Jaipur : Two motorcycle borne robbers wearing masks today looted Rs 1.69 lakh at gun point from a branch of Jaipur Thar Gramin Anchalik Bank at Kotputali, a sub-urban town near here, police said.

There were three employees in the bank when two robbers attacked the cashier and looted the cash, Superintendent of Police (rural) Anil Paliwal told PTI here.

Jaipur - At least 300 resident doctors of a hospital here along with some local groups joined the nationwide strike by medical students against the governments proposed reservation policy in higher educational institutions.

The doctors, the Arakshan Sanyukt Sangarsh Samiti and other groups took part in a sit-in at the Badi Chaupar area.

Over 300 resident doctors of the government-run Sawai Man Singh Hospital are on token strike in support of the stir by medical students in other parts of the country, a spokesperson of the resident doctors association of the hospital said.

The protesters also put up barricades at the Jawaharlal Nehru Road here and blocked traffic for over an hour in the afternoon.

Later, a memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was submitted to the district collector here.

The administration has stepped up efforts to avert any untoward incident following the anti-quota stir. A violent clash between students favouring reservations and those protesting it could not be ruled out, said a police official.

Jaipur Gems TM, Indias premier top-of-the-end jewellers with showrooms in Mumbai and Chennai, has announced the launch of their new collection of classic Stackable Bangles, to coincide with the forthcoming wedding season. These beautiful array of sparkling diamond studded bangles can be worn individually on a day-by-day basis, or can be worn in lots for weddings and other special occasions. The exciting news is that these are designed to be easy on the consumers pockets starting at a price of Rs. 30,000.

Jaipur : With weddings and house warming ceremonies taking place in large numbers, Jaipur is facing a shortage of Hindu priests. Such is the huge gulf between the demand and supply that some people are even forced to postpone marriages.

The priests, or pundits, admit they have never had such a busy season.

This summer has turned out to be the busiest period for us, said Rajendra Sharma, a priest.

Jaipur : Two top Reliance officials were killed in a major accident, when their car was crushed between a trolley and truck on the Jaipur-Delhi national highway.

The cars driver was also killed in the mishap which occured yesterday. According to police, Mr Satish Bansal, president of Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) and Mr Kuldip Bawa, vice-president, RPL, had come to Delhi from Mumbai only a day earlier.

They were on their way to Jaipur on official work when their car got stuck in a one-way jam in Manoharpur, about 65 km from Jaipur, as one side of the road was closed due to ongoing construction work.

A trolley suddenly emerged and hit the car which backtracked and was subsequently hit hard by a truck coming from behind. The car then got enmeshed between the trolley and tractor, say eyewitnesses.

JAIPUR: Two top Reliance officials were killed when their car was crushed between a trolley and a truck on the Jaipur-Delhi national highway.

The car driver was also killed in the mishap on Saturday.

According to the police, Satish Bansal, president of Reliance Petroleum Limited and Kuldip Bawa, vice-president, RPL, had come to Delhi from Mumbai a day earlier.

They were on their way to Jaipur on official work when their car got caught in a one-way jam in Manoharpur, about 65 km from Jaipur, as one side of the road was closed for construction work.

Jaipur - Air Arabia, the Sharjah-based low-fare airline, Friday made its first flight to Jaipur.

Air Arabia will fly daily to Jaipur.

Fares start from as low as Rs 3,099 for a one-way trip, exclusive of taxes and surcharges.

Fares are based on supply and demand and booking early would benefit the travellers the most, said Rohit Ramachandran, manager of Air Arabia.

An estimated 600,000 people from Rajasthan are in the Gulf countries and their number is growing.

Jaipur: Sharjah-based Air Arabia has started daily low-budget flights to the north Indian city of Jaipur.

The inaugural flight to the Pink City took off from Sharjah yesterday morning and landed three hours later in Rajasthans capital Jaipur.

Senior officials of the Rajasthan government were present at the airport to welcome the visitors.

Fares start from Dh250 for a one-way trip, exclusive of taxes and surcharges with similar fares for return trips.

New Delhi: A week after harsh weather conditions impelled by soaring temperatures across north India, weather officials Wednesday said that the widespread rains in hilly areas could make Delhi and adjoining areas cooler by a few degrees.

Weather officials said here that Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and some of the northern areas of Punjab had received heavy showers in the past 48 hours.

Some of the areas in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal have received heavy showers measuring up to two cm, said B. Lal, director general of the India Meteorological Department.

2R Leisure Pvt Ltd, a Hyderabad-based firm, is interested in setting up a snow theme leisure centre, or Snow Park in Jaipur.

The company has set up a similar snow park in Hyderabad for which it had entered into memorandum of understanding with the department of tourism, government of Andhra Pradesh.

Recently, during an industrial campaign in Hyderabad, a team headed by Rajasthans Industry Minister Narpat Singh Rajvi visited the snow park and held discussions with 2R Leisure about the project.