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Jaipur: Rajasthan Ranji Trophy captain Mahipal Lomror, teenage sensation Kartik Sharma and upcoming batsman Yatharth Bhardwaj received the 32nd Mathuradas Mathur Awards here on Saturday.The annual awards were distributed by chief guest Munishwar Nath Bhandari, former chief justice of Madras High Court, and the chairman, Appellate Tribunal under SAFEM Act, 1976. Tika Ram Jully, leader…

Jaipur: Rudra Singh stamped her authority in style by emerging U-19 girls champion at the Gold Medal Indian Junior Open Squash Championship which concluded at the Rajasthan Squash Academy courts here on Saturday.Rudra, who will turn 17 next month, overcame mid-match slump to trounce Vyomika Khandelwal 11-7, 13-11, 11-2 in straight games. Pune-based Rudra got…

Jaipur: Cracks in underground drainage pipelines, worsened by poor coordination between JMC Heritage, JMC Greater and the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), have left city roads riddled with craters this monsoon.Officials said Jaipur’s switch to a single drainage system—carrying both kitchen and toilet waste—combined with the channelising of rainwater into the same pipelines over the past…

Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Subhash Choudhary overcame the challenge of Tamil Nadu’s Darsil Parasrampuriya 11-5, 11-7, 3-11, 11-6 to storm into the U-17 boys final of the Gold Medal Indian Junior Open Squash Championship being played at the Sawai Mansingh Squash Academy courts here on Friday.Sixteen-year-old Subhash will face Raghav Vashishtha of Uttar Pradesh in the summit…

Jaipur: Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) has launched a probe into BJP MLA Shankar Singh Rawat’s daughter, posted as tehsildar in Bhilwara, for allegedly using a suspicious disability certificate to clear a recruitment examination.Kanchan Chouhan, posted in Kareda, Bhilwara, came under the SOG scanner after the agency received a complaint against her. Sources in…