Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Thursday arrested a head constable and a constable of Dungarpur police while they allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 1.50 lakh from a man by threatening to implicate him in a false case.The bureau identified the accused as head constable Ashok Kumar Patidar and constable Prakash Chandra Patel.According to the…
Jaipur: City police Wednesday arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly abducting a 14-year-old boy from a road outside the SMS Hospital and sodomised him on May 17.Station house officer of SMS Hospital police station Dharmendra Sharma said that the accused was identified as Hemraj Bairwa. The minor’s family reported that the boy, who came to…
Jaipur: Education minister Madan Dilawar Sunday announced that Maharana Pratap’s coronation day will be celebrated annually in state schools on Feb 28.Dilawar was speaking at the closing ceremony of the Rashtriya Swadeshi Mahotsav held in Chittorgarh. “Maharana Pratap was coronated on Feb 28, and the education department will include this date in the school calendar…
Jaipur: Illegal sand mining continues unabated across Rajasthan, largely due to the acute shortage of legally operational sand mines. The sand mafia has entrenched itself in several districts, with Bhilwara, Tonk, Dholpur, Sawai Madhopur, Karauli, Jalore, Balotra, and Beawar among the worst affected.The issue was prominently raised during a recent review meeting chaired by the…
Jaipur: In a step toward dismantling the entrenched practice of child marriages, the Bhajan Lal Sharma govt has unveiled an innovative school module designed specifically to engage boys as pivotal agents of change. The new initiative is a significant departure from traditional girl-focused interventions and signals a transformative shift in approach aimed at achieving zero…
