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…
Jaipur: Five children have gone missing from the city in two separate incidents that have left police scrambling to trace them. Despite multiple CCTV clips retrieved and special teams deployed, the minors remain untraceable.The first case involves three boys from a family in Sanganer. Brothers Mohit Singh (16) and Nitin Singh (14), along with their…
