Jaipur: Rudradaman Mertia and Nitisha Agrawal emerged champions in the Jaipur District Under-15 Selection Open and Girls Chess tournament 2025 which concluded here recently at Subodh School.While Rudradaman triumphed in the open category with 6.5 points to his credit, Nitish reigned supreme in the girls section.The two-day tournament was organized by Jaipur District Chess Association…

Jaipur: The panchayati raj department Friday issued notifications establishing 3,443 new gram panchayats and eight new zila parishads across the state.The eight new zila parishads are Kotputli-Behror, Salumber, Beawar, Khairtal-Tijara, Phalodi, Deeg, Deedwana-Kuchaman, and Balotra. The panchayat elections for the posts of village heads, deputy village heads and zila parishad heads will he held next…

Jodhpur: The princial seat of Rajasthan high court in Jodhpur Monday reserved its order after questioning senior police officers, including the IGP Udaipur and SP Udaipur regarding the arrest of film producer Vikram Bhatt, his wife Shwetambari, and five others.A single bench of Justice Sameer Jain questioned IG Gaurav Srivastava and SP Yogesh Goyal for…

Jaipur: The city police’s crime branch arrested a 24-year-old Egyptian man and a 31-year-old Tanzanian woman Friday for their alleged role in a drug trafficking racket.DCP (Crime) Abhijit Singh said that the accused have been identified as Mohammad, 24, from Cairo, Egypt, and Margaret alias Shakira, 31, from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Both were staying…

Jaipur: Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot Wednesday accused the state govt of arrogance and insensitivity after an FIR was lodged against people of Dhundhara village in Jodhpur for demanding drinking water from cabinet minister Jogaram Patel.In a statement on X, Gehlot alleged that residents of Dhundhara village approached cabinet minister Jogaram Patel, a native of…