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JAIPUR: Jaipur’s famed Walled City received the Unesco World Heritage Site status in July 2019, but the prestigious tag seems to be on shaky ground, thanks to rampant encroachment, flagrant violations of heritage bylaws and bureaucratic buck-passing.It’s a fate that has befallen sites like Germany’s Dresden Elbe Valley and the UK’s Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City….

Jaipur: Ahead of the commencement of fourth session of the 16th Assembly on Sept 1, Speaker Vasudev Devanani will convene an all-party meeting Thursday in the House premises.Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully, parliamentary affairs minister Jogaram Patel, govt chief whip Jogeshwar Garg, opposition chief whip Rafeek Khan, BSP MLA Manoj…

Jaipur: A political controvery erupted after BJP’s Kaman (Bharatpur) MLA Nuksham Chaudhary publicly accused minister of state for home, Jawahar Singh Bedam, of failing to replace a Congress-backed sarpanch in Nagar with a BJP-backed one.In videos that surfaced Tuesday and Wednesday, Chaudhary is heard telling Bedam: “You are a minister in the govt. You should…

Jaipur: The impact of US tariffs is becoming increasingly evident, with a significant decline in the number of containers being dispatched from Rajasthan. From a daily average of 378 TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) containers until last week in Jaipur, it has dropped by 45% to 209 TEU in the first two working days of this…

Jaipur: The Doongri Dam, a key component of the Ramjal Setu Link Project (RSLP) in Sawai Madhopur, has become a focal point of political contention in Rajasthan.The project, designed to supply water to Alwar, Dausa and significant industrial zones, has been stalled for over a year due to resistance from local farmers. The impasse has…