Jaipur

Jaipur: Retired IAS officer Rajeshwar Singh assumed charge as the state election commissioner (EC) Friday.Upon taking charge, Singh said elections for urban local bodies and panchayats will be conducted based on the final decision of the court and as per constitutional provisions.He said the main challenge for any election-conducting body, whether it is the election…

Jaisalmer: A significant number of solar and windmill projects are being established on land that should have been recorded as Oran land in govt records. This situation has prompted environmentalists and locals to demand that the district’s Oran grazing land be officially recorded. As part of their ongoing protest, villagers in Jaisalmer have started boycotting…

Jaipur: The delimitation draft for the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) restructured around 35 wards in JMC Greater and an equal number in JMC Heritage, predominantly represented by Congress councillors. Congress leaders claimed that the BJP govt strategically altered the ward boundaries, targeting areas with significant minority voter populations to diminish the party’s electoral chances in…

Bhilwara: Thousands of farmers protested at the Khatik Hostel here Friday, rallying under the banner of the Congress party’s ‘crop compensation, people’s right’ agitation. The protest was sparked by extensive crop damage from excessive heavy rains this monsoon, with farmers calling for immediate compensation from the state govt.Prominent Congress members, including party national secretary Dheeraj…

Jaipur: In a move to make medical education more accessible for non-resident Indian (NRI) students, the state cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma announced Friday a reduction in the NRI quota fees in colleges run by the Rajasthan Medical Education Society (RajMES).The new fee, effective from the 2025–26 academic session, will come to…