RCA building on Monday. (Photo- Arvind Sharma, Freelance Photographer) Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court Wednesday suspended the ad hoc committee running Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) and appointed Bhaskar A Sawant, additional chief secretary in the state home department, as administrator of the cricket body.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Maneesh…
Rafiq Chand Sheikh (41), son of Chand Miyan Sheikh, a resident of Harsul in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra. JAISALMER: In a major breakthrough in a Pakistan-linked espionage case, the Rajasthan Police’s CID (Intelligence) on Wednesday arrested an alleged funding agent of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI, from Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The arrest has exposed a key financial network…
Sri Ganganagar authorities took immediate action by demolishing three hotels tied to the crime JAISALMER: In a shocking case from recent days in Sri Ganganagar, a 13-year-old minor girl was kidnapped and subjected to sexual exploitation and rape in various city hotels for many days.Taking strict action against the 3 hotels where gang rape and…
Jaipur: Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Tuesday launched four major digital governance initiatives — the Rajasthan Language Model Training Hackathon, Smart Rajasthan automated citizen service delivery platform, Rajasthan Innovation Challenge and the e-Mitra WhatsApp Service — while inaugurating the two-day 29th National e-Governance Conference at Rajasthan International Centre (RIC).Rajasthan residents can now access 27 govt…
Police parade the accused in Bhilwara’s main market Wednesday Jaipur: Police arrested a fruit company employee, his brother and a friend, Wednesday, for allegedly staging a Rs20 lakh robbery in Bhilwara, cracking the case within 42 hours.The accused, Narayan Singh, his brother Raghuveer and friend Vishal Sahu, were arrested Wednesday and produced in court after…
12 pilgrims from Balotra were travelling in a tempo traveller to the Amarnath shrine. JAISALMER: A group of Amarnath pilgrims from Rajasthan’s Balotra district met with a devastating road accident in Punjab on Wednesday morning.Four pilgrims were killed on the spot, while eight others sustained serious injuries after their tempo traveller crashed into a stationary…
Jaipur: The tourism department will ease homestay rules under the Centre’s Business Reforms Action Plan, raising the room limit from five to at least eight and scrapping key registration hurdles.The reforms, set to be notified soon, will remove the mandatory owner-occupancy requirement and do away with multiple NOCs. Online self-renewal will be the new process…
Tragedy struck the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Dausa as a private bus veered off the road into a gorge after colliding with a trailer, claiming at least seven lives and injuring over 15. DAUSA: At least seven passengers were killed and over 15 others injured after a private bus travelling from Haridwar to Indore collided with…
Jaipur: The education dept Tuesday directed officials to carry out a fresh inspection of all school buildings across the state to assess their structural safety, including those identified as dilapidated last year.Additional chief secretary for education Rajesh Kumar Yadav issued directions while chairing a review meeting on the safety of school buildings, repair works, ongoing…
Jaipur: The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has decided to allot a Saras Dairy booth to Reshu Gupta, the momos vendor who suffered serious burn injuries after hot water spilled on her during a police drive on June 19, when Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s convoy was passing through Jagatpura.The decision was taken to help Reshu,…
