Jaipur

Jaipur: In the bureaucratic reshuffle effected late Sunday night, the Rajasthan govt stirred controversy with the appointment of IAS officer Hanuman Mal Dhaka as the director of departmental enquiries, a role that entails investigating misconduct and corruption among state-level gazetted officials.This move comes despite Dhaka facing serious allegations of corruption, including a bribe demand of…

Bhilwara: The Bhupal Sagar and cyber cell of Chittorgarh district Monday arrested a 23-year-old person and two of his aides in a blind murder case that occurred on June 15 near the Ramdevji Temple in Khedi village. The accused identified as Bhaniya (23) had killed his cousin due to an old enmity with the help…

Jodhpur: Rape convict Asaram is required to surrender to authorities at Jodhpur Central Jail by July 1, as his current interim bail period comes to an end. The Rajasthan High Court had extended his interim bail for the second time on April 7 on health grounds.The division bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Vineet…

Jaipur: Air India Express flight IX 195 from Jaipur to Dubai was cancelled on Monday morning due to technical glitches just before take-off. The flight, scheduled to depart at 5.30am, reached the taxiway at 6am but failed to take off.Engineers worked on the aircraft for about two hours at the apron. A second take-off attempt…

Jaipur/Alwar: ‘Honour killing‘ claimed a 22-year-old woman and her 11-month-old son, said the Rajasthan police on Monday. The killings, on June 17, were premeditated and an act of revenge, police said. The woman’s minor brother has been detained and her sister’s husband arrested for conspiring to commit the heinous crime.The infant’s severed body was found…