Jaipur: The forest administration of Mukundra Tiger Reserve has launched a comprehensive wildlife assessment of the Chambal River’s aquatic ecosystem. This evaluation is a key step toward the proposed denotification of certain upstream sections of the river. The state govt plans to exclude a stretch of the National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary—between Kota Barrage and the…

Jaipur: Special Operations Group (SOG) is investigating whether assistant accounts officer (AAO) Purushottam Dadhich and his two aides, arrested in June in the 2021 sub-inspector (SI) recruitment exam paper leak case, were also involved in other organised examination frauds.Officials said Dadhich, along with Kundan Kumar Pandya (also an AAO) and Sandeep Kumar Lata, a Grade…

Jaipur: The health condition of two girls on hunger strike at Rajasthan University (RU), demanding the postponment of RAS Mains exams, deteriorated and they were rushed to SMS Hospital Sunday.The RAS Mains aspirants were in protest at RU since Wednesday night, with at least six students on an indefinite hunger strike. However, due to the…

Jaisalmer: BSF soldiers stationed along the borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan are set to appear in a newly designed combat dress. The new uniform features a “digital pattern”, similar to current designs in Army and CRPF uniforms Fabric materials have already arrived at BSF battalion and sector headquarters across the nation and are being tailored…

Jaipur: A 35-year-old woman and her paramour were Sunday sent to judicial custody for alleged abetment to suicide of her husband, who died last year after consuming poison in Jaipur’s Hathoj area.Kalwad police said the accused, Chanchal Sharma and Rakesh Saini, were arrested on June 6 and produced before a court Sunday, which remanded them…