Jaipur

Jaipur: The Supreme Court Collegium on Thursday recommended the names of three advocates — Bipin Gupta and Ravi Chirania from Jaipur, and Sanjeet Purohit from Jodhpur — for elevation to the Rajasthan High Court. With their expected appointment, the total number of judges in the High Court will reach 39. The three new names, selected…

Udaipur: Governor Haribhau Bagde has ignited controversy by claiming Mughal emperor Akbar married a palace maid from Amer, not a princess, challenging centuries of historical consensus and accusing British historians of distorting India’s past.Speaking at Pratap Gaurav Kendra on the eve of Maharana Pratap’s birth anniversary Wednesday evening, Bagde said: “It is said that Jodha…

Image used is for representational purposes only JAIPUR: An extortion attempt linked to gangster Goldy Brar’s gang resurfaced in Sriganganagar, with unidentified men opening fire outside businessman Raju Kathodiya’s house in the Jawahar Nagar area late Tuesday night. The firing triggered panic in the locality.Police found bullet marks on the house wall and recovered empty…

KOTA: A 17-year-old boy was fatally hit by a train in Rajasthan’s Kota district on Wednesday evening, shortly after learning his Class 10 board exam results. The victim, identified as Dushyant Sahu, a resident of Vigyan Nagar in Kota city, died near the Sanjay Nagar railway crossing under Udhyog Nagar police station limits. According to…

Jaipur: Two days after four labourers died of suffocation while cleaning an underground septic tank at a jewellery manufacturing unit in the city’s Sitapura industrial area, the Jaipur police Wednesday registered an FIR in the case—though without naming anyone as responsible.Sources told TOI that the FIR records only the sequence of events and stops short…