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Jaipur: In a clear case of too little, too late, the Centre’s recent ban on the grant of new mining leases in the Aravallis comes at a time when over 1,200 such leases already exist across these ranges in the state. The ban, announced Wednesday and framed as an effort to conserve and protect one…

Jaipur: Special Operations Group (SOG) is investigating whether assistant accounts officer (AAO) Purushottam Dadhich and his two aides, arrested in June in the 2021 sub-inspector (SI) recruitment exam paper leak case, were also involved in other organised examination frauds.Officials said Dadhich, along with Kundan Kumar Pandya (also an AAO) and Sandeep Kumar Lata, a Grade…

Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to lay the foundation stone for Jaipur Metro Line 2 in the last month of this fiscal. Metro officials stated that after the foundation stone laying ceremony, Jaipur Metro Railway Corporation (JMRC) will become Rajasthan Metro Railway Corporation (RMRC). Speaking to TOI, senior JMRC officials confirmed that the…

Jaisalmer: A massive fire gutted the Golden Handloom showroom in Fatehgarh area of Jaisalmer district late Thursday night, reducing the three-storey building to ashes and causing losses worth crores. All handloom fabrics, furniture and materials were destroyed within few hours.Eyewitnesses said the fire spread rapidly, with a short circuit suspected as the cause. As the…

Alwar: Forest and Environment Minister Sanjay Sharma Tuesday called for an impartial investigation into the MLA development funds of all 200 legislators in Rajasthan, following the exposure of alleged commission-taking and corruption involving three MLAs in a recent sting operation. He said the issue should not be limited to a few individuals and demanded a…