Jaipur Apr 26 PTI Three persons were killed when their motorcycle collided with a truck in Rajasthans Sawai Madhopur district on Tuesday police saidTohid 24 along with his wife Tarmeena Bano 22 and his mother Memuna Bano was going towards the railway station in the morning when the incident occurred near Bodal forest chowki on Chirgaon highway they saidThey were rushed to the district hospital where doctors declared them dead police said PTI SDA RDT RDT NSD NSD

Jaipur Mar 30 PTI Fire fighting operations in Sariska Tiger Reserve resumed Wednesday morning with two Indian Air Force helicopters disaster relief personnel and local people pitching in to beat back the flames A forest official said the situation developing since Sunday was now almost under control in areas with thick easy-burning dry grass But in the morning flames still raged across a swathe of four or five square kilometres At one time however the wildfire had spread over 10 sq km The fire did not spread much last night and has been brought under control by over 50 percent as compared to yesterday an official said on Wednesday He said the flames are now seen in area which has less dry grassTherefore we expect that it will not take much time now to completely control the fire he said Four adult tigers and five cubs move around the area where the fire broke out But officials said no tiger is stuck in the area The reserve in Alwar district has 27 tigers The official said the total forest area scorched by the forest fire will be assessed once the flames are doused The blaze had started on Sunday evening and was brought under control on Monday But it flared again the same evening and continued through Tuesday spreading up to an area of over 10 sq km at one point in the day At present the fire is in around four or five sq km area and helicopters are ferrying water from nearby Silisedh Lake to spray over it the official said Two State Disaster Response Force SDRF teams have been deployed along with forest department staff nature guides and local people Altogether about 200 people are involved in the fire-fighting effort The Forest Department had earlier asked people in adjacent villages not to enter the forest area PTI SDA NB ASH

Jaipur Mar 29 PTI A massive fire broke out in the forest area of Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthans Alwar district a forest official said on TuesdayThe cause of the blaze which erupted on Monday evening and has been burning an area of around five to seven sq km is yet to be ascertained officials saidTiger movement in the area has been affected by the fire the forest official saidAccording to officials around 150-200 people including the forest staff are engaged in controlling the fire Two helicopters from Army have also been called in to douse the blazeVillagers residing in the periphery of the fire-affected area have been asked to move to safety the official said PTI SDA NB NSD

Jaipur Mar 27 PTI The Aam Aadmi Party AAP on Sunday dissolved its all units in Rajasthan to restructure the party organisation to prepare for the state assembly polls The party has started expanding its base in Congress-ruled Rajasthan after it formed the government in Punjab AAPs new election in-charge in Rajasthan Vinay Mishra announced the dissolution of all units including the state executive in a party workers meeting at Birla Auditorium here From today the state executive all district units of AAP Rajasthan are dissolved Mishra who is a legislator in Delhi said He also said a membership drive will be started in the state We will connect people from village to village house to house and will create a strong organisation in the state Mishra said The assembly elections in Rajasthan are due by 2023 end Mishra targeted the ruling Congress government over unemployment and farmer loan waiver issues On the occasion a large number of people joined the AAP Those who joined the party included former councillors present and former sarpanchs people from medical law and other professions Besides many people took the membership through digital platform The AAP is hoping to enter Rajasthan to provide a political alternative to the people of the state which has seen either Congress or BJP rule Sanjay Singh national spokesperson of AAP said When we first entered the elections in Delhi many people abused us but we won and formed the government We did not compromise on the promises made to the people In the recently concluded assembly elections in Punjab the party registered a victory He said peoples trust in the AAP is continuously increasing The people of the country have understood that the Aam Aadmi Party contests elections on issues like development education and health whereas other parties seek votes by dividing the country on the basis of religion and caste Singh said He said issues of development and public interest are of no importance to other parties The AAP will establish its trust among the people of Rajasthan and the results will be visible in the upcoming assembly elections The people here are troubled by both the Congress and the BJP and they have high hopes from the Aam Aadmi Party as an alternative he said Mishra said a new party organisation would be seen soon in Rajasthan The Aam Aadmi Party worker will work in Rajasthan with this thinking that elections are going to be held in the state tomorrow A three-month special membership drive is being started he said Mishra said there will be an in-charge at the district level for monitoring the party affairs Those who perform well in the membership drive will be made the partys office bearers at the district and state levels he said The Congress and the BJP dominate the politics in Rajasthan which has 200 assembly constituencies and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies PTI SDA AQS AQS

