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Jaipur: With onion prices plummeting by nearly 50% in September — the sharpest decline since Feb 2019 — distressed farmers in Rajasthan have petitioned the govt for urgent intervention to help them tide over the agrarian distress. Government estimates place the production cost of onions between Rs 8 to Rs 10 per kilo, but farmers…

Ajmer: Pocso court number 2 in Ajmer Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his 15-and-a-half-year-old daughter. When the mother of the girl learned about the crime, she reported it to police in Aug last year. The forensics report confirmed that the crime was committed by the accused.Special public prosecutor…

Jaipur: A Pocso court in Sikar Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl, noting the social betrayal inherent in the crime was as grave as the criminal act itself.In his judgment, Pocso (Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences) Court-2 special judge Neeraj Kumar Bharadwaj noted that the rape…

Jaipur: IndiGo flight disruptions continued at Jaipur airport for the third consecutive day Sunday, with 27 incoming and outgoing flights cancelled. Airline and airport officials, however, said the situation had improved compared to the chaos on Friday and Saturday.“Situation was better today as the number of passengers booked on the cancelled flights was low. Several…

Jaisalmer: A massive fire gutted the Golden Handloom showroom in Fatehgarh area of Jaisalmer district late Thursday night, reducing the three-storey building to ashes and causing losses worth crores. All handloom fabrics, furniture and materials were destroyed within few hours.Eyewitnesses said the fire spread rapidly, with a short circuit suspected as the cause. As the…