Jaipur: The desert state witnessed its heaviest monsoon in more than a century this year, yet, paradoxically, dozens of its reservoirs remain bone dry.According to the water resources department, 93 of Rajasthan’s 693 dams are still empty despite the state receiving 701.6 mm of rainfall between June and Sept—the highest in 108 years. Among these…
Jaipur: After two gunmen fired at the house of Congress worker Dhanpat Chayal in Bikaner, neighbouring Sriganganagar police Wednesday raided the homes of several notorious criminals to trace their financial networks.Sriganganagar SP, Amrita Duhan, said simultaneous raids were carried out in different villages under a coordinated operation aimed at tracking assets of gangsters linked to…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court Wednesday provided relief to film actors Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone by staying the investigation into an FIR registered against them and top Hyundai officials. The FIR was filed in Bharatpur last month by a lawyer over unresolved issues related to his Hyundai car. The two actors are brand…
Jaipur: The row over additional cameras in Rajasthan Assembly took a literary turn Wednesday when Shahpura MLA Manish Yadav drew a parallel with George Orwell’s dystopian classic ‘1984′.Yadav said the Assembly, which should be the temple of democracy, was being reduced to a “Big Brother surveillance chamber” under the BJP’s rule. “This is not about…
Jaipur: A 31-year-old woman who never played taekwondo managed to secure a govt teaching job under the sports quota using a forged certificate. On Wednesday, the Special Operations Group (SOG) arrested Hemlata Gurjar from Karauli district in the ongoing probe into the fake sports certificate racket linked to the Grade-III Teacher Recruitment Examination 2021.According to…