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In Rajasthan, 40% children underweight, 44% anaemic: National Nutrition Survey

The Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) report is the first national nutrition survey covering 112,316 pre-schoolers, school-age children and adolescents in ru

Aerial survey of Walled City begins

Aerial survey in Walled City areas using drones was launched on Monday by urban development and housing minister Shanti Dhariwal. After the Walled City earned the UNESCO

Ahead of Diwali, spurious mawa and namkeen seized in Rajasthan

Shudh Ke Liye Yudh campaign gained momentum after the health departments food safety officers destroyed 270kg mawa on suspicion of being adulterated at doodh mandi in Sha

Rajasthan: Kid crushed to death in temple lift

A 10-year-old boy was crushed to death in a hydraulic open lift at a temple here on Sunday. The matter came to light after the boys father lodged an FIR on Monday, accusi

Cabinet nod to TSP quota benefits for married women

The state cabinet on Monday decided to give reservation benefits of the Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) to women of non-TSP area who have started residing in the TSP area after get

Rajasthan: Couple used Muslim names for safety in Pakistan

Santo Khan (90) and his wife Mariyam Khatoon used Muslim names to ensure they lived peacefully in Pakistan until they moved to India in 2005. Both were elated when they g

BJP slams government for U-turn on civic chief elections

BJP has slammed CM Ashok Gehlot for taking a U turn from its poll promise of holding direct or parallel elections for the post of mayors.

Rajasthan reverts to indirectcivic body chief polls

In a big U-turn, the Ashok Gehlot government has rolled back its decision to conduct direct elections to the post of mayors and chairpersons in corporations and municipal

Rajasthan discontinues pension to MISA detainees, BJP livid

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has again discontinued the pension scheme for prisoners detained during the Emergency under the Rajasthan Democracy Protectors Felicitation Fu

Women farmers focus of Rajasthan govt's new subsidy scheme

The scheme launched to give more subsidies to farmers will prefer women for benefits for gender mainstreaming in agriculture, said officials

BJP steps on the campaign gas for October 21 bypolls in Khinvsar, Mandawa

BJPs campaign strategy for the upcoming bypolls in Khinvsar and Mandawa seems to have an upper edge than the Congress. While the saffron party leaders are camping in the

Jaisalmer: Two-day-old baby undergoes blood exchange transfusion

A newborn suffering from severe jaundice underwent a blood exchange transfusion.

Haryana man builds temple near road where wife was killed in mishap in Sikar

Two months after a 54-year-old man lost his wife in a road accident near Fatehpur town in Sikar district, he got a temple of Lord Hanuman constructed close to the highway

Fogging plan to take on vector-borne diseases in Jaipur

District collector Jagroop Singh Yadav directed the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) to prepare a micro plan on fogging in the city. With threat of vector-borne disease

Jaipur: Crime branch arrests drug peddler with 50kg marijuana

Crime branch arrested a 32-year-old drug peddler and seized 50kg ganja (marijuana) from his car near Manoharpura on late Saturday night. Three cops also got injured in th

Rajasthan all set to get fourth reserve for big cats

Rajasthan is poised to get its fourth tiger reserve with the forest department deliberating on upgrading the Ramgarh Vishdhari wildlife sanctuary.

BSNL employees to stage hunger strike in Delhi on October 18

All employees associations and unions of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will stage one-day hunger strike, outside the state-owned company's corporate office in N

Magnitude-4.5 earthquake hits Bikaner

Panic grip at Bikaner and some parts of Rajasthan on Sunday morning when earthquake measured 4.5 on Richter scale was witnessed in Bikaner and nearby areas.

Rajasthan: Man throws wife into burning hut in Renwal

A woman suffered 50% burns after being pushed into a burning hut by her husband in Renwal on Saturday.The woman, 45-year-old Surgyani Devi, has been hospitalised.

Iodised salt use in Rajasthan low: Report

Rajasthan is one of the three states with the lowest consumption of iodine. The total percentage of households consuming iodised salt is 65.5%.

Rajasthan bypolls to delay train link from Shekhawati to Delhi

People of Shekhawati region will have to wait to get train connectivity to Jaipur and Delhi from their native towns. Due to assembly elections in Haryana and by-elections

Providing transparent govt top priority, says Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday took a dig at the previous BJP government by accusing them of making promises without allocation of budget.

Rajasthan: BJP team in riot-hit Malpura

After learning the sequence of events, we came to the conclusion that the administration didn't follow standard operating procedures.

Jaipur Metro chugs on a downward spiral

Once touted as one of the most ambitious projects of the previous Congress government, Jaipur Metro today seems to be a lacklustre venture.

Providing transparent and accountable government top priority, says Ashok Gehlot

Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the newly constructed building of Sikar Municipal Council, Gehlot said that the previous BJP government had made several announcem

Woman delivers 5 babies at Zanana Hospital in Jaipur

A 25-year-old woman, who had two miscarriages, gave birth to five babies at Zanana Hospital in Jaipur on Saturday. Out of those, four have survived, while one was a still

Rajasthan woman alleges rape by nine men two years ago

Face cream smuggled from Pakistan via train to be auctioned

Around 13,550 bottles of beauty cream, smuggled from Pakistan by Thar Express during last December, will be auctioned. Items brought by the express would be auctioned for

Actress booked for offensive content on Gandhi-Nehru clan

Bollywood actress Payal Rohatgi was on Thursday night booked under sections of IT Act, 2008, in Bundi Sadar police station for uploading offensive content on families of

New MV Act: Huge spurt in suspension of licences in Jaipur

The implementation of the Motor Vehicles Act, 2019, from September 1 has resulted in a massive jump in the number of licences being suspended for traffic rule violations

No new registration of credit cooperative societies in Rajasthan

Driver sustains 40% burns as truck hits transformer

A truck driver was severely burnt when his vehicle caught fire after hitting a transformer in Jhotwara. The locals had to rescue the driver and another passenger from the

Karisma & Sunny Deol let off in 22-year-old Rajasthan train case

A local court on Friday discharged film actors Sunny Deol and Karisma Kapoor in a 22-year-old case relating to the stopping of a train by pulling chain during the shootin

Six cops suspended for Dholpur shootout with mining mafia

Six policemen have been suspended for the shootout between cops and the mining mafia in Dholpurs Basai Dang village on August 30.

Rajasthan govt seeks central assistance to extend mid- day meal scheme to class...

Under the mid-day meal scheme, every enrolled child, aged 6-14 years and studying in classes 1 to 8, is provided hot cooked meals having certain notified nutritional stan

Minor girl raped by moms live-in partner in Rajasthan's Alwar

Rajasthan: Mistaken as child-lifters, Gujarat cops thrashed

Udaipur: Man killed for protesting daughters harassment

Rajasthan: Transgenders to get Rs 3.5k unemployment allowance per month

Jaipur: No smart work, projects fail to pep up city life

With Jaipur Smart City Limited (JSCL) facing financial crunch and no support from successive state governments, the projects taken under the mission gave city just a cosm

Cramped for space, Ranthambore tigers look for new homes

The number of tigers in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve has increased to the point that the reserve can no longer sustain the big cats that are currently in the area. The reser

Two minor girls raped in Alwar, Banswara

In separate incidents, two minor girls were raped in Alwar and Banswara this week but the crimes were reported to police only on Wednesday.