Jaipur: Rajasthan high court has dismissed a set of writ petitions filed by 28 jail warders promoted to head warders, holding that the doctrine of “approbate and reprobate” barred their challenge. The court said a litigant cannot accept benefits under a statutory scheme and later attack the same scheme when it becomes disadvantageous. A division…
Jaipur: Trouble is escalating for former IAS officer Subodh Agarwal as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against him in connection with the alleged Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) scam.ACB Director General Govind Gupta confirmed Wednesday that the LOC was issued against Agarwal, a 1988-batch officer who retired on Dec 31,…
Jaipur: Unearthing a new modus operandi adopted by drug traffickers, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Jaipur, arrested a Nigerian-origin woman travelling from Delhi to Bengaluru by bus via Jaipur with nearly 1.8 kg of amphetamine, a banned psychotropic drug.DRI officers said the quantity of the drug the woman was carrying was worth around Rs…
Jaipur: City police Wednesday arrested two men and seized hydroponic weed worth over Rs 80 lakh during a crackdown on narcotics trafficking in Sanganer area.Police identified the accused as Maulik Agarwal (22), a resident of Vaishali Nagar, and Foreman Saini (26), a native of Tonk district currently living in Jagatpura. The arrests were made by…
Jaipur: Rain and hail triggered by western disturbances swept across Rajasthan Wednesday, dropping temperatures and briefly reviving the winter chill. Naraina, near Jaipur, recorded 27mm rainfall— the highest in the state—while Jaipur city received 1.2mm amid scattered showers.The spell affected districts across Jaipur, Bharatpur, Ajmer and Kota divisions, leading to a dip of nearly 6°C…
