Jaipur

Jaipur: The state govt Wednesday launched an amnesty scheme for minor mineral leaseholders and contractors to recover dues and waive interest liabilities. Introduced as part of the 2025 Budget announcements, the scheme will remain in effect till Dec 31, 2025, and applies to principal and interest dues pending up to March 31, 2024.The scheme extends…

Jaipur: Private bus operators protested Wednesday against 10% increase in the price of tickets for stage carriage buses, similar to the increase for roadways buses.Private operators said that the per-kilometre rate was increased after over a decade which does not match the rise in fuel costs.Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC), however, said a nominal…

Jaipur: SMS Hospital has established a department for treatment of blood-related cancers and other blood disorders. The department will offer advanced Car-T cell therapy to cancer patients. This innovative therapy has so far been administered to only a few patients in the state by private hospitals. SMS Hospital will be the first govt hospital to…

Jaipur: The traffic wing of Jaipur commissionerate appears to be focused entirely on managing areas where VVIPs and bureaucrats reside, leaving the rest of the city in the grip of vehicular congestion.At Tonk Puliya, the disparity is evident on the two sides of the railway overbridge (ROB). On one side, the traffic department recently implemented…

Jaipur: Kalwad police here Wednesday arrested a 25-year-old man who allegedly used fake Facebook IDs to target women with obscene content and threats.DCP (West) Hanuman Prasad Meena said that the accused was identified as Prahlad Singh. He was arrested by Kalwad police after a woman filed a complaint containing serious allegations against him.“She alleged that…