Jodhpur: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday searched the Jodhpur residence of a 19-year-old man accused of acting as an online handler for the terrorist organisation ISIS. The team seized documents and a motorcycle as part of its probe into an alleged online radicalisation and recruitment network.An NIA team from Andhra Pradesh reached the accused…
Bhilwara: A video showing villagers thrashing a former sarpanch, making him remove his clothes and cutting his hair after accusing him of theft in Tonk district’s Raipuriya village went viral on social media Wednesday.The incident took place on July 5 in the Nagarfort police station area when the former sarpanch, a resident of a village…
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma during the inspection of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway at Labana, in Bundi district, Rajasthan on July 8 Kota/Jaipur: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday announced highway projects worth over Rs 16,551 crore for the Kota region, including…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari (centre) inspects Delhi-Mumbai Expressway stretch near Kota. KOTA: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday announced that the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be fully completed within two years, alongside a slew of new highway projects for the Kota region, news agency PTI reported.Speaking at a public gathering in Mandana…
Jaipur: The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) initiated an outreach programme to strengthen heritage protection in the Walled City, with its Heritage Cell signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dronah Foundation Wednesday.The foundation had prepared the dossier that helped Jaipur secure UNESCO World Heritage status.Officials said the collaboration will support community outreach and consultations…
Udaipur: Pratapgarh police Wednesday froze properties worth around Rs 70 lakh allegedly acquired by two smugglers through drug trafficking as part of a drive to dismantle the economic network of narcotics smugglers.The action was carried out under Operation Trinetra on the directions of SP B Aditya. A team from Kotri police station conducted a financial…
Jaipur: The proposed notification of the Kumbhalgarh Tiger Reserve appears to be hanging in the balance after the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) 20th technical committee did not record any recommendation on the proposal in the minutes of its meeting.According to sources, the development follows political intervention, with BJP Member of Parliament from Rajsamand, Mahima…
Jaipur: After a spate of rain-triggered road cave-ins across Jaipur, the state govt Wednesday ordered Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) and Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) to probe the city gas distributor laying piped natural gas (PNG) lines in the capital.Urban development and housing (UDH) minister Jhabar Singh Kharra said no fresh road-cutting permission for PNG pipelines…
Dumper Rams into Stationary Tourist Minibus Kota: One person was killed and 15 others were injured after a speeding dumper rammed into a stationary tourist minibus from behind on the eight-lane Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near the Jalimpura Interchange under Sultanpur police station limits in Kota district Wednesday.The accident occurred around 4 am, just hours before Union…
Jaipur: The energy department Wednesday signed a ‘Framework for Action’ with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), a grouping of 128 countries, to strengthen solar energy expansion, transmission and distribution in Rajasthan.The agreement was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma. Officials said the framework would help prepare an energy transition plan for…
