Jaipur: The royalty contract for the Neem Ka Thana and Paton region failed to secure bidders for the seventh consecutive time, causing significant revenue losses to the mining department.The previous contract, valued at Rs 95 crore, was revised to Rs 125.90 crore. However, no bidder came forward, prompting the department to reduce the reserved amount…

Jaipur: The Jaipur Municipal Corporation-Heritage (JMC-H) Tuesday carried out a surprise inspection in the Civil Lines zone and took action against meat shops found open on Tuesday. During the operation, two meat shops were sealed, and nearly 300 kg of fish without proper certification were seized and destroyed.Deputy commissioner Sunil Kumar Bairwa led the field…

JAIPUR/JODHPUR/JAISALMER: Rajasthan’s border districts were placed under high alert following India’s missile strikes on terror launchpads in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir early Wednesday morning. As a precaution, schools in these areas have been closed until further notice and civilian flights at Jodhpur, Kishangarh and Jaisalmer airports and Bikaner airstrip suspended until 5.30am on May 10.At…

Alwar: A couple and their eight-year-old daughter were killed and 30 passengers injured after a bus collided with a parked chemical tanker truck on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Alwar district early Tuesday morning. The accident occurred around 6am near Pinan, close to the Channel No 100 interchange bridge in the Rajgarh police station area.Police identified…

Jaipur: The Jaipur Smart City Limited (JSCL), still struggling to complete its own long-pending projects and maintain existing ones, has now been handed the responsibility of developing six more cities—Mandawa, Khatushyamji, Alwar, Bhiwadi, Bharatpur, and Bikaner—under the Smart City framework. Nearly a decade after its launch, much of Jaipur’s Smart City work lies unfinished, under…