Jaipur/Kota: Convicted BJP MLAKanwarlal Meena from Anta constituency in Baran district surrendered before the additional chief judicial magistrate court in Manohar Thana in Jhalawar on Wednesday, following a Supreme Court order in a two-decade-old criminal case.After the medical examination, the BJP MLA was transferred to Aklera sub-jail in Jhalawar to serve his three-year sentence.Rajasthan assembly…

Jaipur: The construction of cloverleaf connecting the Ring Road with the Ajmer Expressway in Mahapura is getting delayed as the state govt is reportedly not providing land on the corner of the Ajmer-bound flank of the expressway.Given the handicap, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to construct only the Ring Road-bound section…

Jaipur: City police Tuesday arrested a 56-year-old man for his role in a Rs 55 lakh embezzlement case involving the misuse of Provident Fund (PF) auto-withdrawal system of the state insurance and provident fund department.SHO (Ashok Nagar) Krishan Kumar said that the accused was identified as Mohammad Khurshid, who was posted as a class four…

Jaipur: City police Wednesday arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly abducting a 14-year-old boy from a road outside the SMS Hospital and sodomised him on May 17.Station house officer of SMS Hospital police station Dharmendra Sharma said that the accused was identified as Hemraj Bairwa. The minor’s family reported that the boy, who came to…

Jaipur: Severe heatwave conditions continue in various parts of the state, barring Udaipur division, for the eighth consecutive day Wednesday. Twelve places witnessed maximum temperatures at or above 44 degrees Celsius.The state capital, Jaipur, saw the hottest afternoon of the season so far, with a maximum temperature of 44.8 degrees Celsius.Sriganganagar remained hottest in the…