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Jaisalmer: Five persons, including a woman candidate and four examination officials, were booked, Wednesday, for allegedly facilitating cheating during the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board’s (RSSB) Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/Clerk Grade-II recruitment examination held in Jaisalmer Sunday.Police detained the five accused—the examination centre superintendent, school principal, teacher, invigilator and the candidate—for allegedly helping her use unfair…

Jaipur: For the first time in the Rajasthan badminton history as many as three shuttlers have been selected in the Indian sub-junior badminton team, marking a new era for the shuttle sport in the region.The talented teenage trio of Anvi Rathore, Anshuman Choudhary and Manan Sharma sealed a place in the national team which will…

Jaipur: Enrolment in Rajasthan schools dropped by more than 8.4 lakh students during the first two academic sessions under the Bhajan Lal Sharma govt, with state-run schools accounting for most of the decline, according to the UDISE+ 2025-26 report released Tuesday.UDISE+ is a national, centralised database for the school education sector.The figures – covering govt,…

Jodhpur: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday searched the Jodhpur residence of a 19-year-old man accused of acting as an online handler for the terrorist organisation ISIS. The team seized documents and a motorcycle as part of its probe into an alleged online radicalisation and recruitment network.An NIA team from Andhra Pradesh reached the accused…

Bhilwara: A video showing villagers thrashing a former sarpanch, making him remove his clothes and cutting his hair after accusing him of theft in Tonk district’s Raipuriya village went viral on social media Wednesday.The incident took place on July 5 in the Nagarfort police station area when the former sarpanch, a resident of a village…

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma during the inspection of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway at Labana, in Bundi district, Rajasthan on July 8 Kota/Jaipur: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday announced highway projects worth over Rs 16,551 crore for the Kota region, including…

Union minister Nitin Gadkari (centre) inspects Delhi-Mumbai Expressway stretch near Kota. KOTA: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday announced that the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be fully completed within two years, alongside a slew of new highway projects for the Kota region, news agency PTI reported.Speaking at a public gathering in Mandana…

Jaipur: The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) initiated an outreach programme to strengthen heritage protection in the Walled City, with its Heritage Cell signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dronah Foundation Wednesday.The foundation had prepared the dossier that helped Jaipur secure UNESCO World Heritage status.Officials said the collaboration will support community outreach and consultations…

Udaipur: Pratapgarh police Wednesday froze properties worth around Rs 70 lakh allegedly acquired by two smugglers through drug trafficking as part of a drive to dismantle the economic network of narcotics smugglers.The action was carried out under Operation Trinetra on the directions of SP B Aditya. A team from Kotri police station conducted a financial…

Jaipur: The proposed notification of the Kumbhalgarh Tiger Reserve appears to be hanging in the balance after the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) 20th technical committee did not record any recommendation on the proposal in the minutes of its meeting.According to sources, the development follows political intervention, with BJP Member of Parliament from Rajsamand, Mahima…