Visit in Jaipur

Jaipur: Nearly a decade ago, when Santosh Devi Khedar brought apple and pomegranate saplings to her small farm in Beri village of Sikar district, she was met with laughter, disbelief and quiet mockery. Neighbours and even agriculture experts dismissed the idea of growing apples in the arid land, where water is scarce and summers ruthless….

Jaipur: CM Bhajan Lal Sharma, BJP state president Madan Rathore and Deputy CM Diya Kumari were among several BJP functionaries who participated in a ‘Tiranga Yatra‘ the party organised in the city Thursday in honour of the armed forces who executed ‘Operation Sindoor‘.In a spectacular display of communal harmony, hundreds of members of the Muslim…

Jaipur: Parents applying for admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) quota say they are facing difficulties in getting address verification documents signed after the terms of municipal councillors ended, causing confusion and delays.They said the online RTE form requires an address certificate along with address proof if the ward number changed during delimitation. However,…

Bhilwara: Chittorgarh police Saturday arrested three men for robbing a trader of Rs 2 lakh cash after throwing chilli powder into his eyes on Jan 24 in the Kotwali police station area.The accused were identified as Sunil (29), Deepak Singh (29) and Pushkar (30), all residents of Chittorgarh district.SP Manish Tripathi said that on the…

Jaipur: An 11-year-old tigress was found dead in the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) Sunday morning, with preliminary findings indicating it had died of a severe blood infection.Forest officials found the carcass of the tigress, named T-94, during a routine patrol in the Ghoda Ghati area of the reserve’s Khandar range. The forest department secured the…