Data compiled by the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) showed registered firearm cases fell from 504 in 2022 to 397 in 2023, 301 in 2024 and 261 in 2025. The number of people injured also declined from 326 in 2022 to 294 in 2023, 195 in 2024 and 185 in 2025 Jaipur: Firearm-related crime in Rajasthan…
In the Sanskrit education dept, which oversees govt Sanskrit schools and colleges, 45% of sanctioned posts are vacant, while 56% of teaching posts at Rajasthan Sanskrit University are unfilled. Jaipur: Data released by the state govt in reply to a question posed in the state assembly shows a steady decline in enrolment in Sanskrit schools…
National Highway 11 near Harmada in Jaipur Jaipur: Acting on a Supreme Court order and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) directives, the state has barred land-use conversion for housing within 40 metres of national highway centre lines and for commercial activity within 75 metres.The July 27 notification cites that following a Phalodi accident,…
BJP MP from Bhilwara Damodar Agrawal BJP MP from Bhilwara Damodar Agrawal BJP MP from Bhilwara Damodar Agrawal BJP MP from Bhilwara Damodar Agrawal BJP MP from Bhilwara Damodar Agrawal Bhilwara: BJP MP from Bhilwara Damodar Agrawal Friday urged the Centre to strengthen road safety measures on national highways, calling for fencing and divider barriers…
Jaipur: Rajasthan has trained only 38,551 women elected representatives under the Centre’s flagship Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) since 2022, trailing several large states despite having one of the country’s largest Panchayati Raj systems, according to data tabled in Parliament.Replying to a question by BJP MP Smita Uday Wagh in the Lok Sabha on…
JDA removes illegal Saras Dairy booth encroaching on a footpath in Vaishali Nagar Friday JDA removes illegal Saras Dairy booth encroaching on a footpath in Vaishali Nagar Friday JDA removes illegal Saras Dairy booth encroaching on a footpath in Vaishali Nagar Friday JDA removes illegal Saras Dairy booth encroaching on a footpath in Vaishali Nagar…
Jaipur’s e-bus rollout faces charging infrastructure challenge Jaipur: Three years after the electric bus project was announced under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme by former CM Ashok Gehlot in the 2023 state budget and reiterated by the BJP govt in its 2024 budget, Jaipur’s first batch of e-buses has run into an infrastructure bottleneck. Barely a…
New fire safety provisions would shrink usable space in residential buildings of three floors and above Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Local Self Government (LSG) department has enforced new fire-safety norms that are set to influence the design of residential and commercial buildings, with architects warning that mandatory additional staircases could reduce usable carpet area and built-up area…
Jaipur: The revenue department has finalised a scheme for allotment of govt land to tourism projects and forwarded it to the finance department for approval, paving the way for a dedicated land bank for hospitality investments in Rajasthan.Under the proposed scheme, tourism projects with a minimum investment of Rs 50 crore will be eligible for…
Bhilwara: In a troubling continuation of events, two more women died at the state-run Mahatma Gandhi Hospital here following complications during childbirth, a development that hospital authorities kept under wraps for more than a day-and-a-half.Five women had died at the same facility earlier in July, with four of them suffering similar post-delivery complications.The latest deaths…
