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Jaisalmer: A husband and wife suffered severe burns after a fire broke out under suspicious circumstances at a mud house in Paruram ki Dhani near Hansua village in Jaisalmer district Wednesday morning.Ramuram (40) and his wife Pepo Devi (38) were asleep when the blaze erupted around 6am. While Pepo managed to run out of the…

Jhunjhunu: Police Wednesday arrested five people over suitcase blast in a pond at Ganeshwar Dham in Sikar district. Additional superintendent of police Lokesh Meena said that the case was related to tantric practices. All the accused were residents of Jhunjhunu and Udaipurwati who came in contact with a tantrik from Mewat in Nuh district of…

Jaipur: Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB) officials Wednesday said the board conducted 130 exams in the past 2 years, compared to 107 exams held between 2014 and 2023 since the board’s formation.The board attributed the increase to transparent and fair testing practices. Officials also announced that OMR sheets for all exams will be uploaded online,…

Jaisalmer: Sadar police rescued a kidnapped youth and arrested eight men from Haryana’s Mewat region, police said Tuesday.The arrested men — Fakruddin (40), Tohid (42), Mustak (30), Kamaluddin (60), Irfan (34), Mujammil (30), Ahsan (32) and Mohammad Saad (21) — are residents of Nuh and Palwal districts. They were produced in court Wednesday and remanded…

Bhilwara: Police in Bhilwara Wednesday detained a 38-year-old man and registered a case against him for making controversial comments against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on social media.The man, identified as Kaleem alias Mustafa, lives in Bhimganj police station area of Bhilwara city.Bhilwara SP Dharmendra Singh said the comments could increase communal tension. “We…