Jaipur

Jaipur: With the transfer ban on govt schoolteachers continuing for the eighth consecutive year, Grade-III teachers have demanded that the Rajasthan govt implement the 2005 transfer guidelines permitting limited inter-district transfers, warning of protests if their long-pending demand is not addressed.Teachers’ associations said the prolonged freeze has severely restricted career mobility, promotions and family reunification,…

Sariska wildlife sanctuary (File Pic) Jaipur: The Central Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Union govt and others over alleged environmental violations by a private resort near the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar district and formed a four-member committee to inspect the site.The bench of Justice Sheo Kumar Singh…

Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has sought replies from the Centre, the Rajasthan govt and procurement agencies on a PIL seeking a legal guarantee for procurement of notified crops at the minimum support price (MSP).Hearing farmer leader Rampal Jat’s 2018 petition on July 3, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and…

The Rajasthan high court has issued a notice to the state government regarding a Rs 17.5 crore alleged fraud in forest plantation works in Alwar (File photo) The Rajasthan High Court has issued notice to the state govt on a public interest litigation (PIL) that alleges a Rs 17.5-crore fraud in plantation works in the…

Husband dies by suicide by hanging after killing wife Bhilwara: A man was found hanging and his wife dead on a bed at a relative’s house in Aamli Bardod village under Hamirgarh police station limits Monday, with police suspecting he first killed her and then died by suicide.Police identified the deceased as Kalu Jat, a…

Jaipur: Twelve Delhi-bound flights, including four international services, were diverted to Jaipur International Airport Sunday after bad weather disrupted operations in the national capital.The diversions began around 11.30am, and all flights departed for Delhi by 2.30pm.The diverted international flights were Thai Airways TG323 from Bangkok, IndiGo 6E064 from Jeddah, Air Astana KC907 from Almaty and…

Jaipur: A 19-year-old student died by suicide at a guest house in Jaipur’s Jawahar Nagar area Saturday, hours after returning from the funeral of a friend who was killed in a road accident a day earlier.Police said the student, who shifted to the guest house about a month ago, was found hanging in her room…

Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s X post claiming he planted a khejri tree in Pachpadra on Saturday triggered a political row after Nagaur MP and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party chief Hanuman Beniwal claiming the sapling was actually a peepal tree.Beniwal took a swipe at Modi and Rajasthan chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma in a post on…

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Congress has threatened to boycott the state govt’s proposed public hearings on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), alleging that the exercise lacks legal validity because no draft of the proposed law has been made public.Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra in a letter to chief secretary V Srinivas urged him to immediately…

Jaipur: Congress Sunday intensified its attack on BJP govt in Rajasthan, alleging a complete breakdown of law and order after two traders were shot in separate incidents within 30 minutes in Bharatpur, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s home district.Senior Congress functionaries Ashok Gehlot and Tikaram Jully said the back-to-back attacks reflected growing confidence among criminals…