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Jaipur: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has unearthed a dried-up river channel beneath Bahaj village in Deeg district — believed by many scholars to be linked to the mythical Saraswati River.The excavation, carried out between April 2024 and May 2025, is hailed as the second-largest archaeological excavation in Rajasthan’s history. What excites historians and archaeologists…

Jaipur: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the multi-crore Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) case, naming former Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) minister Mahesh Joshi, his son Rohit Joshi, and 16 others as accused in a money laundering investigation.The chargesheet or prosecution complaint, filed on June 20 under sections 3 and 4 of…

Bhilwara: Asind police in Bhilwara district Monday arrested two moneylenders in the case of a BJP worker’s suicide. Bhilwara SP Dharmendra Singh Yadav stated that the arrests were made on basis of the report filed by the son of the deceased, Ladu Lal Teli, a former Asind unit chief of BJP. Teli had written letters…

Jaipur: The 15th meeting of State Wildlife Board (SBWL), held under chairmanship of CM Bhajan Lal Sharma Monday, approved 65 wildlife-related proposals that were previously cleared through circulation, along with 24 new proposals.Among the key decisions was the approval of the alteration (rationalisation) of the boundary of National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary in Kota, extending from…

Jhunjhunu: A young couple and their 3-year-old daughter were left to die after a truck overturned upon their bike and the three were trapped under the heap of cattle fodder that the truck was carrying, on the state highway to Shahpura at Dharaji Valley in Ajitgarh police station area of Sikar Sunday. Rajendra Gurjar, 28,…