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Kota: At least 4-5 unidentified assailants attacked former Bundi district BJP president Suresh Agrawal with iron rods and sticks in broad daylight on Chittor Road under Bundi Sadar police station Saturday. Agrawal’s wife, Saroj Agrawal, is chairperson of Bundi municipal council.The assailants got off a car on a busy road in front of the hotel…

Jaipur: Rajasthan Medical College Teachers’ Association (RMCTA) continued their protest Saturday against the lateral entry of non-teaching doctors as medical faculty in medical education for the 11th consecutive day.An RMCTA official alleged that the govt has “artificially” created a shortage at the levels of associate professor and professor by halting regular promotions in six medical…

Jaipur: The Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court in its Sept 16 interim has report raised serious concerns over rampant illegal mining inside the Critical Tiger Habitat (CTH) of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR). The committee cited political patronage and administrative lapses that endanger both wildlife and forest personnel. The committee’s interim report, filed…

Jaipur: In a jailbreak straight out of a thriller, two inmates of Jaipur Central Jail scaled an over 20-feet-high boundary wall topped with live electric fence to escape in early hours of Saturday. They disappeared into the darkness, exposing glaring security lapses in one of Rajasthan’s most fortified prisons. By evening, one of them was…

Bhilwara: Hundreds of people from a particular community gathered late Friday night in Bahir area of Tonk over rumours of an objectionable social media post. As the crowd started shouting slogans and demanding action, some of the protesters reached a sewing machine factory and vandalised machinery and a motorcycle there.Tonk SP Rajesh Meena stated that…