Jaipur

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill-2025, which aims to curb forced religious conversions, was passed by a voice vote in the state assembly on Tuesday in a stormy session marked by protests and walkout by Congress MLAs. The Act, once notified, will make Rajasthan the eighth state to enact such a law.Opposition…

Jaipur: The Special Operations Group (SOG) Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old physical training instructor (PTI) from Jodhpur for allegedly securing his govt job by using a dummy candidate in the Physical Teacher Recruitment Examination 2022.ADG (SOG) VK Singh said that the accused, Mahendra Kumar Vishnoi, from Kaparda in Jodhpur, was posted at Govt Upper Primary School…

Kota: The farmers’ ‘maha padav’, organised by Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, entered second day Tuesday. Thousands of farmers from around 1,465 villages are protesting on the highway in front of the mini-secretariat, Jhalawar over demands on crop compensation and MSP. Two rounds of negotiations between the farmers and the district administration have failed.Meanwhile, the protest has…

Jaipur: Taking suo motu cognisance of a govt school building collapse in Jhalawar’s Piplodi village on July 25 that resulted in the death of seven children, a division bench of Rajasthan high court Tuesday ordered the state govt to submit a roadmap on how it plans to ensure a safe environment for children studying in…

Jaipur: Of the women, by the women, for all Jaipur residents — this Durga Puja will be unlike any other. For the first time in the city, a group of women have come together to organise an all-women Durga Puja from Sept 27, breaking away from the male-dominated tradition of puja committees. Every aspect of…