Jaipur: The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) seized nearly 1,000 kg of poppy husk valued at around Rs 1.5 crore during a highway checkpoint operation near Chaksu Friday. The consignment was reportedly being smuggled from Jharkhand and was intended for distribution in Rajasthan. ADG (Crime) Dinesh MN said that acting on a tip-off about a truck…
Jaipur: The Pink City’s claims of monsoon preparedness lay in ruins Friday as just two days of rain brought India’s tourist hotspot to its knees, exposing years of infrastructural neglect and bureaucratic apathy.In a grave incident that highlighted the city’s crumbling infrastructure, a massive sinkhole – 15 feet deep and 60 feet long – emerged…
Jaipur: The state govt has delayed implementing a policy for pre-paid auto-rickshaw stands for nearly five years. As a result, a nationalised bank in Jaipur has declared the account—meant for managing these stands—dormant due to lack of transactions over an extended period.According to members of auto-rickshaw associations, the account holds around Rs1 crore, collected as…
Jodhpur: In a true celebration of World Refugee Day, Friday, 1,765 Pakistani minority migrants obtained their citizenship certificates in a two-day camp here Thursday and Friday. The distribution of these certificates was conducted by Directorate of Census Operations (Rajasthan) at SN Medical College auditorium, where immigrants staying in Jodhpur, Phalodi, Jaisalmer, Barmer, and Balotara districts…
Jaipur: The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) Heritage withdrew its transfer orders of deputy commissioners (DC) within 24 hours of issuing them. On Thursday at 4pm, municipal commissioner Arun Kumar Hasija issued a fresh order suspending the transfer directives initially released on June 18. Subsequently, on June 20, mayor Kusum Yadav departed for Delhi, sparking speculation…
