JAIPUR: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly strangled to death by her father following a dispute with his wife in Rajasthan‘s Alwar district, police said on Saturday. The accused, who had fled after the incident, was arrested on Friday, they said. The incident took place in a village under the Pratapgarh area on Thursday when the…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court Friday ordered the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) to maintain status quo on the construction of a two-storied building inside the Central Park complex.A division bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal and Justice Bhuwan Goyal further directed the JDA commissioner to prepare and place on record a site inspection report that includes…
Jaipur: The Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) Friday announced the seizure of hydroponic weed (grown in a soil-free environment) worth Rs 1 crore that arrived at the city’s Foreign Post Office from Thailand. The drugs weighing a total of 0.6 kgs and comprising several strains appear to have originated from the US and Canada, the…
Jaipur: The Jaipur Development Authority’s (JDA) move to prune Holoptelea integrifolia (papri or chilbil) trees to reduce allergy risks for asthma patients has triggered opposition from green activists, who have accused the civic body of destroying trees under the guise of pruning.Two separate complaints have been submitted—one to Urban Development and Housing (UDH) Minister Jhabar…
Jaipur: Acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, Friday directed Rajasthan police in general, and Jaipur police in particular, to adopt a zero-tolerance approach towards security lapses.He was chairing a high-level meeting on the security of the high court in Jaipur after it received a slew of hoax bomb threats over…
