Visit in Jaipur

Jaipur: As the Bhajan Lal Sharma govt prepares for a long-awaited cabinet expansion, intense lobbying has begun within the Rajasthan BJP, with various factions pushing to secure berths for their loyalists. The heightened political manoeuvring comes ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s scheduled visit to Jaipur on Monday, which is being viewed as a…

Jaipur: A day after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Dr Manish Agrawal, head of the neurosurgery department and additional principal of SMS Medical College, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh, he was sent to judicial custody on Friday.The arrest followed a complaint that Dr Agrawal demanded money from a supplier of brain…

Jaipur: A division bench of Supreme Court Friday ordered a stay on eviction proceedings concerning a large tract of govt land in Amer, Jaipur. The police department has been operating key training and administrative facilities on this land since 1992.The bench, comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine George Masih, directed that the status quo…

Kota: In a major crackdown against criminals and their illegally earned assets, and in action, claimed to be the first-of-its-kind in the state under section 107 of BNSS, Bundi police, in compliance with an order by the additional chief judicial magistrate court, initiated action of attachment and seizure of illegal property valued at Rs 12…

Mokhampura (Dudu): Fault for last Monday’s massive accident on the Jaipur-Ajmer expressway is now being attributed not only to the driver of the speeding tanker carrying chemicals that crashed into a stationary truck loaded with LPG cylinders, but also to the driver of the latter vehicle.Traffic police officials and road safety experts stated that, in…