Jaipur/ Ajmer: The priest community in Pushkar Monday criticised successive state govts for ignoring the religious sanctity of the holy town. They accused govts of remaining silent over the mushrooming of restaurants and hotels at sacred ghats and within the catchment area of Pushkar Lake.The outcry intensified following Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s visit to…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan govt, under instructions from the Centre, has imposed an immediate ban on the construction of water storage tanks (tankas, in local lingo) on farmers’ fields under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS).The ban comes after an inspection found a large number of tankas sanctioned under the Act in Barmer being…
Jaipur: Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra, who faced protest from supporters of independent candidate for Anta bypoll Naresh Meena Tuesday, termed the incident as ‘unfortunate’. The protest took place when Dotasra’s convoy met Meena’s supporters, who gathered around his vehicle in Anta, chanting slogans. Dotasra alleged that those who blocked his convoy were outsiders…
Jaipur: A retired bank employee, Vijendra Singh, 68, died in a scuffle with a neighbour on Patel Marg under Patrakar Colony police station Tuesday. The altercation broke out when he objected to a tempo traveller being driven through the narrow lane in front of his house. During the scuffle, he fell on the road. The…
Jaipur: In what is being described as significant evidence in the ‘cash-for-no-query’ bribery case, the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has obtained CCTV footage allegedly showing BAP MLA Jaikrishn Patel handing over bribe money to his cousin Vikky, alias Vijay Patel, in the parking lot of the MLA flats near the state assembly in Jyoti Nagar….
