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Jaisalmer: A 50-year-old govt schoolteacher was accused of sexually harassing girl students in Dedha village under Khuhdi police station area, triggering protests by villagers Wednesday. Parents and locals gathered at the secondary school demanding strict action and the teacher’s removal.According to police, three parents lodged complaints alleging that maths and science teacher Dilip Singh Chaudhary…

JAIPUR: Supreme Court has reopened proceedings in a Rs 400-crore land dispute between Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and the family of former royal and deputy CM Diya Kumari, setting aside a Rajasthan high court order that allowed a 2011 trial court decree in favour of the princely estate to “stand without examination on merit”.The bench…

Kota/Jaipur: Seven children were killed and at least 21 injured when a classroom ceiling collapsed on them at Piplodi Govt Upper Primary School in Jhalawar district Friday morning, moments after a teacher who had been alerted to “falling brick pieces” allegedly asked them to “sit quietly”. Ten of the injured students were hospitalised in a…

Jaipur: Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot Monday stepped up his attack on the Union govt over its move to redefine the Aravalli range. He described Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav’s claim of allowing mining on only 0.19% of the Aravalli range as “misleading and completely devoid of facts”.Countering Yadav’s assertion that most of the Aravalli…

Jaipur: After the five-day Diwali festival, JMC-Greater Friday formed seven teams to streamline the city’s sanitation conditions as open waste depots increased during the festivals.Officials said that after Diwali, 32 units (including JCBs, dumper tractor trolleys, etc.) were deployed along with 10 mechanical road sweeper machines, each equipped with 10 sanitation workers who removed garbage…