Jaipur: The Jaipur Smart City Limited (JSCL), still struggling to complete its own long-pending projects and maintain existing ones, has now been handed the responsibility of developing six more cities—Mandawa, Khatushyamji, Alwar, Bhiwadi, Bharatpur, and Bikaner—under the Smart City framework. Nearly a decade after its launch, much of Jaipur’s Smart City work lies unfinished, under…

Jaipur: The Election Commission has introduced a new provision for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, impacting voters across 12 states, including Rajasthan. Under the new guidelines, electors will be required to trace their names—or those of a parent or relative—in the electoral roll from the last SIR conducted between 2002 and…

Jaipur: The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) said Thursday they have arrested a notorious drug trafficker from Barmer who allegedly operated a vast cross-border heroin network stretching from Rajasthan to Punjab and Delhi. Inspector General ANTF, Vikas Kumar, said the accused was a wanted criminal with a reward of Rs 25,000 and his name has been…

Jaipur: Police Thursday recovered a truck stolen from the premises of District Transport Office (DTO) in Chomu and arrested the alleged thief, who had committed a similar theft in 2013 at the same office.DCP (west) Hanuman Prasad Meena said a special team was formed for the recovery of the truck and it arrested Mukesh Kumar…

Jaipur: Unseasonal and incessant rainfall in Oct has damaged 40-50% of Kharif crops across the state. The crop loss has been pegged at up to 90% in some districts, including Kota, Jhalawar and Chittorgarh.Continuous downpours resulted in waterlogging and excess soil moisture which damaged major crops like soybean, guar, moong, moth, bajra and groundnut. Farmers…