Jaipur: State govt is advancing efforts to economically empower street vendors and hawkers by providing designated vending spaces and easy access to credit under the PM SVANidhi scheme. Jaipur Municipal Corporation-Greater has earmarked 27 vending zones, seven of which will be developed into Model Vending Zones.These zones aim to supply street vendors with structured spaces,…

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Union ministry of minority affairs (MoMA) over a plea challenging Centre’s plan to install CCTV cameras inside the sanctum sanctorum of Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the 13th-century Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in the state.The court’s notice, dated Oct 15 and uploaded on Oct…

Jaipur: To facilitate the construction of Jaipur Metro Line 2, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) will soon remove the pedestrian footbridge at Narayan Singh Circle and beautify the intersection. The decision came exactly three months after the state govt shifted the bus stand from Narayan Singh Circle to Jawahar Circle in Transport Nagar.“We will start…

Bhilwara: A probationer IPS officer has been placed on Awaiting Posting Order (APO) after police found his role “suspicious” while probing an alleged extortion racket targeting garnet businessmen in Bhilwara’s Kotdi area.Kotdi police arrested four youths Sunday for allegedly threatening garnet businessmen and extorting money. During interrogation, the role of probationer IPS officer Madhav Upadhyay…

Jaipur: Motorists travelling between 200-Feet Bypass and Bhankrota on the Ajmer highway should brace for traffic congestion from Wednesday, as Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) will begin digging service roads on the northern side of the highway to lay drainage and sewerage lines.Although the work is to carried out on service lanes, congestion is expected on…