JAIPUR: Powerlifting champion Yashtika Acharya, 17, a national-level junior powerlifting player, died in a tragic accident while training at a gym in Bikaner Tuesday night when a 270 kg barbell slipped and fell on her neck, causing a fatal fracture. Though Acharya was administered first aid and rushed to the hospital, doctors declared her dead…
JAIPUR: A man’s attempt to secure a govt job for his wife through ‘illegal’ channel might lead to the exposure of a major recruitment scam in railways.Manish Meena, a resident of Kota, approached railway authorities about eight months ago, alleging that his wife, Asha Meena, secured a railway job using a dummy candidate—someone who took…
BHILWARA: Eight friends from Rajasthan’s Mandalgarh constituency in Bhilwara district, who were on their way to attend the Mahakumbh, died in a road accident near Jaipur on Thursday. On Friday, their bodies were brought to their ancestral villages—Badliyas, Falasiya, and Mukundpuriya—for cremation in a sorrowful atmosphere. In Badliyas village, five pyres were lit together, bringing…
JAIPUR: Three days after he helped the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) catch his college principal and a clerk for demanding and accepting a bribe, a 25-year-old student was found hanging at his residence in Hanumangarh town late Monday night.Although police found no suicide note, initial investigation suggests death by suicide. Police collected two mobile phones belonging…
KOTA: An 18-year-old NEET aspirant from Odisha died by suicide in his hostel room in Ambedkar Colony under Vigyan Nagar police station in Kota on Thursday night. He was found hanging from the ceiling fan.The police placed the body in the mortuary for a post-mortem examination to be carried out after the arrival of his…
A fiery truck collision involving a chemical-laden truck disrupted the Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Friday morning. Several trucks caught fire near a petrol pump, causing burn injuries to an unspecified number of people. Ambulances transported the injured to hospitals while firefighters battled the blaze. Traffic on the highway came to a standstill as authorities worked to…
JAIPUR: The state government’s unemployment allowance scheme, CM Yuva Sambal Yojana, has arrears of Rs 300 to Rs 350 crore, with payments outstanding since March 2024. The last disbursement of Rs 55 crore was made in Nov for the month of Feb, an employment department official confirmed.Payment requests, including bills, were submitted to the treasury,…
UDAIPUR: A succession ceremony for Nathdwara MLA Vishvaraj Singh, the eldest son of the late Mahendra Singh Mewar, took place on Monday amidst a raging dispute over Udaipur royal family properties in Chittorgarh and Udaipur. The dispute saw Vishvaraj’s uncle, Arvind Singh Mewar, the younger brother of Mahendra Singh Mewar, place public notices in local…
JAIPUR: Rajasthan High Court on Monday issued notices to six former and current MLAs, including former minister Shanti Dhariwal, seeking their reply in the case of mass resignations by 81 MLAs, mostly of Congress, in Sept 2022. The resignations were submitted when a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting was ordered in Jaipur by the party’s…
NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Police on Thursday arrested independent candidate Naresh Meena, who allegedly slapped a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) outside a polling booth during by-elections to the Deoli-Uniara assembly constituency in Tonk district. Following the incident, tensions escalated in the district late Wednesday night when police attempted to detain Meena after he allegedly assaulted SDM Amit…
