Jhunjhunu: Politics in Jhunjhunu district intensified after the administration demolished alleged encroachments at the Rajiv Gandhi Sports Stadium in Parsarampura village of Nawalgarh, acting on Rajasthan High Court orders. The stadium’s boundary wall was removed using heavy machines, which authorities said had been constructed in a river flow zone.The action, carried out Wednesday amid heavy…

Bhilwara: A 19-year-old youth was arrested in Bhilwara for allegedly selling fake Re-NEET examination papers through a Telegram group created using a proxy VPN, police said Friday.Acting on a tip-off received through the i-MAC portal, Bhilwara police raided a house in Patel Nagar late Thursday night and detained the accused, identified as Aakash Chaudhary. He…

Jaipur: The rural development minister, Kirori Lal Meena, instructed the Biofuel Authority to amend the Rajasthan Biofuel Rules-2019 to include provisions for punitive action against manufacturers and retailers of adulterated biodiesel (B-100) in the state. The rural development department is looking at options to revise the existing rules and introduce legislation to curb biofuel adulteration…

Jaipur: The state forest department is set to airlift tigers from Madhya Pradesh in a phased interstate relocation, beginning in October and expected to conclude by December. This will be Rajasthan’s second helicopter-based tiger translocation, but the first to be done interstate.The first took place successfully in 2008, when a male tiger was flown by…

Bhilwara: India’s elite Black Cat Commandos of the National Security Guard (NSG) conducted Exercise Gandiv, a series of nationwide counter-terrorism drills across Varanasi, Chittorgarh, Pune, and Jammu, on the night of Oct 3-4. The exercises aimed to evaluate the country’s crisis response capabilities.The drills encompassed counter-terror and hostage rescue operations in various public, religious, and…