Kota: Veteran Congress functionary and Bundi MLA Harimohan Sharma said Sunday he was invited to the foundation-laying ceremony of the Kota-Bundi Greenfield Airport and his name put on the plaque only after he raised the issue in the Rajasthan Assemly with colleagues Narendra Budania and Shatrughan Gautam.Sharma said that two days before the ceremony on…

Jaipur: Some parts of Rajasthan saw heat wave-like conditions Sunday as temperatures spiked sharply across the state, with maximums in many areas running about 5–6 degrees above normal for the first half of March, the Meteorological department said.Pilani recorded the state’s highest temperature at 40.2°C, the first location in Rajasthan to cross the 40°C mark…

Kota: Rishina Sharma of Alipur village in Baran district has become the district’s first woman to be commissioned as a flying officer in the technical branch of the Indian Air Force, graduating at the passing-out parade on Saturday, coinciding with International Women’s Day celebrations.“Finally, I passed out as a flying officer and was commissioned in…

Jaisalmer: Newly appointed BSF Director General Praveen Kumar visited Jaisalmer for the first time after assuming charge, as part of his tour of Rajasthan’s border areas. He inspected several Border Out Posts (BOPs) along the India–Pakistan International Border adjoining Jaisalmer and reviewed security arrangements.At BSF frontier headquarters, Kumar reviewed operational preparedness through a detailed briefing….

Jaipur: A CAG report flagged irregular exemptions in stamp duty and surcharge worth over Rs 1.05 crore in property registrations linked to industrial plots under Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme (RIPS), 2019.The auditor, which examined records of 4 sub-registrar offices between Aug 2023 and March 2024, found 5 cases where buyers were granted 75%–100% stamp duty…