Ranga’s office is a dark and dingy room in a rundown building, where the phones ring incessantly. Ranga’s business is flourishing by the day but he prefers to keep it anonymous; that’s what makes it safe. But then, Ranga is no ordinary ‘businessman’, he is a punter in Rajasthan’s illegal betting market, which has gone…
With as many as 4,000 people vying for 200 Congress tickets for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, party general secretary Ajay Maken on Thursday said more time would be required for finalising the candidates’ list. The process for selection of candidates, as devised by party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, “is underway and it is right now difficult…
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Rajasthan has announced cash awards for poll officials who improve voter turnout in the December assembly elections. According to a circular issued by the Rajasthan’s CEO, those Returning Officers and other officers who increase voter turnout by 10% as against the 2008 assembly election figures will receive a cash award of…
Extending its support to BJP, a group representing brahmans on October 16 demanded that the party should allot at least 40 out of 200 seats to candidates belonging to the community in the coming Rajasthan assembly elections. Ambika Prakash Pathak, state president of Rajasthan Brahman Samaj, said that when Vasundhara Raje was chief minister, she had…
A court here on Tuesday framed charges against two assistant professors of University of Rajasthan (RU) who were accused of demanding sexual favours from a PhD student preparing thesis under their guidance. The court of chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) Bharat Bhushan Gupta, on Tuesday, framed charges against Dr Rishi Kumar Singhal and Dr S N…
After nearly 30 years, the Rajasthan government is set to appoint priest, manager and ‘sevagir’ (attendant) in government-run temples and the Devasthan Department, with a reservation of 30 per cent for women. A total of 65 posts — seven of Manager Grade-II, 47 of priest and 11 of ‘sevagir’ — would be filled through written…
A day after BJP accused him of favouring state government in poll-bound Rajasthan; Chief Secretary CK Mathew tonight began a 58-day leave till completion of the election process in the state. “I have sent leave application to the Department of Personnel (DoP), requesting for its sanction,” Mr Mathew told PTI. When asked about the reason…
The Congress screening committee headed by Ajay Maken shortlisted party candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections at a meeting in New Delhi on Monday. Sources said the five-member committee, which had chief minister Ashok Gehlot as a member, shortlisted single-name panels for nearly a quarter of the 200 seats in the state. For another quarter…
To make it easier for patients to identify senior and resident doctors, Sawai Man Singh (SMS) hospital will soon start uniform codes. Senior doctors will wear blue uniform at the outpatient department and also at the indoor ward, while resident doctors will don grey uniform. Taking a leaf out of private hospitals, SMS hospital is…