Jaipur: Alice Joy shocked former World No. 1 Smita Rani Jain in straight sets to storm into the women’s singles semifinals of the Raghu Sinha ITF Masters 400 Tennis tournament at the Jaipur Club courts here on Friday.Alice, 41, did not have to stretch much in dismissing Smita Rani Jain with identical scores of 6-1,…
Jaipur: City police’s crime branch arrested an alleged drug trafficker and seized 85 grams of smack worth an estimated Rs 17 lakh in an intelligence-led raid in Ashok Nagar, officials said Sunday.The accused, identified as Ravi Kushwah (23), was intercepted Saturday night when he arrived with a fresh supply of narcotics. Acting on specific inputs,…
Jaipur: Pratapgarh police and Anti-gangster Task Force (AGTF) arrested Ghulam Hussain, a known arms smuggler from Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, Friday. It was the third arrest made by AGTF from Uttar Pradesh in one week during the investigation into the arms smuggling racket, which was initially busted in Pratapgarh last month.The man identified as Ghulam Hussain…
Jaipur: A fresh wellness initiative began in Jaipur Sunday, aiming to reconnect residents with yoga and nature. The drive was launched at Biodiversity Park in Jhotwara, where Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater mayor Somya Gurjar joined the public in a yoga session and participated in a tree plantation activity.This year, the camps are uniquely designed to…
Jaipur: The three-day strike by sanitation workers in Jaipur ended Thursday after the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) administration agreed to most of their demands. A key demand regarding continuing the duties of acting health inspectors and jamadars, as earlier assigned when the twin corporations had 250 wards, did not receive any assurance from JMC. After…
