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Jaipur: Heat wave conditions were unabated in the state for the sixth consecutive day Tuesday, when most places experienced the maximum temperature 4°C above the normal notch. The Met office said that no respite is likely next week also as heat wave conditions are expected to stay in the state for one more week. Sriganganagar…

Jaipur: Rajasthan’s forest department will conduct its annual 24-hour waterhole wildlife census across all forest areas, except in the state’s tiger reserves, starting 8am Wednesday. Chief wildlife warden Shikha Mehra has issued directives for assessment of leopard populations and other wild animals. Preparations, including the setting up of machans (observation towers), have been completed in…

Jaipur: The Union Ministry of Health has directed the state health department to take action against a private hospital in Udaipur for allegedly using a social media platform to encourage free hysterectomy. Officials said that the hospital’s activities violated guidelines designed to discourage the unnecessary removal of the uterus for profit. The hospital produced reels…

Bhilwara: In another accident at a mining site, two labourers got trapped under the debris as a portion of a white stone quarry collapsed over them in Luhari Gram Panchayat area of Jahazpur subdivision in Bhilwara district Tuesday evening. The victims, identified as Mukesh Kalbeliya and Kishan Kalbeliya from the Bijolia police station area, were…

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) finally got a new chairman after governor Haribhau Bagde appointed director general of police (DGP) Utkal Ranjan Sahoo to the post on Tuesday. The appointment came after a 10-month vacancy following the end of former chairman Sanjay Shrotriya’s tenure on Aug 1, 2024.Anti-corruption bureau (ACB) DG Ravi Prakash…