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Jaipur: Looking at the buyer-seller meetings between tourism service providers, including hotels and tour operators from 53 countries, foreign tourist inflows to the country are likely to witness a growth of eight to 10 percent in the coming season, said Surendra Singh Shekhawat, co-chairman of FICCI Rajasthan.FICCI Rajasthan jointly organised the inbound tourism mart, Great…

Jaipur: Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, Tikaram Jully, Tuesday criticised the absence of the entire state govt during what he described as the largest national-level mock drill. He urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah to immediately release the Rajasthan govt from what he called “political quarantine” so that…

Jaipur: A glaring payroll error in the Jaipur Municipal Corporation-Heritage (JMC-Heritage) came to light when the finance department flagged a payment request showing Rs 53 crore in arrears for a single sanitation worker.The arrears were meant to cover dues of Rs 12,812 each for sanitation workers for Feb2021. However, an arrear of Rs 53 crore…

Jaipur: A Dalit man’s house was allegedly set on fire by pouring petrol in Kanota area of the city, with the entire act captured on CCTV.The complainant, Ganga Sahay Bairwa, accused Naresh Agarwal and his aides of orchestrating the attack, but the police filed an FIR only Monday, two days after the incident.The incident occurred…

Jaipur: State govt’s first department of genetic diseases at JK Lon Hospital, which was inaugurated on April 7 by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, is yet to start its IPD facilities. The department, which aimed to revolutionise the diagnosis, research, and treatment of genetic and metabolic disorders, often underdiagnosed and complex to manage, is facing…