Jaipur: Jaipur reported fewer road accidents but more fatalities in 2025, highlighting a worrying rise in the severity of crashes. The district recorded 3,664 road accidents—about 10 every day—but 1,273 people were killed, averaging nearly 3.5 deaths daily. While accidents declined by 5.6% compared with 2024, fatalities increased by 3.1%, pushing the fatality rate to…
Jaipur: Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Saturday laid foundation stones and inaugurated development projects worth around Rs 880 crore in Kekri of Ajmer district, including the Phase-I four-laning of the Nasirabad-Sarwar-Kekri-Deoli Road. He said the govt was accelerating infrastructure development to improve connectivity and public amenities.Addressing a public meeting, Sharma said the state govt developed…
Jaisalmer: Police arrested a 25-year-old man, who recently returned from New Zealand, in the high-profile Sriganganagar hotel sexual exploitation case involving the alleged gang rape of a 13-year-old girl. His wedding was scheduled for July 14, forcing his family to call off the preparations.Investigators said the accused returned to India around one-and-a-half months ago after…
Jaipur: The Congress Saturday ramped up its criticism of the BJP concerning alleged financial misconduct within the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. AICC spokesperson Ajay Upadhyay called for a Supreme Court-monitored judicial inquiry into the purported misappropriation of donations intended for the Ram temple. Addressing a press conference in Jaipur, Upadhyay claimed that funds collected…
Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Public Health Engineering Dept (PHED) carried out one of the biggest reshuffles in its history, transferring more than 30% of its engineering cadre after the state govt reopened the transfer window.“The scale of the exercise reflects the backlog created during the period when transfers were frozen, along with a large number of request-based…
Railways Flags BJP District Office Construction in Kota as Unauthorised Kota: The Railways declared the construction of the BJP’s district office in Kota as “unauthorised and illegal”, alleging it is coming up on about 3,000 square metres of railway land — putting the ruling party’s own office project at the centre of a land-use dispute.Railway…
JAIPUR/BHILWARA/BANSWARA: A fresh series of maternal deaths in government hospitals has gripped Rajasthan, with nine women losing their lives in Bhilwara and Banswara over just six days between July 5 and July 10. Medical teams from Jaipur were dispatched Saturday to probe the causes of deaths in the two districts.The nine deaths are the latest…
Jaipur: Families of women who died in govt hospitals across Kota, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Bhilwara and Banswara since May — many after developing complications linked to caesarean deliveries — have accused hospital authorities of negligence and demanded accountability.Relatives say the similarities in the deaths point to systemic lapses in monitoring and post-operative care in maternity wards….
Minister of Medical and Health Gajendra Singh Khimsar Jaipur: A series of maternal deaths after caesarean sections in Rajasthan’s govt hospitals has exposed serious gaps in the state’s healthcare system and raised allegations of opacity and inaction.Since May, at least 18 women have died in govt hospitals across Kota, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Bhilwara and Banswara. In…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan govt is facing scrutiny from opposition members after the deaths of nine postpartum women within a span of just six days at hospitals in Bhilwara and Banswara. The alarming trend follows previous cases of maternal deaths in Kota, Bikaner and Jodhpur, raising concerns about the state’s health care system.Former Chief Minister Ashok…
