Jaipur: In a sharp reaction to last week’s stone-pelting on police personnel outside a mosque in Chomu town around 35km from Jaipur, local authorities on Friday demolished encroachments linked to protesters allegedly involved in the violence.Around 8am, a team comprising police officers and Chomu municipal officials reached the area with bulldozers and got portions of…

Jaipur: The Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) has manufactured multi-post single vote electronic voting machines (EVMs) specifically for Rajasthan, which will be ‘pink’ in colour. These will be deployed for the upcoming civic body elections. They have been made exclusively for the state and marked ‘SEC Rajasthan’, according to the state election commission (SEC)….

Jaipur: City police Friday arrested four persons, including three of its constables, for allegedly extorting Rs 17 lakh from a man after detaining and intimidating him during a staged roadside interception in Mansarovar on Wednesday.The cops in cahoots with one Yogesh Patel, who allegedly had a monetary dispute with the victim, and his relative Pawan…

Jaipur/Udaipur: Defence minister Rajnath Singh flagged on Friday the alarming trend of what he described as “white-collar terrorism”, involving highly educated people engaging in antisocial and anti-national activities.Rajnath said the “white-collar terror network” behind the Nov 10 car blast in Delhi that killed 15 people illustrated the extent of the threat. “The perpetrators of the…

Jaipur: The ban on e-rickshaws in the Walled City from Dec 20 to Jan 10, imposed to manage the surge in tourist footfall, failed to bring any real relief on the ground. Instead of easing congestion, autos and private four-wheelers simply took their place, making traffic conditions even worse in the heritage zone. From Hawa…