Jaipur

A three-degree dip in the maximum temperature across the state provided no relief to the citizens of Rajasthan on Thursday. The Met office suggested that climatic changes may further bring down temperatures but heat conditions would prevail for the next few days. Bikaner remained the hottest in the state at 47.6 degree Celsius, the Met reports said on Thursday. The ongoing spell of heat conditions has not just surprised the people of Rajasthan but also the Met officials. They said th…

<p ⁄><p ⁄>In a tragic incident a woman and her 5-year-old toddler were found murdered near Kanota village in Jaipur district. According to the police, the woman hailed from Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh and was living in Jaipur with a man. The police believe that the man with whom she was reportedly living might have killed the woman to get rid of her. The police said that on Monday morning some villagers spotted a body of a woman with serious head injuries and also found a seriously…

Smuggling of firearms from Dholpur region, notorious for its high crime rate, has been a major headache for city police. On Friday, the police managed to bust a smuggling gang with the arrest of five persons. Two of the gang members were rickshaw-pullers who later took to crime. BL Soni, inspector-general of police (Jaipur Range I) said, "We arrested five persons who were planning to loot a petrol pump in the city. We have recovered one pistol, one revolver and three country-made pist…

The work at 1,200 mega watt Kali Sindh power plant is going on in full swing as the deadline for completing the first phase of the project by October 2011 approaches. On Wednesday, the 211 tonne boiler drum of the plant was erected at a height of 75 m which marked the completion of the initial level and now officials are planning to speed-up the process so that deadline for both the 600 mw units could be met. Chairman cum managing director (CMD) of Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limi…