Jaipur Mar 27 PTI Two men were killed and two others injured when their car collided with another vehicle in Barmer district of Rajasthan police said on SundayThe mishap occurred late on Saturday night at Samo Ki Dhani area when the SUV collided with an unidentified vehicle and overturned they saidThe mishap left Suresh Kumar and Lumbharam dead police saidThey were going to Bisarniya village when the accident occurred police said adding that the injured are being treated PTI SDA TDS TDS

Jaipur Mar 23 PTI A Dalit man was allegedly forced to rub his nose on a platform inside a temple in Rajasthans Alwar district after he made derogatory remarks about Hindu deities in an exchange on social media on the controversial film The Kashmir Files police said on WednesdayAn FIR was registered against 11 people on Tuesday night under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act and seven accused have been arrested polcie saidThe incident occurred under Behror Police Station on Monday A video of the same went viral in which the victim Rajesh Kumar Meghwal is purportedly seen rubbing his nose in a temple under pressure from people present thereCircle Officer at Behror Police Station Rao Anand said Meghwal who works in a private bank had criticised The Kashmir Files movie on Facebook two-three days ago He had written a post against the movie which invited critical comments In the Facebook post the victim questioned whether atrocities had happened with Pandits only and not with Dalits He wrote that atrocities are happening with the poor daily and they are not safeResponding to his post some users wrote Jai Shri Ram and Jai Shri Krishna in the comments Meghwal allegedly reacted to this with some derogatory remarks against the gods which provoked the peopleLater Meghwal sought an apology on social media for his comments but some locals forcibly took him to a temple on March 21 and asked him to seek apology there Some of the people present there forced him to rub in nose in the temple and he did as he was told to the CO said Taking action in the matter the police have arrested seven accused identified as Ajay Kumar Sharma Sanjeet Kumar Hemant Sharma Parvinder Kumar Ramavtar Singh Nitin Jangid and Dayaram he said PTI SDA RHL

Jaipur Mar 23 PTI The body of a 17-year-old girl was found in a forest area in Rajasthans Ajmer district with her family alleging that she was raped and killed by a man she befriended on social media police said on WednesdayThe body was found Tuesday evening they saidPrimary investigation revealed that the victim was in love with a man from Uttar Pradesh and he came to meet herThe man has been detained police saidThe police however said the rape allegations by the family have not been confirmedThe body had injury marks on the throat It was handed over to the family members after post-mortem they added PTI SDA NB SRY

Jaipur Mar 18 PTI A 31-year old Dutch woman has alleged that she was raped on pretext of giving a Ayurvedic body massage in a hotel near Sindhi camp here police said on FridayThe accused Biju Murlidharan -- a resident of Kerala -- who was living at a rented accommodation in the Khatipura area of the city has been arrested they saidAccording to the womans complaint to the police the incident occurred on WednesdayA case has been registered under section 376 rape of the Indian Penal Code with the Sindhi camp police station on Thursday evening police saidThe police said the victim had called the man for massage at the place where she was staying with her family membersA medical examination of the woman has also been done and the accused is being interrogated the police saidThe woman came to Delhi with her family members along with a group of tourists on March 12 PTI SDA TDS TDS

Jaipur Feb 24 PTI Custom officials have arrested a man at the Jaipur International Airport and recovered gold biscuits worth Rs 30 lakh from him officials said on Thursday The passenger had arrived on a flight from Dubai they said During the course of rummaging five rectangular gold biscuits collectively weighing 58320 grams and valued at Rs 30 lakh were found concealed under the cushion of a passengers seat which were duly wrapped in a poly sheet a customs official saidThe gold has been seized under the Customs Act 1962 the official saidThereafter the person occupying that particular seat was identified after checking the boarding passes the official saidOn being questioned the passenger admitted to having smuggled the gold they added PTI SDA TDS TDS

Jaipur Feb 18 PTI Two school children were killed and eighth other persons were injured when a bus hit a jeep near Palsana RIICO area in Sikar district on Friday The mishap occurred on Jaipur-Sikar highway which left two school children travelling in the jeep dead police said The victims were identified as Jatin 11 and Satyam 8 The bodies were handed over to the family after postmortem while the injured were admitted to a nearby hospital PTI SDA RCJ RCJ