A nine-year-old boy died in Rajasthan’s Phalodi district after falling into a 1,050-foot-deep borewell, bringing a nearly 39-hour rescue operation to a tragic end early Saturday. Despite sustained efforts by disaster-response teams and the local administration, rescuers were unable to save the child. The boy was finally brought out of the borewell at around 3:30...
Four people, including a couple and their daughter, were killed after a car collided with a dumper in Rajasthan’s Didwana-Kuchaman district early Wednesday morning, police said. The accident took place in the Nawa area at around 5 am when the family was travelling from Jaipur towards Nawa. The crash was reportedly severe, leaving the front...
A growing wave of student activism around education is putting pressure on governments and state authorities across India, with young people increasingly demanding better schools, stronger infrastructure and reforms aimed at improving the quality of education. The latest development has been highlighted by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a pressure group that has been campaigning...
A second student associated with a private university in Jaipur was found dead inside a hostel room on Wednesday night, just a day after a BTech student from the same institution allegedly died by suicide on campus. The two incidents within a short span have raised concerns about student safety, mental health and the support...
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has come under the spotlight following allegations that two of its prominent leaders were assaulted in separate incidents in Jaipur, with founder Abhijeet Dipke making a light-hearted remark that chief spokesperson Saurav Das could be “next” to face an attack. Dipke made the comment while speaking in an interview alongside...
Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Kirori Lal Meena has tested positive for swine flu and has been admitted to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) of Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur. Doctors and hospital authorities are closely monitoring his health following the diagnosis. Meena was admitted to the hospital late Tuesday night after developing health-related symptoms....
The Rajasthan government has approved the construction of a new building for a government primary school in Rampura Kanwarpura village in Jaipur district, following renewed attention to the condition of the institution after a visit by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) workers ended in a violent confrontation. According to the government order, construction of the new...
A protest at a government school in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district took an unusual and dramatic turn on Monday when girl students allegedly blackened the face of their principal with ink while demonstrating over accusations of molestation. The incident brought the allegations against the school official into sharp focus and prompted police intervention as well as...
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested six railway officials in connection with separate bribery cases in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The arrests followed allegations that railway personnel had demanded or accepted illegal payments in return for performing official duties, including processing bills and facilitating payments to private contractors and companies. The action is part...
Seventeen schoolchildren had a narrow escape on Tuesday after the bus carrying them caught fire near Dhauwa village in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. All the students were safely evacuated from the vehicle before the fire spread across the bus, officials said. The incident occurred while the school bus was carrying children from Pithla village to a...