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Jaipur: Health activists Monday said Rajasthan’s public healthcare system remains unsafe and unreliable, citing adulterated food and drugs, fake medical registrations, wrong blood transfusions and weak hospital safeguards, and blamed gaps in regulation and accountability.The Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) said the problems were not isolated and that poor implementation of health schemes continues to deprive…

Jaipur: Five youths allegedly sexually harassed a Japanese tourist in the city’s Amber area after waylaying her on a secluded stretch near Jaigarh Fort, police said Monday. DCP North Karan Sharma quoted the woman as saying the youths pushed her around, held her hands and attempted to kiss her.The incident occurred Sunday morning when the…

Jaipur: City police Monday arrested five men for allegedly siphoning export incentive scrips by illegally accessing govt portals in a racket officials estimate could have caused losses to the exchequer of nearly Rs 400 crore.Jaipur police commissioner Sachin Mittal identified the accused as Sultan Khan, Nand Kishor, Nirmal Soni, Ashok Kumar Bhandari and Pramod Khatri,…

Jaipur: The city’s restaurant bars could soon pour imported liquor bottled in origin, if the excise commissioner uses his discretionary powers under the new excise policy that kicked in on April 1.So far, the rules were split down the middle: hotels with 10 or more rooms could serve hard liquor in their bars, while restaurant…

Jaipur: In a coordinated crackdown to bust a narcotics network, Jaipur police Monday arrested a 33-year-old woman who romanced ‘unsuspecting’ young men and manipulated them into being recruited as drug peddlers.DCP North, Karan Sharma, said the accused, Meenu Gupta, claimed she worked as a Homeguard volunteer, where she allegedly lured young men into a “love…