Visit in Jaipur

Jaipur: Factional tussles within the Rajasthan Congress have intensified ahead of a crucial meeting in Delhi Friday to finalise the appointment of district presidents. Lobbying is in full swing among party functionaries eyeing these posts for themselves or for their favored candidates.The party has completed its feedback exercise for the selection of district presidents in…

Bhilwara: A Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officer allegedly slapped a worker Tuesday night at a petrol pump at Jaswantpura under Rayla police station area on the Ajmer-Bhilwara National Highway in Bhilwara for behaving inappropriately with his wife. In response, the worker retaliated by raising his hand against him. A CCTV footage of this incident has…

Jaipur: The Rajasthan govt, under instructions from the Centre, has imposed an immediate ban on the construction of water storage tanks (tankas, in local lingo) on farmers’ fields under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS).The ban comes after an inspection found a large number of tankas sanctioned under the Act in Barmer being…

Times News NetworkJaipur: In a comprehensive reshuffle of the state’s police brass, the govt Wednesday appointed Sachin Mittal as the new commissioner of Jaipur police, continuing the trend of entrusting the city’s top post to an officer of additional director general (ADG) rank.Mittal, a 1996-batch IPS officer who was serving as ADG (personnel) at police…

Jodhpur: A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) was placed under awaiting posting order (APO) status late Tuesday night for his alleged involvement in the beating up of a BJP leader at the Bhopalgarh police station in Jodhpur.The order comes after DSP Buraram Khileri picked up BJP mandal general secretary Hemant Sharma Saturday evening, reportedly for…