At about 5pm in the Lal Kothi Sabji Mandi, the vegetable sellers had no option than to abandon the unsold tomatoes, bottle gourd, bitter gourd and other perishables on the roadside.

Over seven lakh voters will decide the fate of 27 candidates in three assembly constituencies - Sahada, Sujangarh and Rajsamand - which go to polls on Saturday.

Active Covid-19 cases breached the 50,000 mark and touched a new high of 53,813 on Friday as the second wave showed no signs of respite across the state. Jaipurs active cases breached the 10,000 mark in the process and reached 10,215, accounting for 19% of all such cases.

Many patients are coming to hospitals who are tested negative by RT-PCR test, but they have pneumonia. Clinical features, serum markers and CT scan of chest clearly indicating Covid-19 infection.

Jaipur police commissionerate has made elaborate arrangements to implement weekend curfew in the city starting Friday 6pm till Monday 6am.

The stage is set for bypolls in three assembly constituencies in Congress-ruled Rajasthan where voting will be held on Saturday.

While the graph of active cases is rising sharply, the state government has again declared Jaipuria Hospital as a dedicated Covid facility.

Police on Thursday arrested four men who fired at a cash collection agent of a soft drink company and robbed him of Rs 7.5 lakh after injuring him.

The urban development and housing (UDH) department has floated a proposal to grant powers to the empowered committee to allot land at 30% of the reserve price.

The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has decided to carry out an inspection before issuing completion certificate to a luxurious apartment project situated near Statute Circle.

In a major decision to curb the second Covid-19 wave by ensuring low mobility, the state government on Thursday night announced a weekend curfew from Friday 6pm to Monday 5am. However, emergency services such as milk and LPG supply, banking services will be exempted.

Three minor girls died of suffocation after they were accidentally locked in a car in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district on Wednesday, according to police.

To ensure devotees visiting temples, mosques, gurdwaras and churches adhere to Covid guidelines, Jaipur police has roped in religious leaders and urged them to make videos appealing to public to follow the norms.

The second wave of the pandemic has again disrupted the tourism industry with almost 70% of the bookings in hotels getting cancelled.

The requirement of oxygen for Covid treatment has gone up from 1,205 cylinders per day to 4,388 cylinders across the state in two weeks (from March 30 to April 12).

MC-Greater mayor Somya Gurjar sealed Hotel Safari at Gopalpura Bypass at 11.30pm on Monday for flouting Covid norms.

The rest 35% of mortalities happened in the age group below 60 years.

A 22-year-man and an 18-year-old woman, who were apparently in a relationship, allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a moving train in Rajasthan's Churu district, police said on Tuesday.

The baby boy born mid-air on the Bengaluru-Jaipur Indigo flight on March 17 was finally issued a birth certificate on Monday.

A lot of centres in the state that were conducting Covid-19 vaccinations have stopped it as supply has been hit due to limited supply of vaccines. The state received only 66,500 doses of vaccines on Monday and there is no information about further supply.

Amid limited supply of Covid vaccines, Tika Utsav launched by the Centre from April 11 has been affected.

As Navratri starts from Tuesday and Ramzan from Wednesday, administration has imposed restrictions in view of the increasing Covid cases in the state.

The district administration has said no procession will be held during Thursdays Gangaur festival in the city due to surge in the cases. The tourism department, which organises the main procession in the Walled City, had cancelled the event almost two weeks ago.

Government school students in classes VI and VII will now be promoted to next class without any examination, as per the guidelines of Directorate of Secondary Education, Bikaner.

Rajasthan on Monday recorded 5,771 fresh Covid-19 cases that took the state's total tally to 3,69,564, while 25 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 2,951, according to an official report.

A day after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) recovered Rs 92 lakh from two Rajasthan Administrative (RAS) officers and their alleged middleman, the lower court sent them on remand for two days on Sunday.

BJP state president Satish Poonia has called off the protest led by Rajya Sabha MP Kirori Lal Meena with the body of a priest on the fourth day in Jaipur following the state government agreeing to most of the demands on Sunday.

More than six months have passed since water pipelines were laid in the Walled City area but the roads dug up are yet to be repaired.

The Chirawa police in Jhunjhunu district have arrested two vehicle lifters and seized a stolen SUV from their possession. Police nabbed the vehicle lifters while they were into finding and penalizing public not wearing masks late on Saturday evening.

In broad daylight, five robbers wearing masks and helmet, barged into a jewellery shop situated at Bapu Bazaar area of Chomu town on the outskirts of Jaipur and robbed Rs 15 lakh, two kilogram gold jewellery and some silver jewellery on Sunday.

On the directions collector Ashish Modi, a joint enforcement team has been formed to ensure that Corona protocol is followed in the urban and rural areas of Jaisalmer.

At a time when second wave of Covid-19 has emerged rapidly in April, the state government has increased sample collection for Covid-19 test for early diagnosis and treatment.

In a major crackdown, Jaipur rural police have arrested six persons in connection with running a cyber fraud racket across the country on Saturday.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot apprised the Congress central leadership on the corona situation in the state while expressing confidence that the state is fully prepared to handle the situation.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team has recovered Rs 80 lakh in a raid from the residence of two Rajasthan Administrative Services (RAS) officers posted as members of the revenue board in Ajmer late on Saturday.

A group of men allegedly attacked employees of a toll plaza in Rajasthan's Jhalawar following an argument besides damaging furniture and windowpanes, according to police.

Since past eight days, garbage collection vehicles havent collected waste from homes of Ramgarh Mod residents in city.

Jaipur police have imposed round the clock curfew at selected places under Muhana, Sodala, Shipra Path, Jyothi Nagar, Mansarovar and Ashok Nagar police stations while the strict enforcement of night curfew from 8 pm till 6 pm in the entire police Commissionerate area in view of the surge in cases on Friday. The curfew will remain till the number of cases declines.

A woman clerk got vaccinated in Barmer on Friday and while returning on motorbike, she fell unconscious and died under mysterious circumstances. Surprisingly, the woman was 28 years old and didn't fall in the vaccination category.

The state government on Friday extended night curfew in nine urban areas of the state from 8pm to 6am, including Jaipur, and in Udaipur from 6pm to 6am till April 30.

Looking at the rising number of Covid cases, district administration has declared 69 micro-containment zones across Jaipur city.

As Covid-19 cases continue to rise, the state, with 3,970 new infections, reported yet another highest single-day spike on Friday. This is the highest-ever since the pandemic began to ravage the state in March 2020. With 12 deaths on the day, the total number of fatalities in the state rose to 2,898.