Visit in Jaipur

Jaipur: The Rajasthan govt’s plan to open forest guest houses to the public has drawn sharp criticism from environmentalists, who have termed it a clear violation of the Supreme Court’s recent order prohibiting any commercial use of such facilities within sanctuaries and national parks.Forest minister Sanjay Sharma earlier wrote to Additional Chief Secretary (Forest) Anand…

Jaipur: Two persons died and two got injured after a truck collided with a car and caught fire on Bharat Mala road near Raisar in Bikaner district Monday.One of the occupants of the car was burnt alive while the other died during treatment at PBM Hospital in Bikaner, said Laxman Sudhar, Napasar station house officer.Upon…

Jaipur: A fresh political tussle has erupted in the Jaipur Municipal Corporation-Greater (JMC-G), close on the heels of internal dissent leading to the deferral of its fourth Executive Committee (EC) meeting scheduled for Oct 9.Deputy mayor Puneet Karnawat Monday launched a direct attack on mayor Somya Gurjar, alleging she deliberately deferred the EC meeting to…

Udaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Dungarpur Monday arrested bank manager Abhimanyu Kumar Singh and his middleman Bhupendra Kumar while accepting a bribe of Rs 45,000.The team arrested the duo from Metali Rajasthan Gramin Bank in Dungarpur after they took the bribe in exchange for approving an agricultural loan of Rs 11 lakh.ACB DSP, Ratan Singh…

Jaipur: Three people were killed and two others injured after an ambulance skidded on spilled palm oil and crashed into a parked truck on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway near Chhitaroli bus stand, under the Bagru police station area, early Monday morning. A patient, who was being transported from Kishangarh, is among the injured, while three of…