JAIPUR: Police on Saturday arrested a restaurant owner for damaging the idol of the Veer Tejaji temple in Sanganer in an intoxicated state. The 34-year-old accused, identified as Siddharth Singh, owns a restaurant called Tamas Cafe in Raja Park. Singh claimed he was depressed after his restaurant shut down due to financial troubles. According to…
NEW DELHI: A young woman in Rajasthan’s Alwar was viciously attacked by a pack of stray dogs while walking outside her home. The terrifying incident, caught on CCTV, shows pack of dogs suddenly charging at her.The video of the attack has gone viral on social media.Taken by surprise, she struggles to escape, falls to the…
JAIPUR: Congress party members conducted a large demonstration outside the Rajasthan assembly on Monday, protesting against state minister Avinash Gehlot‘s comments regarding former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Police personnel blocked their path with barricades, preventing access to the assembly building. The protest saw participation from prominent figures including MPs Harish Meena and Murari Meena, along…
JAIPUR: Powerlifting champion Yashtika Acharya, 17, a national-level junior powerlifting player, died in a tragic accident while training at a gym in Bikaner Tuesday night when a 270 kg barbell slipped and fell on her neck, causing a fatal fracture. Though Acharya was administered first aid and rushed to the hospital, doctors declared her dead…
JAIPUR: A man’s attempt to secure a govt job for his wife through ‘illegal’ channel might lead to the exposure of a major recruitment scam in railways.Manish Meena, a resident of Kota, approached railway authorities about eight months ago, alleging that his wife, Asha Meena, secured a railway job using a dummy candidate—someone who took…
BHILWARA: Eight friends from Rajasthan’s Mandalgarh constituency in Bhilwara district, who were on their way to attend the Mahakumbh, died in a road accident near Jaipur on Thursday. On Friday, their bodies were brought to their ancestral villages—Badliyas, Falasiya, and Mukundpuriya—for cremation in a sorrowful atmosphere. In Badliyas village, five pyres were lit together, bringing…
JAIPUR: Three days after he helped the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) catch his college principal and a clerk for demanding and accepting a bribe, a 25-year-old student was found hanging at his residence in Hanumangarh town late Monday night.Although police found no suicide note, initial investigation suggests death by suicide. Police collected two mobile phones belonging…
KOTA: An 18-year-old NEET aspirant from Odisha died by suicide in his hostel room in Ambedkar Colony under Vigyan Nagar police station in Kota on Thursday night. He was found hanging from the ceiling fan.The police placed the body in the mortuary for a post-mortem examination to be carried out after the arrival of his…
A fiery truck collision involving a chemical-laden truck disrupted the Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Friday morning. Several trucks caught fire near a petrol pump, causing burn injuries to an unspecified number of people. Ambulances transported the injured to hospitals while firefighters battled the blaze. Traffic on the highway came to a standstill as authorities worked to…
JAIPUR: The state government’s unemployment allowance scheme, CM Yuva Sambal Yojana, has arrears of Rs 300 to Rs 350 crore, with payments outstanding since March 2024. The last disbursement of Rs 55 crore was made in Nov for the month of Feb, an employment department official confirmed.Payment requests, including bills, were submitted to the treasury,…
