Jaipur

Already been to Rajasthan’s popular wildlife sanctuaries at Bharatpur, Ranthambore and Sariska? Well, another mind-boggling destination in the state is the Darrah National Park near Kota. Located on a hilly terrain, the sanctuary is actually a combination of three wildlife reserves-Darrah wildlife sanctuary, Chambal wildlife sanctuary and Jaswant Sagar wildlife sanctuary. The park comprises large forest tracts, once the hunting grounds of the Kota royals. The sanctuary is home to …

We are investigating the case, is a standard reply of senior police officers whenever queried about the progress of any unsolved cases of murder, dacoity or robbery. Except for a few cases, it seems that that city police are merely stashing cases in the name of investigation. In the infamous Babli Bhandari case, the main accused Rajesh Yadav is still at large. The parents of the deceased girl had alleged that since the father of the accused is an assistant sub-inspector in traffic polic…

At least five motorcycles that were parked in residential colonies of Barkat Nagar and Mahesh Nagar were set ablaze in a span of two hours in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. One two-wheeler was found burnt in the same area and a car’s glasses were broken in Civil Lines area. According to city police, these incidents occurred between 11.30 pm to 1.30 am on Sunday-Monday night. One incident occurred on 80-feet road in Mahesh Nagar area where advocate Akhilesh Mishra’s bi…

Multiple agencies involved in the distribution of water supply in Jaipur are making matters worse for the thirsty public. On Thursday, in a mismanagement of multi-agency coordination, workers of Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) caused a breakage in a water pipeline while they were cleaning a drain which resulted in contaminated water being supplied to around 250 houses in Baas Badanpura area on Delhi Road."The water supply in the areas was found contaminated and we replaced the dama…

The Congress workers in Bhilwara have come in open against the district administration for mismanagement under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA). Party workers in the district gave a memorandum to panchayati raj minister Bharat Singh during his Bhilwara visit this week and have also sent a detailed complaint to the chief minister that village panchayats are being bypassed for allotment of work under the MNREGA. Bhilwara is parliamentary constituency of Unio…