Jodhpur: The Rajasthan high court Monday refused to quash the FIR registered against Bollywood filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, his wife Shwetambari Bhatt, and others in an alleged film-funding embezzlement case, dealing a setback to the accused, who are currently lodged in Udaipur jail.The single bench of Justice Sameer Jain dismissed Bhatt’s petition, holding that the case…

Jhunjhunu: Police here have registered a case based on the complaint of Manvendra Singh Chauhan, son of former treasurer of Shri Shyam Temple Committee, Kalu Singh Chauhan, that he received a Rs 3 crore extortion call from a man claiming to be “Harry Boxer of Lawrence Bishnoi gang”.Chauhan told police he received a WhatsApp call…

Bhilwara: Former agriculture minister of Rajasthan, Prabhu Lal Saini, a resident of Aawan village in Tonk district, recently received patents for three date palm varieties from the Indian Agriculture Research Council (ICAR), New Delhi. Saini said it was for the first time in India that patents had been granted for date palm varieties.The former minister…

Jaipur/Jhunjhunu: Three persons were killed and nine injured in two separate road accidents in Dausa and Sikar districts Monday. Police said preliminary investigation suggested that both accidents were caused by poor visibility due to fog.Three persons died in a head-on collision between two vehicles on Reengus-Khatu Shyam Ji Road in Sikar district around 2am. Two…

Jaipur: The Supreme Court Monday granted its final nod to Rajasthan’s panchayat delimitation and reorganisation exercise, dismissing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by villagers of revenue village Singhaniya Monday. With this, the apex court paved the way for panchayat elections in the state to proceed as scheduled and be completed by Apr 15.A Bench…