Visit in Jaipur

Jaipur: Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Jaipur, has granted interim relief to IPS officer Pankaj Choudhary by directing the Rajasthan govt to consider his pending promotion on a provisional basis in the forthcoming departmental promotion committee (DPC) meeting.Choudhary, who is currently serving as superintendent of police and nodal officer, community policing, Rajasthan, had approached the CAT…

Jaipur: After mobilising thousands of farmers and cattle, sheep, and goat grazers in a mass protest Jaisalmer in Sept, conservationist Sumer Singh Bhati and communities across Western Rajasthan are still awaiting a govt decision to protect 8,000 acres of pasture and oran land (sacred, community-conserved groves).The agitation was suspended in Oct after the state govt…

Jaipur: Private bus operators in the state are gearing up for a protest against the issuance of challans for luggage carriers on stage carriage buses. The operators argue that these actions are unjustified, as no official order has been released by the department prohibiting luggage carriers.According to the guidelines from the Union ministry for road…

Jaipur: Disposing of a petition by a principal district and sessions judge of the Rajasthan higher judicial service challenging his frequent transfers, the Supreme Court has asked the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan high court, Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, to consider the case sympathetically and take an appropriate decision. The court asked for the decision to…

Ajmer: Engineers from different govt departments under the banner of Rajasthan Engineers Association observed a pen-down strike Monday. The engineers, including those from PWD, PHED, ADA, Panchayati Raj, sought action against advocates who allegedly attacked a senior engineer of PWD during protest on Jaipur Road, last Friday.On Monday morning, engineers reached the collectorate and gave…