As search for the replacement of Rajasthan BJP chief Arun Chaturvedi whose term is about to complete has picked up steam, central leadership has recently summoned former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, senior legislators Gulab Chand Kataria and Ghanshayam Tiwari in New Delhi. They met leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley late on…
As many as 40 children aged below 16 years were rescued from a bangle manufacturing unit running out of a three-story residential building in Bhatta Basti area on Tuesday. Police said that the children were brought from their villages in Bihar. The police arrested three men who had employed these children and were making them…
CBI today carried out searches here and arrested five persons in connection with the murder of a station house officer of Rajasthan Police who was burnt alive on duty by a mob in 2011. The agency carried out searches with the help of local police at Surwal village and arrested Harji Patel, Roop Narayan Meena,…
Power distribution companies of Rajasthan state have paid up their dues to the company today. However, the company claims that this does not change the state of affairs between them. Tata Power snapped power supply to the state’s discoms after they failed to pay their dues to the company, and also cancelled the power purchase agreement (PPA) between them. The latest move…
Bundi police has filed a chargesheet within 72 hours in the rape case of a minor girl at Kaperan village in the district. The charge sheet was filed yesterday in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Keshoraipatan Suman Gupta, police said. Police have already arrested the accused labourer Shyamsunder alias Brijnandan Meena. The labourer had…
All commercial vehicles which are older than twelve years would now not be allowed to ply on the roads. The transport department is coming up with rule as such vehicles have been considered the major cause of environment pollution. The department is presently seeking a public referendum upon the issue. In Jaipur alone, around four…
An 11-year-old girl was gangraped in August 2012 in Rajasthan’s Sikar region. Her family is still fighting for justice. The family says it continues to get threats from the accused and has got little in terms of help from the government. The girl was gangraped by five men in a jeep and was injured badly….
Two British nationals were duped of Rs 6.8 lakh by two touts who had promised to deliver gold jewellery to them, police said. Lee Anderson and Tina Pophof sent an email from Britain to the Jaipur Police Commissioner following which an FIR was registered last evening at the Sadar police station against Mohammed Hussain and Vicky….
A Jaipur court has issued a warrant of arrest against Matthias Mueller, the global CEO and chairman of iconic sportscar maker Porsche AG, and eight other board members of the company in a cheating case filed by the company’s former importer, Precision Cars India. Acting on the November 5, 2012 court order, the local police…
The Guinness World Record holder Amit Pabuwal has designed world’s biggest and heaviest sports trophy which would be given to the winner in the inaugural edition of iGATE CEO Cup Golf tournament, featuring the CEOs of 2000 companies based in North America. Pabuwal, who had hogged the lime light by designing Reliance Cricket World cup, Independence Cup, Hero Cup, MRF World Cup,…