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Ajmer: Police detained around six Youth Congress members, including district president Mohit Malhotra, Friday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to the city. They were released Saturday afternoon.The detentions followed a Feb 26 protest outside the district collectorate, where the Youth Congress had announced plans to demonstrate during the PM’s visit. Malhotra was first…

Jaipur: A three-and-a-half-year-old tigress from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh was successfully translocated and released into a “soft enclosure” at Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) Saturday, the second tigress brought to Rajasthan from MP under the interstate tiger translocation programme.After a nearly 20-hour journey, the convoy of vehicles carrying the tigress reached Mukundra Hills…

Jaipur: LPU-Phagwara displayed an excellent performance and lifted the title of the three-day 20th All India Hanuman Singh Women’s Handball Championship 2025-26 at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.In the summit clash, LPU-Phagwara defeated Northern Railway 26-23. The winning team was leading by 16-8 at the half-time. Hosts Rajasthan and BSF finished joint…

Jaipur: Dismantling decades of bureaucratic red tape, chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, in his Budget reply Friday, announced that electrical safety norms will now be exempt from mandatory inspections by electrical inspectors for consumers with installations up to 33 kV. Such consumers constitute a vast majority of the state’s industrial landscape.Under the new framework, the…

Jaipur: Riding on a brilliant show by Dino Dhankar, Padmanabh Singh and Lance Watson, Team Jaipur beat Team France 8-5 to emerge as champions in the Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur International Shield Exhibition polo match at the Rajasthan Polo Club Ground here on Saturday.The one-off tie brought seasoned and accomplished polo players face to…