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Jaipur: Two women involved in a major sextortion and blackmail racket were caught red-handed at a cafe in Jaipur after they extorted cheques worth Rs 3 lakh from a man by threatening to file a false rape case.DCP (west) Amit Kumar said the accused have been identified as Meetu Pareek (47), a resident of Vidhyut…

Udaipur: State agriculture minister Kirori Lal Meena conducted a surprise inspection on Thursday at Patel Phosphate Company in Umarda, Udaipur, and discovered large-scale adulteration in organic fertilisers. Holding a sample, the minister said, “This is adulterated,” confirming suspicions of substandard production. The raid followed earlier reports of poor-quality fertilisers being sold to farmers. “We had…

Jaipur: Bikaner police Wednesday arrested a self-proclaimed tantrik in Telangana, on the run after allegedly killing three men in Bikaner’s Khajuwala area by lacing the ‘prasad’ with poison during a black magic ritual. Two of his accomplices were also caught from different locations in Uttar Pradesh. The tantrik, who was taken into custody is being…

Jodhpur: Police here have apprehended an absconding accused who had been fooling cops in disguise of a woman. Officers had visited the residence of historysheeter Bittu alias Daya Shankar Valmiki several times in an attempt to arrest him, but each time they encountered a veiled woman at the house, unaware that the woman was in…

Alwar: The ongoing tussle between the farmers and the govt over borewell digging in Siliserh area led to the closing of Alwar-Sariska-Jaipur road Thursday. Angry farmers from 40 villages with approximately 500 tractors organised a rally towards the city under ‘Save the Lake’ movement in the Siliserh area of Alwar district.Authorities stopped the tractor rally…