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Jaipur: Seven cagers from Rajasthan including women’s team captain Yashika Singhal will represent Indian University basketball team in the FISU World University Games 2025 to be held in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, from July 16 to 27.Besides Yashika Singhal, Sonal Mahala and Manvi Srivastava are part of the 12-member women’s squad.There are as many as four Rajasthan…

Jaipur: Tribal-dominated Banswara district secured first place in family welfare in the annual ranking issued by the health department Tuesday. Bhilwara district was awarded second place, followed by Pratapgarh third, Nagaur district fourth, Hanumangarh district fifth, Baran sixth and Ajmer district seventh.The health department issued the ranking for the best district, panchayat samiti, village panchayat,…

Jaipur: Residents of Sikar Road and its adjacent colonies received relief from decades-old sewerage problems as the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) completed the first phase of the Sikar Road drainage project on Monday.Under this phase, JDA completed two packages: laying sewerage lines from Number 1 Crossing to Dravyavati River in Panipench, and connecting this main…

Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Tuesday arrested a special public prosecutor posted in a special Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe court in Bikaner after he was caught taking a bribe of Rs 500 from a complainant he was representing on behalf of the state.In a desperate attempt to destroy the evidence, he chewed the currency…

Jaipur: In a major crackdown on cybercrime, the city police’s Cyber Police Station Tuesday arrested a fraudster from Andhra Pradesh who duped people of Rs 3.35 crore by luring them into fake online stock market investment schemes. The accused was nabbed after a months-long technical operation spanning across Haryana, Delhi, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.Deputy commissioner…