Jaipur: The fire at the HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd (HRRL) has put the spotlight on the refinery’s Crude Distillation Unit (CDU), the single most critical and expensive component of the project.For a refinery of 9 million tonne per annum capacity, experts estimate the CDU alone costs between Rs 6,000–9,000 crore, consistent with industry benchmarks. With…

Jaipur: A jeweller was allegedly assaulted by four unidentified men and robbed of gold, silver and cash in Jaipur’s Khorabisal area Friday night in what police suspect was a pre-planned robbery based on prior surveillance of the victim’s movements.The incident occurred around 9pm near Nangal Ladi bus stand when Shankarlal Sharma, owner of Shri Shyam…

Rajasthan accounted for 8,264 noise pollution cases in 2024 — the highest in the country by a wide margin Jaipur: Rajasthan recorded the second-highest number of environment-related offences in the country in 2024 and topped India in noise pollution violations, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, highlighting the growing enforcement challenge…