Jaipur: A day after Rajasthan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal, the 1988-batch officer Thursday approached the high court, seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him in connection with the alleged Rs 900-crore scam in JJM tenders.The petition was filed through his counsel, advocate Deepak…

Ajmer: A city lower court Wednesday deferred hearing on an application seeking a stay on the traditional offering of ‘chadar’ (cloth) by the Prime Minister, chief ministers and ministers during the upcoming Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. The hearing, which started on Dec 10, is set to continue Thursday.The yearly Urs, which honours the revered…

Jaipur: City’s traffic police have revised signal timings at 51 intersections to ease congestion, officials said Sunday.“After an elaborate study of the signal time and traffic pressure at intersections and roundabouts on main roads of the city, we optimised the signal timings. The timings were synchronised considering the volume of traffic during peak and lean…

Jaipur: In a dramatic case of impersonation and abduction, the city’s Jawahar Circle police station Wednesday arrested five persons who allegedly posed as officials of a central investigation agency officers to abduct two men and extort money.The accused—identified as Jitendra Singh, Vidhadatt, Anil, Om Singh, and Manoj Kumar—were caught after the victims managed to escape…