Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested a Regional Forest Officer (RFO) posted in Raisinghnagar range of Sriganganagar district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000, officials said.The accused, identified as Ashok Singh, had allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh from a contractor in exchange for issuing a No Objection Certificate (NOC) required for…
Jaisalmer: Police have arrested a 23-year-old woman and a man for allegedly strangling her husband in Kharapar village of Rajasthan’s Balotra district.The accused were identified as Anu Devi and Amraram, a Tilwara resident posted as a teacher at a govt school in the Chidiya area. The victim, Mahendra Meghwal, 21, was found dead at his…
Bhilwara: District police and a health department team Sunday busted a racket and arrested a person for making fake Saras ghee by mixing vanaspati ghee and cotton seeds.Food Safety Officer Ashok Yadav said the action was taken under the district-wide “Shuddh Aahar – Milavat Par Vaar” campaign being run on the directions of district collector…
Alwar: The Bharatpur Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team conducted an operation at Roopwas police station Monday and trapped ASI Praveen Kumar Singh while accepting a bribe of Rs 12,000. The ASI ad allegedly demanded the bribe in exchange for removing the complainant’s name from an assault FIR.ACB Additional SP Amit Kumar Singh said an assault case…
Jaipur: Several Muslim organisations in Rajasthan have urged the Congress to nominate anti-CAA/NRC activist Umar Khalid for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, with three seats from the state set to fall vacant in June.In a joint representation Monday to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the groups said Khalid’s candidature would signal a commitment to civil rights…