Jaipur: ‘Pink City’ Jaipur on Saturday made an official entry in the list of the UNESCO World Heritage sites and leaders across the political spectrum welcomed the signal honour to the historical city. The UNESCO shared the announcement on Twitter. “Just inscribed as @UNESCO #WorldHeritage Site: Jaipur City in Rajasthan, #India. Bravo,” the UN body […]
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BJP leaders demand early arrest of minor’s rape accused
Jaipur: BJP leaders on Wednesday met Jaipur police commissioner Anand Shrivastav and demanded strict action against the accused who raped a minor on July 1. They also sought stringent action against those who tried to give the incident a communal tinge and smashed the window panes of around 100 vehicles parked on the roads. BJP […]
Tension in Jaipur after rape of seven-year-old girl
Jaipur: Tension prevailed here after a group of people surrounded a police station and vandalized several cars to protest the rape of a seven-year-old girl, officials said on Tuesday. Police said the girl was taken to an isolated place on Monday by a man who identified himself as her father’s friend. After raping her, he […]
My government didn’t name Pehlu Khan in charge sheet: Ashok Gehlot
Jaipur: Amid the row broke over Alwar lynch mob victim Pehlu Khan being named in a charge sheet, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday sought to clarify that the killed dairy farmer was not charged by his government. Stressing that his Congress is “ideologically committed against any kind of lynching anywhere in the country […]
Pehlu Khan booked posthumously, Gehlot assures probe into probe
Jaipur: Under fire for the posthumous charge sheet filed against Pehlu Khan, who was beaten to death for alleged cow smuggling in Rajasthan’s Alwar in 2017, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the investigation in the case was done by the former BJP government. “Only the charge sheet has been filed under our government. […]
MNREGA worker’s son cracks JEE-Main
Jaipur: Son of a labourer employed under the rural job guarantee scheme (MNREGA) has become the first student of his village to crack the IIT. He obtained 10,740th rank in JEE-Main and is now aiming to pursue engineering from NIT. Lekhraj Bheel comes from Mogayabeeh Bhilan village in Jhalawar district. His father Mangilal Bheel and […]
Truck driver’s son set to join medical college, become doctor
Jaipur: Abhishek, son of a truck driver from a small village in Rajasthan, is on his way to achieve his dream of becoming a doctor as he cleared the NEET 2019. Abhishek scored 612 in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) — an examination conducted for admission to medical and dental colleges at the […]
‘BA pass’ doctor held in Rajasthan
Jaipur: Rajasthan police have recently arrested one Man Singh Baghel, a graduate who was working as a practicing doctor in Sikar district by faking an MBBS degree which he accidentally found while travelling in a train five years back. According to Pawan Kumar Chaube, SHO at the Ranoli police station, “Baghel found a medical degree […]
14 dead, 26 injured as tent collapses during rain in Rajasthan’s Barmer
Jaipur: At least 14 people were killed and 26 others injured when a massive tent erected for people attending a religious gathering in Rajasthan’s Barmer on Sunday collapsed as a storm hit the area, police said. “Around 1,000 people had gathered under a tent to listen to Ram Katha in Jasol village of Balotra area, when […]
11 dead, many injured as tent collapses during religious gathering in Rajasthan
Jaipur: At least 11 people were killed and many injured when a massive tent erected for people attending a religious gathering collapsed during a storm in Rajasthan’s Barmer on Sunday, police said. Police said the death toll could go up as a huge crowd had gathered to listen to a Ram Katha discourse in Jasol village […]