Doctor Caught Accepting Bribe in Rajsamand Udaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Monday caught Junior Specialist (Surgery) Dr. Pankaj Jain of RK Govt District Hospital in Rajsamand red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 1,300.According to ACB ASP Himmat Singh Charan, the doctor demanded a bribe of Rs 2,000 for performing a minor operation on a…
Jaisalmer: A clandestine manufacturing unit producing adulterated ghee was unearthed in Barmer city, following a raid conducted by the district special team (DST) of the Sadar police station Sunday. The operation was initially aimed at investigating an alleged MD drug factory situated near Chamunda Hotel on Ring Road, but authorities stumbled upon an extensive ghee…
Jaisalmer: Police arrested a young man Sunday evening for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl in Barmer city, roughly three hours after the crime took place.The police identified the accused as Magh Singh.According to police, the girl was playing outside her house when the accused approached her. He asked her to guide him to an unknown…
Rajiv Jain was elected as the chairman of Jaipur Jewellery Show Jaipur: The Jaipur Jewellery Show (JJS) organising committee Monday unanimously elected Rajiv Jain as chairperson of the industry body. He succeeds Vimal Chand Surana, who served as JJS chairperson for the past 19 years. According to a JJS release, Surana’s leadership helped transform the…
JAIPUR: Rajasthan govt informed the high court Monday that municipal and panchayat elections in the state will be completed by Nov 15, submitting a detailed timeline for the long-delayed polls.In an affidavit filed through Advocate General Rajendra Prasad, the govt said category-wise data will be submitted to the OBC Commission by Aug 5, while the…
JAISALMER: A 7-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Rajasthan’s Barmer city on Sunday evening after he allegedly lured her away on the pretext of showing a house and took her to a secluded area, where the crime was reportedly committed in the bushes. Police have arrested the accused.According to police, the rape…
Jaipur: Rajasthan has been placed among the country’s ‘Frontrunner States’ in NITI Aayog’s newly released Investment Readiness Index, securing the 10th rank nationally and eighth among 17 large states.The state emerged as a strong performer on key investment parameters, ranking second among large states in regulatory simplification, third in investment promotion policies, and fifth in…
Jaipur: A 57-year-old woman was allegedly robbed of her gold chain at knifepoint while walking to a temple in Jaipur’s Mansarovar area Saturday.The victim, Bhavna, a resident of Kiran Path, was targeted around 7.13 am in a lane near the Bank of India, said Mansarovar police station SI Mukesh Kumar.According to police, Bhavna was on…
The rollout of smart meters began in 2020 under the previous Congress govt, when around 5.4 lakh meters were installed Jaipur: Rajasthan has installed more than 48.1 lakh smart electricity meters, making it the fifth-highest state in the country under the Centre’s Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), according to data released by the Chief Minister’s…
Jaipur: A 42-year-old financier was arrested for allegedly raping a 24-year-old married woman over four months by threatening to misuse a blank cheque she had given him as security for a loan, police said.According to police, the Jaipur woman alleged that she had borrowed Rs 2 lakh from the accused to meet financial needs and…
