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UT saw 9,200+ billing plaints after power privatisation: Ministry

Chandigarh, Aug. 14 -- More than 9,200 electricity billing-related complaints were reported in the 2025-26 financial year after the privatisation of power distribution in the city, according to data s... Read More


Mohali: 1L voters flagged for logical discrepancies, 84k still unmapped

Mohali, Aug. 14 -- Following the completion of house-to-house enumeration and digitisation of enumeration forms under the first phase of the special intensive revision (SIR)-2026, 84,795 electors rema... Read More


Truck driver robbed of Rs.30k, two booked

Panchkula, Aug. 14 -- A truck driver from Kaithal was allegedly assaulted and robbed of Rs.30,000 by two unidentified youths near New Shivalik Hotel in Pinjore in the early hours of Thursday, followin... Read More


Six duped of Rs.19 lakh in merchant navy job fraud, firm booked

Mohali, Aug. 14 -- Police have booked a Zirakpur firm on Wednesday for duping six job seekers of Rs.19 lakh after they paid between Rs.70,000 and Rs.5 lakh each to the ship management company for prov... Read More


75k govt school students to get free spectacles

Jaipur, Aug. 14 -- Around 75,000 students studying in government schools across Rajasthan will undergo special eye screening, with those found requiring vision correction to be provided spectacles fre... Read More


State cabinet approves draft bills on UCC, tree protection

Jaipur, Aug. 14 -- The Rajasthan Cabinet on Thursday approved the drafts of the Rajasthan Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026 and the Rajasthan Trees (Protection) Bill, 2026, paving the way for their ... Read More


Raj leads states in senior officers' capacity-building push, says CBC

Jaipur, Aug. 14 -- Rajasthan has emerged as a front-runner among states in strengthening the capacity of senior government officials and promoting citizen-centric governance under Mission Karmayogi, s... Read More


Heavy rains lash state, Jaisalmer waterlogged

Jaipur, Aug. 14 -- Heavy rain continued to affect several parts of Rajasthan on Thursday, with rainwater triggering streams in the hills of Jaisalmer and causing waterlogging in parts of the desert ci... Read More


473 nomadic families alloted homes: Sharma

Jaipur, Aug. 14 -- Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Thursday said 473 families belonging to Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic communities had been provided housing in Jaipur. The chief minister ... Read More


man sets wife ablaze, dies on way to Bikaner

BIAKNER, Aug. 14 -- A 35-year-old woman died after her husband allegedly set her ablaze by pouring petrol on her at her parental home in Sri Ganganagar district, police said on Thursday. The woman, id... Read More