Jaipur: The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Patna zonal office Friday carried out searches at eight locations across Bihar, Delhi and Rajasthan, which included four locations in Sriganganagar and one in Jaipur, as part of a money laundering investigation into an alleged illegal sand mining racket worth more than ₹131 crore in Bihar’s Banka district.The action, carried…
Jaipur: Discoms are inviting bids to install 3 lakh rooftop solar systems, allotted by the Centre, for low-income and vulnerable households under the Utility-Led Aggregation (ULM) scheme. Project developers, however, have raised concerns over thin profit margins.Each rooftop system will have a capacity of 1.1KW and is estimated by discoms to cost Rs 60,000. These…
Jaipur: A prolonged lull in southwest monsoon activity has pushed temperatures up across Rajasthan, bringing back hot and humid conditions after the initial spell of rain earlier this month. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has, however, forecast a revival of monsoon activity from July 21, with rainfall expected to intensify across eastern and southern Rajasthan…
Jaipur: A food safety inspection at Chokhi Dhani Friday allegedly found multiple violations, including the use of cooking oil with unsafe levels of Total Polar Compounds (TPC), officials said.The inspection was carried out by the food safety team of the Chief Medical and Health Officer (Jaipur II) following a complaint received through the 181 helpline….
Jaipur: A July 15 govt notification directing urban local bodies to dispose of all pending applications received during urban service camps by Aug 15 has confused civic officials because it appears to conflict with a July 9 directive issued after a Rajasthan High Court stay.The earlier order froze applications linked to unapproved colonies developed by…
Jaipur: Dausa police Thursday arrested two wanted criminals carrying rewards of ₹25,000 each and claimed to have cracked a series of jewellery-snatching and robbery cases reported from Dausa and neighbouring districts over the past several months.The accused were identified as Mahesh alias Fuddu, 40, a resident of Pahua village in Deeg district, and Akash, 28,…
Jaipur: Jaipur Development Authority’s (JDA) decision to make rectification of setback violations mandatory before approving residential-to-commercial conversions has led to a sharp fall in approvals.Officials said more than 80% of conversion applications remained pending over the past six to seven months because the properties had setback violations requiring regularisation. More than 90% of these applications…
Jaipur: Raising concerns over the fairness of an NDPS investigation, the Rajasthan High Court has suspended the 10-year sentence of a Jaipur medical store owner convicted in a narcotics case and directed the director general of police (DGP) to conduct an independent inquiry into the role of a police constable who was shown to be…
Rajasthan govt has suspended 51 empanelled hospitals from the Rajasthan Govt Health Scheme (RGHS) in the past three months as part of a strict crackdown on financial and procedural irregularities JAIPUR: The Rajasthan govt has suspended 51 empanelled hospitals from the Rajasthan Govt Health Scheme (RGHS) in the past three months as part of a…
A 32-year-old man was allegedly hacked to death with an axe by his younger brother following a dispute over money in Bikaner district late Thursday night Jaipur: A 32-year-old man was allegedly hacked to death with an axe by his younger brother following a dispute over money in Bikaner district late Thursday night.Police took the…
