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Jaipur: The Supreme Court Monday stayed a Rajasthan High Court order directing the removal and relocation of 1,102 liquor shops along national and state highways across the state, including those within municipal and urban local body limits.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta granted interim relief while hearing a special leave petition…

Bhilwara: Bhilwara police arrested four men Monday, including a gutkha trader’s former accountant, in connection with fleeing with the trader’s scooter and Rs 4 lakh in the Kotwali police station area on Jan 12. The accused are being interrogated.Bhilwara SP Dharmendra Singh said the incident took place on Jan 12 around 11pm when Narayan Das,…

Jaipur: Stepping up its counter-offensive against the Congress over allegations of electoral manipulation, the BJP Monday strongly defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Rajasthan, accusing the party of spreading misinformation and questioning a process it itself implemented while in power.Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, BJP state president Madan Rathore…

Jaipur: Private bus operators in Rajasthan have planned a one-day ‘chakka jam’ strike on Jan 24 to protest strict checks by the transport department on bus body norms in Jaipur, operators said.They said heavy challans were issued to them, while officials from the department said action was taken to ensure safe travel for passengers. In…

Jaipur: Mehfuz Ahmed became Senior Mr Jaipur, while Ram Krishna was adjudged Junior Mr Jaipur in the Jaipur District Bodybuilding Championship which concluded at the Pink City Press Club here on Sunday.The one-day annual competition was organised by the Jaipur District Bodybuilding Association in which around eighty top bodybuilders from the region participated.Pravin Nirwani was…