Visit in Jaipur

Jaipur: Former CM Ashok Gehlot Monday challenged Union home minister Amit Shah’s recent statement that Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation as Vice-President was due to health reasons. Gehlot described it as “unprecedented” for someone holding such a high constitutional position to resign abruptly “without any explanation”.“Amit Shah says it was for health reasons. But did you go…

Jodhpur: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Adarsh Defence and Sports Academy at Hanwant Aadarsh Vidya Mandir, Lal Sagar, Monday. The total project of this academy is worth around Rs 110 crore. In the first phase, the sports academy was built at a cost of about Rs 30 crore, with 125 rooms. In this…

Jaisalmer: Residents of Indira Colony in Jaisalmer, including several women, Monday gathered outside the PHED office and banged empty vessels, chanted slogans, and offered bangles to officials, in protest against a drinking water crunch that has grown acute over the past several days.During the protest, a woman approached junior engineer (JEN) Poonam Parihar and put…

Bhilwara: The Pur police in Bhilwara district arrested two men Monday for possessing a pistol and an empty magazine. A case has been registered under the Arms Act and the purchase and sale of weapons is under investigation.Bhilwara SP Dharmendra Singh Yadav said that a special team was formed under the supervision of Sahada ASP…

Jaipur: Although state govt plans to issue a circular advising all urban local bodies (ULBs) to implement Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme following Supreme Court’s recent directives, the initiative has encountered obstacles before its rollout.Since the ABC programme has been irregular and predominantly limited to Jaipur, the state now faces a shortage of experts and…