Jaipur: With Jaipur recording unusually high temperatures in March, public health engineering department (PHED) has activated its water supply contingency plan earlier than usual. Supply wing officials began implementing the plan across Jaipur divisions from Wednesday based on local demand, while the project wing simultaneously increased water supply from Bisalpur Dam.“To cope with the demand,…
Jaipur: The state govt has declined prosecution sanction against Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) officer Divya Mittal in a three-year-old bribery case in which the ACB arrested her for allegedly demanding Rs 2 crore from a medicine businessman in Ajmer.Officials said the ACB failed to present solid evidence strong enough to secure sanction, dealing a major…
Kota: In a diabolic crime, a woman and her live-in partner allegedly strangled her four-year-old daughter in Jaipur’s Muhana area and later hid the body at the man’s family home in Baran district.Police on Sunday arrested the accused, identified as Mahaveer Bairwa, after the child’s body was found inside a cupboard at his family home…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan State Other Backward Classes (Political Representation) Commission is yet to submit its report on OBC reservation in panchayats as it awaits reservation-related data from the govt, raising concerns over the timeline for the upcoming local body elections.The Rajasthan High Court had directed the Commission to submit its report by June 20, while…
Jaipur: Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said Sunday that Rajasthan is moving “aggressively” to promote exploration and research of critical minerals after significant deposits of rare earth and heavy rare earth elements were identified in the Siwana Granite and Siwana Ring Complex regions of Balotra district.Calling the discovery strategically important for India, Sharma directed officials…
