Visit in Jaipur

Kota: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Tuesday arrested an assistant manager of a Rajasthan Rural Bank branch in Kota for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000.The accused, identified as Atul Singh, a permanent resident of Lucknow, was posted at the bank’s Ayana branch. Officials said he had demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to…

Bhilwara: Agriculture department officials here Tuesday refuted reports of urea shortage for Rabi crops. Inder Singh Sancheti, additional director of the department in Bhilwara, said the supply from govt was adequate, with the three districts under Bhilwara division office—Bhilwara, Chittorgarh and Rajsamand—having already received 72,000 metric tonnes against an allocation of 1 lakh 11 thousand…

Jaipur: Data released by school education minister Madan Dilawar’s office Tuesday said entire buildings of 3,768 govt schools, 83,783 classrooms, and 16,765 toilets were in dilapidated conditions, as per a survey conducted by technical teams of the department. The state has a total of 65,000 govt schools. The data further stated that 2,19,902 classrooms and…

Jaipur: With the western disturbance clearing out of the region, Rajasthan witnessed a sharp dip in temperatures Tuesday, with the mercury in several parts of the state dipping below normal ranges. The meteorological department also issued a cold wave alert for Sikar, Churu, Jhunjhunu, and Nagaur districts for the next two days, predicting a further…

Jhunjhunu: Three people were killed and 18 others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a bus on the national highway near Fatehpur in Sikar district late Tuesday night. The injured were admitted to the govt hospital in Fatehpur. According to police, all the people were residents of Gujarat and were travelling by…