Jaipur

Jodhpur: A two-day national consultation titled “Samvaad evam Manthan – Empowering Sanitation Workers for Skills, Safety and Dignity” concluded here Friday. The event was jointly organised by the Panchayati Raj department of the state and UNICEF, Rajasthan.Aimed at empowering sanitation workers, the conclave witnessed participation from representatives of 10 states – Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil…

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) is grappling with unprecedented turmoil as its govt-appointed ad hoc committee, tasked with conducting elections, has overstayed its tenure by over a year, a first in the association’s history. On June 27, the panel, formed on March 28, 2024, will complete five tenures. Unlike the 2014–2017 period, when an…

Ajmer: A 48-year-old retired BSF soldier, Manroop Rayal, died by suicide in Nagaur district’s on Thursday after fatally shooting his brother-in-law, Papu Meghwal, with his licensed pistol. A six-minute video on social media showed Rayal claiming a family breakdown and blaming his in-laws for his actions. In the video, Rayal, a resident of Khagata village,…

Jaipur: The Rajasthan govt has failed to meet its June 4 deadline for finalising the list of gram panchayats and panchayat samitis following the delimitation process, throwing the state’s electoral timeline into uncertainty.The Panchayati Raj department, which received 3,000 proposals for new gram panchayats and 115 for panchayat samitis, is struggling to complete the reorganisation…

Jaipur: Ahead of the sowing of the Kharif crop, farmers in Rajasthan are grappling with a shortage of DAP (Diammonium Phosphate), a widely used fertiliser, and an increase in the prices of seeds. While the state’s agriculture minister, Kirori Lal Meena, admitted that the state obtained 90,000 metric tons of DAP against the demand of…