Jaipur: To maintain hygiene and ensure a festive atmosphere around religious places and residential areas alike for Nirjala Ekadashi and Bakrid, Jaipur Municipal Corporation–Heritage Saturday started a three-day special cleanliness campaign.The drive began following a high-level meeting of officials where additional commissioner Surendra Singh Yadav directed that no sanitation worker would be granted leave during…

Jaipur: The Gurjar community, organised under the banner of Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti led by Vijay Bainsla, Saturday gave the state govt an ultimatum until Sunday noon to fulfil their demand to extend full benefits of 5% reservation in govt jobs and education for most backward classes (MBCs). It also threatened a Gurjar agitation in…

Jaipur: Heat wave revived in the state Saturday when majority of places witnessed a rise of almost five degrees Celsius in their minimum and maximum temperatures. Jaisalmer remained hottest in the state where a maximum temperature of 45.3 degrees Celsius was recorded.The Met office said heat wave is likely to aggravate in the coming days.The…

Jaipur: Recent rainfall and dust storms have disrupted vegetable crop production, causing a noticeable drop in supply across the city. As a result, prices of several key vegetables have increased compared to May. Wholesale traders at Muhana Mandi said Saturday that this upward trend in prices is expected to continue until at least mid-July, as…

ICICI employee swindles over 4.5cr from Kota city branch, arrested KOTA: In a major bank fraud, a relationship manager of ICICI Bank, Sakshi Gupta, has allegedly siphoned off Rs 4.58 crore from customer accounts in Kota city.The accused worked at Shriram Nagar branch of DCM area in Kota and committed the fraud during the 2020-23…