Jaipur

Jaipur: In a significant political development Saturday, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s second visit to Delhi within five days fuelled speculation about imminent changes in the state’s political landscape. The chief minister held an hour-long closed-door meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah, following his earlier meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday.While the Chief…

Ajmer: Authorities Saturday demolished 213 illegal structures in a major anti-encroachment drive along the forest land stretch from Anderkot near the Ajmer dargah to Taragarh hilltop. The action, carried out jointly by the forest department, district administration, and police, targeted encroachments spread across the Aravalli foothills. Around 60 encroachments could not be removed due to…

Jaipur: Ten years ago, Suraj Bhan’s life hung by a thread. Today, the 42-year-old farmer from Hanumangarh ploughs his cotton fields with a steady hand and a strong heart—one that once beat in the chest of an 18-year-old donor. Rajasthan’s first heart transplant, performed on Aug 2, 2015, not only gave Suraj Bhan a second…

Jaipur: Putting an end to a prolonged legal dispute over the 2021 Patwari recruitment exam in Rajasthan, a division bench of the Rajasthan high court Friday dismissed a batch of special appeal writ petitions challenging the normalisation process used in evaluating candidates’ scores across different shifts of the exam.The bench upheld the decision of the…

Jaipur: Consumers are grappling with erroneous, inflated power bills that require payment of the full amount, facing the threat of supply disconnection if unable to do so. Discom rules are often overlooked by authorities, officials said.According to officials, supply disconnection is a lengthy process, providing consumers the right to present their position and offering several…