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Jaipur: Be it a seven-year-old boy or a 60-year-old woman, everyone was equally excited on the occasion of Makar Sankranti Wednesday. And after many years, favourable winds brought back the true spirit of the festival in Jaipur, keeping kite lovers glued to the terraces from morning till evening.From the narrow lanes of the walled city…

Jaipur: More than a hundred kite-fliers and bikers were injured across the city on Makar Sankranti Wednesday and had to be rushed to different hospitals for falls and cuts caused by abrasive kite strings.At the city’s biggest trauma centre at SMS Hospital, 32 people were brought in for treatment of various injuries related to kite-flying….

Jaipur: Two men returning home on their motorcycles late Monday night were killed in separate hit-and-run incidents within hours of each other in the city, police said.Head Constable Mahaveer of Accident Thana (West) said the first hit-and-run occurred in the Kardhani area, when Anil Jangid (40), a carpenter by profession and a resident of Khandela…

Jaipur: A district court in Jaipur Tuesday dismissed a revision petition filed against leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in a case linked to an alleged caste-based remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, upholding a lower court order.Additional District Judge Court No. 4 of Metropolitan-II passed the order, with Presiding Officer Neelam Karwa…

JAIPUR: A teacher at a govt primary school in Gangapur City was suspended Tuesday after being accused of cooking non-vegetarian food on school premises, following a video that went viral on social media.The video, shot on Monday, shows headmaster Amar Singh Meena allegedly getting non-vegetarian food cooked inside the school by the school cook. The…