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Jaipur: The Special Operations Group (SOG) arrested a govt employee, an Upper Division Clerk (UDC) in the Commercial Tax Dept (Circle-E) in Jodhpur, in connection with the 2020 Forest Guard recruitment exam paper leak case Thursday. The accused, Govind Tetarwal, was produced before a court in Banswara Friday, which granted an 11-day police remand for…

Jaipur: Divyang Adhikar Mahasangh, an advocacy group for the rights of specially abled persons, urged chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma to declare the newly released film ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ tax-free in the state. In a letter to the CM, the president of the organisation, Hemant Bhai Goyal, wrote, “I humbly request that the recently released…

Jaipur: A man wanted for rape charges under the POCSO Act was arrested by the city police Thursday after being on the run for four years. The accused, Mohan Singh (27) was hiding in Gurgaon under a fake identity and working at a glass factory. To track him down, police officers posed as labourers, scouring…

Jaipur: A 34-year-old inmate serving a life sentence at Jaipur central jail allegedly died by suicide Thursday evening. Identified as Naresh Mulani alias Neeshu, the prisoner was found hanging in a bathroom inside the jail, using a piece of cloth tied to a window, police officers said. A judicial inquiry will be conducted into the…

JAIPUR: Tigress T-84, fondly known in Ranthambore and beyond as ‘Arrowhead’ and who rose to fame as the fearless crocodile hunter and the ‘Lady of the Lake’, breathed her last near Jogi Mahal in Ranthambore on Thursday. The 11-year-old tigress, who carried forward the legacy of her iconic grandmother ‘Machhali’, was battling a bone tumour…