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Jaipur: Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Tuesday launched four major digital governance initiatives — the Rajasthan Language Model Training Hackathon, Smart Rajasthan automated citizen service delivery platform, Rajasthan Innovation Challenge and the e-Mitra WhatsApp Service — while inaugurating the two-day 29th National e-Governance Conference at Rajasthan International Centre (RIC).Rajasthan residents can now access 27 govt…

Police parade the accused in Bhilwara’s main market Wednesday Jaipur: Police arrested a fruit company employee, his brother and a friend, Wednesday, for allegedly staging a Rs20 lakh robbery in Bhilwara, cracking the case within 42 hours.The accused, Narayan Singh, his brother Raghuveer and friend Vishal Sahu, were arrested Wednesday and produced in court after…

12 pilgrims from Balotra were travelling in a tempo traveller to the Amarnath shrine. JAISALMER: A group of Amarnath pilgrims from Rajasthan’s Balotra district met with a devastating road accident in Punjab on Wednesday morning.Four pilgrims were killed on the spot, while eight others sustained serious injuries after their tempo traveller crashed into a stationary…

Jaipur: The tourism department will ease homestay rules under the Centre’s Business Reforms Action Plan, raising the room limit from five to at least eight and scrapping key registration hurdles.The reforms, set to be notified soon, will remove the mandatory owner-occupancy requirement and do away with multiple NOCs. Online self-renewal will be the new process…

Tragedy struck the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Dausa as a private bus veered off the road into a gorge after colliding with a trailer, claiming at least seven lives and injuring over 15. DAUSA: At least seven passengers were killed and over 15 others injured after a private bus travelling from Haridwar to Indore collided with…

Jaipur: The education dept Tuesday directed officials to carry out a fresh inspection of all school buildings across the state to assess their structural safety, including those identified as dilapidated last year.Additional chief secretary for education Rajesh Kumar Yadav issued directions while chairing a review meeting on the safety of school buildings, repair works, ongoing…

Jaipur: The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has decided to allot a Saras Dairy booth to Reshu Gupta, the momos vendor who suffered serious burn injuries after hot water spilled on her during a police drive on June 19, when Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s convoy was passing through Jagatpura.The decision was taken to help Reshu,…

Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) building in Jaipur Jaipur: The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) issued notices Tuesday to commercial plot allottees in the Transport Nagar scheme who have not yet started construction despite the conditions mentioned in their allotment letters. They have been given three months to begin construction.JDA commissioner Siddharth Mahajan said allottees must start…

Jaipur: The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) Tuesday reshuffled the responsibilities of four Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officers. The orders were issued by additional commissioner Narendra Kumar Bansal.Under the new postings, Manmohan Sharma, deputy commissioner of the Sanganer Zone, has been given additional charge of the Mansarovar Zone while continuing in his current role.Karni Singh has…

JAIPUR: BSNL-India’s largest govt-owned telecom PSU, recorded the weakest mobile network performance on the 456.9-km Jodhpur-Ahmedabad rail route, with the highest poor-signal rate and call drops among operators, according to a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India report issued on June 29.TRAI’s Independent Drive Test, conducted in May 2026 across the Rajasthan and Gujarat telecom circles,…