Jaipur: Rajasthan leads fresh investment commitments with Rs 2.69 lakh crore from 419 new projects, predominantly in the solar sector, in the April-June quarter of the current year. According to a think tank tracking proposed investments nationwide, about 86.4% (Rs 2.32 lakh crore) of the state’s investment commitments were in the solar industry.In fact, Rajasthan…
Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court Wednesday halted implementation of the order issued by urban development and housing (UDH) department on March 12 to regularise residential colonies established on land acquired by Rajasthan Housing Board between B2 Bypass and Sanganer. The bench of Justice SP Sharma and Justice Sanjeet Purohit issued this order while hearing a public…
Jaipur: Footpaths were once meant for pedestrians but now they’re claimed by stalls, huts and other unauthorised structures. In Jaipur, despite repeated claims by both the municipal corporations to clear encroachments, the ground reality paints a completely different picture. From local markets to key city junctions, footpaths have been overtaken by shop extensions, bamboo-and-plastic stalls…
Jaipur: Contractual workers at University of Rajasthan (RU) observed a one-day strike Wednesday, disrupting mess services and office operations, and took out a rally on the university campus and gheraoed the vice-chancellor’s secretariat. They demanded an increase in the minimum salary, which currently is between Rs 7,400 and Rs 9,300, whereas at other universities of…
Jaipur: Two men caught drunk in public in Kota were sentenced to community service instead of jail under the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). SP (Kota) Tejaswani Gautam said that due to the efforts of Railway Colony and Bhorkheda police stations, the district’s first, and possibly Rajasthan’s first, case was ordered by the court…
