BJP state president Madan Rathore with party members at party office in Jaipur Monday Jaipur: BJP secured 12 out of 18 chairperson posts in civic bodies in Jaipur district, while Congress won six, with the results declared Tuesday for two municipal councils and 16 municipalities.BJP’s Ashish Dusad was elected chairperson of Chomu Municipal Council, while…

Jaipur: Four candidates are now in the fray for the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) mayoral election after all four nomination papers filed for the post were found valid during scrutiny on Monday.The candidates are BJP’s Sunil Kothari, Congress’s Sunita Mawar and independents Sunita Methi and Dashrath Atal.According to the election commission report, Methi, Atal, and…

Ajmer: Despite trailing Congress in ward seats in the Ajmer Municipal Corporation (AMC), BJP won the city’s mayoral election Monday, extending its 36-year run in power and forming the civic body’s governing board for the eighth time.The municipal election results declared on Sept 14 had shown Congress party emerging as the largest party with 37…

Hanumangarh MLA Ganeshraj Bansal Jaipur: Independent Hanumangarh MLA Ganeshraj Bansal was Monday sent to police custody till Sept 25 in connection with a 23-year-old case involving alleged irregularities in the issuance of residential leases on govt land.Bansal was produced before a magistrate in Sangaria after being arrested by a CID-CB and local police team.The case…

Jaipur: Three councillors were allegedly abducted at gunpoint in Sri Vijaynagar in Sriganganagar district Monday, triggering protests outside the police station ahead of the municipal board chairperson election. Police later rescued all three and enabled them to cast their votes, officials said. The reported firing and abduction have not been independently established by police.The councillors…