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Jaipur: Rajasthan Police Monday detained one person in Gujarat for the alleged abduction and gang-rape of an 18-year-old girl in a moving car in Bikaner district on Jan 6. The accused is being brought to Bikaner for questioning, while police remain on the lookout for a second accused and the vehicle linked to the crime.The…

Jaipur: Three days after a rashly driven luxury car ploughed into roadside food stalls at Kharbas Circle in the city’s Mansarovar, killing one and injuring 15, police Monday arrested seven persons in connection with the incident.Police said five were held for criminal harbouring of the accused, while the remaining two face other charges. The main…

Jhansi: A joint team of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) and local police arrested a 58-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, both belonging to Rajasthan, and seized 1kg of contraband morphine worth Rs 1 crore from their possession Monday. Police said that the consignment was intended for delivery to Ghazipur. The accused come from Patri…

Ajmer: After a civil suit filed last year by Hindu Sena claiming a Shiva temple beneath the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer, now a group called Pratap Sena has made the same claim and announced that it, too, will move court.Rajvardhan Singh Parmar, national president of Pratap Sena, Monday held a presser in…

Jaipur: Former minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya’s exit from Bharatiya Janata Party after 23 months was the outcome of his “style of functioning” in southern Rajasthan, party sources said Monday.According to BJP insiders, Malviya’s approach to organisational functioning increasingly caused discomfort among party’s tribal leaders and representatives across Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and Pratapgarh. Sources said Malviya…