Jaipur: Govt godown stores liqour, wheat rots on roads
Jaipur’s main FCI godown should be full of food grains, but these days much of it is being used to store liquor. While food grains rot in the open, liqour fills up much of this godown. Over 13 thousand square feet area here is on rent to the Rajasthan Breweries Corporation for the past three [...]
Six killed as Delhi-bound Mandore Express derails
JAIPUR: The Delhi-bound Mandore Express derailed with some portion of the track piercing its AC compartment, leaving six passengers dead and 19 others injured in the wee hours in Bassi town near here today. Eleven coaches of the train derailed at 1:30 am near Banshkov Railway station, 40 km from here, after the train left [...]
Jaipur fire: Indian Oil Corporation faces negligence charge
JAIPUR: An executive of a private company has filed a complaint against Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) after a fire broke out at its oil depot here October 29 killing 11 people and injuring over 150. With four of the 11 tanks in the depot still ablaze on the sixth day, the IOC has been charged [...]
Jaipur fire: Rs 500 crore goes up in flames
AIPUR: As Rs 500 crore worth of fuel burned through the second day of the Jaipur inferno, there were two questions no one had answered satisfactorily. How did it happen? And how many had died in the blaze that started with a blast on Thursday evening? Although officials have confirmed five deaths, six others present [...]
12 dead in Jaipur oil depot blaze; Deora says fire ‘to die down on its own’
JAIPUR: Petroleum minister Murli Deora on Friday said the fire at Indian Oil Corporation’s fuel depot on the outskirts of the city has to die down on its own and there was "no other solution" to douse the leaping flames. "You cannot do anything now. It (fire) has to die down on its own," Deora, [...]
