JAIPUR: Sriganganagar police have uncovered a wider clandestine arms network following the interrogation of an alleged weapons supplier linked to gangster Rohit Godara. The probe has led to fresh arrests in Sikar and the detention of several suspects across Rajasthan.Police sources said questioning of Shakeel Ansari, arrested by Sriganganagar police on June 11, yielded crucial…
Jaipur: A truck carrying 359 LPG cylinders caught fire on Jaipur’s Ring Road Sunday afternoon, triggering panic and prompting police to temporarily halt traffic in both directions as a precautionary measure. Fortunately, firefighters reached the spot and extinguished the blaze within 10 minutes using a single fire tender.The driver of the truck escaped unhurt after…
Jaipur: A second young mother died in under three days at the PBM Hospital in Bikaner Sunday after developing severe post-caesarean complications, deepening alarm over maternal care in Rajasthan’s govt-run hospitals. This comes even as the state govt has so far failed to identify the cause of five post-delivery deaths in Kota in May and…
Rajasthan Waqf Board chairman Khanu Khan Budhwali at a meeting with representatives of mosque committees Sunday Jaipur: Rajasthan Waqf Board chairman Khanu Khan Budhwali Sunday urged mosque committees across the state to induct advocates into their management bodies, verify all property-related documents and strengthen legal preparedness, citing recent demolitions of mosques in Jaipur, Barmer and…
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Khatipura station Sunday Jaipur: Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Sunday announced a new railway station at Sundarpura in Sikar district, providing a major boost to rail connectivity for devotees visiting the Khatu Shyamji shrine.Located about 11 km from the temple and adjacent to a national highway, the proposed station is…
Jaipur: City traffic police and the Jaipur Municipal Corporation have issued notices to shopkeepers and eatery owners on Tonk Road to remove goods, tables and chairs from pavements as part of a plan to turn the stretch into a model corridor.The action follows Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s announcement to develop the stretch from Ajmeri…
Jaipur: Facing a real estate slowdown, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has begun auctioning regular residential plots in its housing schemes directly to end buyers, shifting away from investor-focused land sales.“The JDA has shifted focus from investors to end users and begun e-auctioning vacant plots in residential schemes. Now we are banking on direct buyer…
JAIPUR: A 36-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his friend in Rajasthan’s Tonk district.According to police, financial troubles and growing debt were the main reasons behind the crime.The victim, Pawan Kumar Garg, was an electrical goods businessman, the accused, Rakesh Tambi, has been taken into custody.According to Tonk Superintendent of Police Roshan, Tambi…
BSF celebrates International Yoga Day 2026 along the India-Pakistan Border in Rajasthan JAISALMER: On the occasion of International Yoga Day 2026, the Border Security Force (BSF), Rajasthan Frontier, organized grand yoga sessions on Sunday at various border outposts (BOPs) along the India-Pakistan International Border in Rajasthan. Under the guidance of Rajasthan Frontier Inspector General M.L….
250-year-old shrine near India-Pakistan Border faces notice amid anti-encroachment drive JAISALMER: The ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Rajasthan’s border districts has entered its third consecutive day, with authorities removing illegal constructions and encroachments within a 50-kilometre radius of the India-Pakistan border. Several religious sites, many of them decades or even centuries old and revered by people…
