Jodhpur: Self-styled godman Asaram, convicted and serving a life sentence in a minor’s rape case, returned to Jodhpur Central Jail Saturday after the Rajasthan High Court refused to extend his interim bail earlier this week.Asaram, who was staying at his Pal village ashram on the city’s outskirts, travelled to the prison in the morning and…
JAIPUR: Former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar (74), has sought the restoration of his pension as a former legislator from the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The request before the state assembly was made under the provisions of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (Officers and Members Emoluments and Pension) Act, 1956, which governs salaries and pensions for former MLAs.Dhankhar represented…
Jaisalmer: In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, Barmer police have frozen assets worth approximately Rs 40 crore from five traffickers over the past three days. The operation, aimed at dismantling the financial networks of drug mafias, saw the Dhorimanna police freeze Rs 2.8 crore in illegal assets belonging to trafficker Jagdish Bishnoi Saturday.SP Narendra…
Udaipur: Rajsamand MLA Deepti Kiran Maheshwari and two others were injured in a road accident late Friday night on Udaipur-Rajsamand national highway. The MLA, her PA, and the car driver were admitted to a private hospital in Udaipur. Four men in the vehicle that collided with the MLA’s car were detained by police. The accident…
Jodhpur/Jaipur: In a baffling turn of events Saturday, Rajasthan law and parliamentary affairs minister Jogaram Patel caused confusion over the status of the 2021 SI recruitment exam, first asserting that the exam was not cancelled, only to later clarify that it had indeed been cancelled as per the Rajasthan High Court.Patel initially addressed the media…
