Jhunjhunu: Thieves wearing masks broke into a house, sprayed a substance to render sleeping family members unconscious, locked them in a room from outside and stole cash, gold, silver jewellery worth lakhs in Sikar Wednesday. The victim, homeowner Narendra Gawaria, reported to the Kotwali police station that his house is located in Ward No. 18…

Jaisalmer: Former Barmer MP, Col Sonaram Choudhary (80) passed away following a heart related surgery in New Delhi Wednesday night. His mortal remains were brought to his residence in Barmer and later taken to his native village Mohangarh Thursday, where thousands gathered to pay their final respects. Choudhary’s last rites are scheduled for 11am on…

Jaipur: A female leopard ventured out of the Jhalana Leopard Reserve late Wednesday night and prowled into a factory near Gopalpura, some eight kilometres away, after traversing several residential colonies.Forest officials have not conclusively identified the feline, but they believe it to be ‘Pooja’, a female leopard commonly seen around the MNIT campus on JLN…

Udaipur: Police detained a man for allegedly killing his wife and elder brother with an axe at Bilikheda village under Dhamotar police station area in Chittorgarh district Thursday. Pratapgarh SP, B Aditya, said that accused Premchand Meena (42) killed his wife Savita (42) and his elder brother Moolchand (46) with the axe. Moolchand’s son Manoj…

Alwar: An Air Force personnel, Lakshmi Prasad, drowned at Damoh waterfall in Sarmathura police station area of Dholpur district Wednesday. His fellow soldiers reportedly fled the scene without informing anyone. Prasad had come from Gwalior with his colleagues for a picnic. Dholpur police were informed of the incident by Air Force officials from Gwalior 12…