Jaipur: The proposed notification of the Kumbhalgarh Tiger Reserve appears to be hanging in the balance after the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) 20th technical committee did not record any recommendation on the proposal in the minutes of its meeting.According to sources, the development follows political intervention, with BJP Member of Parliament from Rajsamand, Mahima…
Jaipur: After a spate of rain-triggered road cave-ins across Jaipur, the state govt Wednesday ordered Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) and Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) to probe the city gas distributor laying piped natural gas (PNG) lines in the capital.Urban development and housing (UDH) minister Jhabar Singh Kharra said no fresh road-cutting permission for PNG pipelines…
Dumper Rams into Stationary Tourist Minibus Kota: One person was killed and 15 others were injured after a speeding dumper rammed into a stationary tourist minibus from behind on the eight-lane Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near the Jalimpura Interchange under Sultanpur police station limits in Kota district Wednesday.The accident occurred around 4 am, just hours before Union…
Jaipur: The energy department Wednesday signed a ‘Framework for Action’ with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), a grouping of 128 countries, to strengthen solar energy expansion, transmission and distribution in Rajasthan.The agreement was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma. Officials said the framework would help prepare an energy transition plan for…
Law enforcement agencies arrested twenty-four individuals in a global operation targeting crime syndicates (Representative image) JALANDHAR: In an international crackdown, named ‘Operation Hard Ball’, law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada and Europe arrested 24 persons, including 11 from California, connected to three India-based transnational organised crime groups charged with a litany of criminal…
