Jaipur: A single-judge bench of the Rajasthan high court Friday dismissed a petition filed by a Mumbai-based private firm challenging the termination of a multi-crore contract and its subsequent blacklisting by the Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (AVVNL).The court also imposed a cost of ₹10 lakh on the petitioner, payable to AVVNL within 60 days…
In several parts of Rajasthan, what flows from handpumps and borewells is raising new concerns. Recent findings from the Annual Ground Water Quality Report, released in Jan 2026, show that uranium levels in groundwater in multiple districts are well above safe limits, putting drinking water quality under scrutiny in the state’s dry regions.The numbers are…
Jaisalmer: Two women pilgrims from Banaskantha in Gujarat who were returning from Ramdevra shrine in Jaisalmer were mowed down near Bor Charanan toll plaza on national highway-68 by a speeding Thar SUV, whose driver fled the scene withe vehicle, in Dhorimana police station area of Barmer district early Thursday morning.The two women had alighted from…
Jaipur: Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot Tuesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clarify the slow progress of the Kanhaiya Lal murder trial, just days before Modi’s scheduled visit to Banswara on Sept 25. Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor from Udaipur, was brutally murdered in June 2022 after he publicly expressed support for a controversial…
Accident near Itawa town claimed the lives of two young students KOTA: Two girl students were killed on the spot, while five others were injured in a collision between a school van and a Bolero near Itawa town, around 80 kilometres from Kota district headquarters, on Saturday morning. The five critically injured students were referred…
