Jaipur: A Special Investigation Team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Tuesday arrested nine persons – six serving senior Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) officials and three of its retired engineers – after conducting coordinated raids across Rajasthan and in New Delhi in connection with the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) scam.Sources in the bureau said teams…
Jaisalmer: Thousands of villagers, including women, pastoralists, farmers, youth, saints and environmentalists, gathered at the Jaisalmer district headquarters Tuesday to demand protection of Oran and Gochar land, traditional grazing grounds and water sources that locals say are being allotted to solar companies.The gathering began in the morning at the Veer Alaji temple premises and grew…
Jaipur: Two men died late Monday after a speeding SUV rammed their scooter at Kanta Chowraha in Jhotwara around 11.50pm. Police said the SUV driver fled the scene moments after the accident.A city-wide alert was immediately sounded immediately, and all efforts were being made to identify and arrest the driver, police said. The victims have…
Alwar: A day after seven workers died in a massive explosion and blaze at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Bhiwadi town of Khairthal-Tijara district, police conducting follow-up inspections Tuesday in the Khushkheda Industrial Area found another firecracker factory and warehouse operating there illegally. Meanwhile, two people, including one who had rented out the factory…
Ajmer: On finding that their daughter had married a man from another community, the woman’s parents staged a protest outside Ganj police station Tuesday evening.A saffron wing also gathered outside, and, looking at the situation, anti-social elements looted a shop. Extra police force was called from the police lines. SHO Ganj Mahaveer Singh said that…
