Bhilwara: Farmers in Bhilwara district who sowed maize on 1.7 lakh hectares this monsoon are demanding that the govt include their crop in minimum support price (MSP) procurement. With 5,000 to 7,000 quintals of maize arriving daily in Bhilwara, farmers are currently having to sell the produce at much lower-than-expected rates.Even though the monsoon season…

Kho Nagoriyan residents protest outside the PHED office in Jaipur Sunday Jaipur: As the city continues to battle rising temperatures, residents in several colonies of Kho Nagoriyan have been struggling with severe water shortage for the past seven days. In many homes, taps are either running dry or receiving only a poor supply, forcing families…

Jaipur: The Pink City’s claims of monsoon preparedness lay in ruins Friday as just two days of rain brought India’s tourist hotspot to its knees, exposing years of infrastructural neglect and bureaucratic apathy.In a grave incident that highlighted the city’s crumbling infrastructure, a massive sinkhole – 15 feet deep and 60 feet long – emerged…

Jaipur: Investors keen to set up textile units in Bhilwara, the state’s textile hub, have reason to cheer. RIICO has opened allocations under the 10th phase of its direct allotment scheme, offering industrial plots ranging from 1,500 sq metre to 36,000 sq metre in Rupaheri Textile Park.Applicants who signed MoUs with the state govt during…

Jaipur: A nine-year-old girl died under ‘suspicious circumstances’ after falling over a fourth-floor parapet wall at the Neerja Modi School in Mansarovar Saturday afternoon, police said.The Class IV student was immediately rushed to the nearby Metro Mass Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead. Mansarover SHO Lakhan Singh Khatana said a case has been filed against…