Bikaner-ikaner cops seize Rs 50cr heroin, foreign arms haul dropped from drone; one held Jaipur: In a major pre-Independence Day security breakthrough, police in Bikaner busted an alleged cross-border narco-arms syndicate after intercepting a drone-dropped consignment containing 10kg of Afghan heroin worth an estimated Rs 50 crore, 11 foreign-made pistols, 22 magazines and 100 live…
A Ganesh idol made of cow dung Alwar: Ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi next month, an RAS officer in Alwar has crafted eco-friendly Lord Ganesha idols from cow dung to promote sustainable celebrations and environmental conservation.Land acquisition officer (LAO), UIT Alwar, Jeetendra Singh Naruka, has made 80-100 hand-crafted idols entirely from cow dung. The idols are…
A juvenile blackbuck allegedly kept in captivity in Nagaur, Rajasthan, before being rescued by the forest team Jaipur: A juvenile blackbuck, a Schedule I protected species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, was rescued by Nagaur Forest Division Friday after videos circulating on Instagram showed the animal in illegal captivity. The rescue operation was carried…
Banswara MP Rajkumar Roat Jaipur: Banswara MP Rajkumar Roat Sunday rejected Congress’s claim that around 300 Bharat Adivasi Party workers had joined it, accusing the party of using pressure tactics to weaken the tribal outfit.Escalating his feud with senior Congress leader Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, Roat said the move would backfire, claiming more than 1,000 Congress…
LoP Tikaram Jully Sunday accused the BJP-led state govt of failing to protect Dalits, LoP Tikaram Jully Sunday accused the BJP-led state govt of failing to protect Dalits, LoP Tikaram Jully Sunday accused the BJP-led state govt of failing to protect Dalits, LoP Tikaram Jully Sunday accused the BJP-led state govt of failing to protect…
Jaipur: A 26-year-old pregnant woman from Kaimasa village in Alwar’s Govindgarh area died on July 29 after a 48-hour ordeal, during which her family’s frantic but futile search for care took her across four separate healthcare facilities.Amid confusion over referrals and ambulance rules – and despite traversing a community health centre, two private hospitals and…
Jodhpur: Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot Sunday denied accusing state Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra of corruption and accused BJP of trying to mislead the public through a false narrative and distorting his remarks. Addressing the media at the Circuit House in Jodhpur, Gehlot accused the saffron party of trying to pit Congress leaders against…
Mother Sunita Choudhary, sister Charulata uncle Dinesh and other family memebrs watching Arundhati clinching gold on mobile at home in Kota Saturday night Mother Sunita Choudhary, sister Charulata uncle Dinesh and other family memebrs watching Arundhati clinching gold on mobile at home in Kota Saturday night Mother Sunita Choudhary, sister Charulata uncle Dinesh and other…
A crane removes the wrecked bus after it rammed into a trailer in Tonk Jaipur: Twenty-three pilgrims were injured, four of them critically, when a private bus taking them to the Maujmabad pilgrimage site crashed into a stationary trailer on the Jaipur-Kota National Highway (NH-52) in Tonk district Sunday.Police said the passengers, all from Kota…
Foreign tourists accounted for nearly 40% of the total bookings Jaipur: Wildlife enthusiasts from India and abroad rushed to secure safari permits as advance bookings for Ranthambore Tiger Reserve’s Oct–Dec 2026 tourism season opened on Aug 1, with nearly 40,000 tourists booking safari slots within the first two hours.The response included around 14,000 foreign tourists,…
