal Action and Behaviour Change (C-LAB) Monday. Telangana reported the highest number of child labour rescues at 11,063, followed by Bihar (3,974),…

Kota: Kota police Friday detained Rajasthan University and College Teachers Association (RUCTA) president and All India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation (AIFUTO) zonal secretary Dr Raghuraj Parihar from his Kunhadi residence, citing a threat to his life. He was kept at Kunhadi police station for nearly seven hours along with two other union…

Jaisalmer: A 20-year-old man and his 25-year-old sister-in-law, allegedly involved in a love affair, died by suicide in Hathla village under Bakhasar police station limits in Barmer district Sunday, police said.Police said the two left their homes late Saturday night without informing family members and went to a deserted spot about 1.5 km from the…