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Jaipur: In a move set to enhance passenger experience, Union Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Thursday unveiled a pilot project introducing Sanganeri-printed covers for train blankets. The initiative, launched at Jaipur’s Khatipura railway station, will initially be applied to the AC coaches of the Jaipur-Asrava Superfast Express (12981), as part of a broader effort to improve…

Jaipur: Private bus operators have once again demanded reduction in state tax for registering sleeper buses. They stated that registering a single sleeper bus in Rajasthan requires paying over Rs 30,000, whereas in neighbouring states it costs between Rs 7,000 and Rs 15,000.President of the state bus operator association, Satyanarayan Sahu, operators have to pay…

Jodhpur: The principal bench of Rajasthan high court has issued contempt notices to Rajasthan govt for not relieving in-service govt doctors despite their selection for the senior residency course as well as directions from the court to relieve them. The doctors have been waiting to be relieved for the past five months since they were…

Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Thursday opened a bank locker belonging to an arrested general manager and joint commissioner in the department of industries and commerce. They recovered gold worth over Rs 72 lakh as part of an ongoing disproportionate assets investigation.Accused Rajeev Garg was arrested red-handed last year by the ACB’s Pratapgarh team while…

Jaisalmer: Four of five friends travelling in an SUV were killed in a head-on collision with a trailer on the mega state highway near Sadar village in Balotra district. One person was seriously injured and has been referred to a hospital in Jodhpur. The accident has come three days after a bus caught fire in…