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Jaipur: After a backbreaking eight-hour slog under the unrelenting sun at a construction site, 43-year-old Shyam Lal goes home with Rs 285, his day’s wage set by the Rajasthan govt for unskilled workers.With the wage, which is much lower compared to many other states, he just manages to escape the extreme poverty line of $3…

Jaipur: Sriganganagar businessman Ashok Chandak, a member of the BJP, lodged a complaint at Kotwali police station Saturday alleging that gangster Rohit Godara had threatened to kill him and his family if he did not pay up Rs 30 crore.Chandak alleged that beginning June 20, he and his son have received repeated death threats. His…

Jaipur: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Tikaram Jully Sunday accused the BJP govt of transforming the transport department into a means for extortion. He said the govt turned the transport department into a ‘transfer of money to BJP’ department.Jully said that the road accident in Dausa was not merely accidental but a severe consequence of the…

Udaipur: On the 11th day of their strike over the death by electrocution of their colleague, Dr Ravi Sharma, at Dilshad hostel of RNT Medical College on June 18, resident doctors Sunday set up tables outside the principal’s office of the attached MB Hospital to establish their own “parallel” outpatient department. They set up separate…

Jhunjhunu: An 18-year-old girl from Taranagar in Churu district was intercepted by police at Indira Gandhi International Airport with the assistance of Oman embassy and Delhi Police, just before she was to board a flight to Oman.Churu SP Jai Yadav said that the girl was handed over to her family Sunday.Yadav said the girl’s brother…