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…
Jaisalmer: Tension continued to escalate in Rajasthan’s Balotra district Tuesday after the death of a suspected liquor smuggler whose car crashed into a khejri tree while allegedly trying to evade the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) and the police.Family members of the deceased, along with members of the local community, refused to allow the post-mortem and…
Law enforcement agencies arrested twenty-four individuals in a global operation targeting crime syndicates (Representative image) JALANDHAR: In an international crackdown, named ‘Operation Hard Ball’, law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada and Europe arrested 24 persons, including 11 from California, connected to three India-based transnational organised crime groups charged with a litany of criminal…
Statewide crackdown targets illegal liquor Udaipur: To curb the illegal manufacture, storage, transportation and sale of liquor, preventive action, including barricading, patrolling and raids, was carried out in the state. Illegal liquor was seized in various districts of the state, wash was destroyed and cases were registered.A large quantity of spirit and illegal liquor was…
Udaipur: Police Tuesday launched the state’s 1st AI-based WhatsApp chatbot helpline system in Udaipur to ensure the convenience and safety of tourists. It was inaugurated by Udaipur Range IG Gaurav Shrivastava and SP Amrita Duhan at the police conference hall.IG Shrivastava said WhatsApp number 7300059984 was issued under the new initiative. He said tourists coming…
Ajmer: The Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) Tuesday provisionally allowed all candidates who applied online for the 2021 sub-inspector recruitment exam to appear in the re-examination scheduled for Sept 20, 2026.Earlier, only candidates who had approached Rajasthan High Court were permitted to take the re-exam.RPSC secretary Ramniwas Mehta said the decision followed the Rajasthan High…
Jaipur: Six of the 11 workers injured in Monday’s slab collapse at the Centre of Excellence building inside the Forestry Training Institute (FTI) on JLN Marg were discharged from SMS Hospital Tuesday. Three workers remain admitted to the Neurosurgery Ward with head and spinal injuries, while two others were discharged after receiving first aid Monday.The…
A speeding trailer smashed into a road divider and ran over five members of a family on Ajmer-Jaipur National Highway near Kamla Nehru Nagar. Jaipur: Gaps in divider fencing, unsafe pedestrian movement and weak enforcement of illegal stoppages have come under scrutiny after a speeding multi-axle trailer crashed through a divider and killed four members…
