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Jaipur: A fire broke out on the ground floor of a vacant portion of a coaching institute in Sultan Nagar under the Mahesh Nagar Police Station area Monday evening. Fire department’s timely action prevented the incident from escalating.According to the police, the fire erupted around 9.15 pm after a transformer caught fire. Shortly afterwards, another…

Jaipur: Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Monday directed officials to speed up and complete ongoing irrigation and development schemes, including the Ramjal Setu Link Project, within stipulated timelines through regular monitoring while he was chairing a review meeting of the Water Resources Department at the Chief Minister’s Office. Sharma added that the govt is committed…

Jaipur: A massive fire broke out at the workshop of a heavy machinery dealer near a fuel pump in Bhankrota on the busy Jaipur-Ajmer highway Monday evening. Police cordoned off the area and cut power supply as 15 fire tenders battled the flames for over three hours.Swift evacuation of employees from inside Rajesh Motor’s workshop…

Jaipur: The Rs 450-crore ethanol plant being developed by a private company in Hanumangarh district is likely to wind up operations in the state once procedural formalities for relocating the project to Madhya Pradesh are completed, a representative of the private company confirmed to TOI Monday.Work on the project was halted weeks after violent protests…

Alwar: A 27-year-old widow allegedly poisoned herself and her three young daughters in Deeg late Sunday night, a month after losing her husband, police said. While the woman later died while undergoing treatment at a Jaipur hospital Monday, her three daughters, aged two, four and seven years, are now reported to be out of danger.Police…