Visit in Jaipur

Jaisalmer: The Supreme Court-constituted panel to investigate pollution from industrial effluents and untreated sewage in Jojari, Bandi, and Luni rivers in western Rajasthan Thursday visited affected areas in Balotra district for the second day.The panel, led by retired high court judge Sangeet Lodha, along with district magistrate Balotra Sushil Yadav, sub-divisional officer Ashok Kumar, and…

Jaipur: The BJP is finding itself at a crossroads over the selection of its candidate for the Anta assembly bypoll on Nov 11. The delay in announcing the candidate has sparked intense speculation and political manoeuvring within the party ranks.Deputy chief minister Prem Chand Bairwa and law minister Jogaram Patel met with former Chief Minister…

Jodhpur: The Rajasthan high court‘s principal seat in Jodhpur Thursday issued a notice to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in New Delhi, demanding an explanation for the delay in the repatriation of the mortal remains of Ramesh Meghwal, a Balotra district resident who died under suspicious circumstances in Riyadh on Nov 13.The court’s action…

JAIPUR: A crowd attacked a head constable of the city police who single-handedly fended off attackers attempting to free a detained suspect in a crowded area of Vidhyadhar Nagar on Sunday afternoon.Vidhyadhar Nagar SHO Rakesh Khaliya said head constable Shehzad Ali of Shyam Nagar went to Vidhyadhar Nagar bus stand and took into custody a…

Jaipur: A 68-year-old woman died after a dumper truck ran over her near Rotary Circle in Transport Nagar Wednesday evening.Gyanvati Sharma, a resident of Brahmpuri, was riding pillion on a motorcycle with her husband when the truck hit their vehicle. She fell on the road and came under the wheels of the dumper. Her husband,…