Jaipur: Over 20 BJP councillors began an indefinite strike against JMC Heritage mayor Kusum Yadav, at the municipal corporation headquarters Wednesday, accusing the civic body of being neck deep in corruption and holding it responsible for poor sanitary conditions in Jaipur’s Walled City area.Councillors sang hymns and offered prayers for the mayor and commissioner. Yadav,…
Jaipur: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Thursday arrested the absconding personal assistant of Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) MLA from Bagidora (Banswara), Jaikrishn Patel, along with another person.The aide, Rohitash Meena alias Rohit (35), was on the run since May, this year, when he escaped during a trap operation in which his MLA was caught accepting a Rs…
Jaipur: In a major crackdown on unpaid challans and repeat offenders, the traffic wing of the Jaipur Commissionerate has asked the transport dept to cancel registration certificates of 105 vehicles. Officials said the list included high-end and luxury vehicles such as BMWs, Mercedes and Audis, which repeatedly violated traffic norms and did not settle the…
Kota: The National Symposium on Environment, held in Baran, concluded with urgent calls to protect the Shahabad Forest from ecological threats posed by modern development. Professor Sukhdev Singh of INTACH highlighted the potential ecological damage from the proposed Pumped Storage of Hydropower (PSH) technology, which threatens over 300 herb species and numerous animal populations.The two-day…
Jaipur: A political storm erupted in the Assembly Wednesday as Congress MLAs staged a walkout over the installation of two additional cameras inside the House. Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma accused the Congress of creating a ruckus for “cheap popularity,” asserting that its tactics would not succeed in silencing his govt. “They could not suppress…
