Jaisalmer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday praised conservation efforts to save the Great Indian Bustard—locally called Godawan— in Jaisalmer’s desert region, after two breeding centres reported three new chicks last week, taking their combined total to 82.In the 133rd episode of his monthly radio address, Mann Ki Baat, Modi said the bird once symbolised the…
Ajmer: Hardcore criminal Irfan Khan lodged in high-security jail of Ajmer hurt himself by hitting his head on the bars of his cell once again Sunday morning.He was taken to the JLN Hospital and police of two stations were deputed for his security. This is the second time in this month when the prisoner hurt…
Jaisalmer: Security agencies seized 1.041kg heroin worth about Rs 5 crore along the India-Pakistan international border in Sriganganagar Sunday and arrested a 20-year-old alleged smuggler during a joint operation in Kesarisinhpur village.Officials said the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the BSF’s G Branch acted after a heroin consignment was dropped…
Jaisalmer: The Rajasthan High Court has imposed an interim stay on the felling of trees on land allotted for a solar energy project in Baiya village of Jaisalmer district.The order was passed Friday after the hearing of a PIL, in which the petitioners claimed that the site in question was part of sacred oran land…
Jodhpur/Jaipur: A brief gunfight ensued in Balesar town of Jodhpur district Sunday as Rajasthan Police’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) stormed a secluded building under construction and busted an illicit mephedrone (MD) manufacturing unit. ANTF sleuths arrested six persons and seized over 170 kg of precursor substances during the raid. IG, ANTF, Vikas Kumar told TOI…
