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Jaipur/Udaipur: Two wetlands in Rajasthan—Khichan in Phalodi and Menar in Udaipur—were declared Ramsar Sites, raising India’s total count to 91. With the addition of these wetlands, Rajasthan now has four Ramsar sites, including Sambhar Salt Lake and Keoladeo Ghana National Park in Bharatpur. India has the highest number of such Wetlands in Asia.The announcement came…

Jaipur: The 16-year-old boy from Mehandipur Balaji in Dausa, who went missing on Sunday after a threatening note was found near his bicycle, was located in Barmer, nearly 600 km from his home, and reunited with his family Tuesday. Police said the boy had staged his own disappearance after being scolded by his father for…

Jaipur: Rajasthan Police Wednesday cautioned public against a new method of cyber fraud involving fake QR codes, urging shopkeepers and customers to stay alert. Fraudsters are sticking counterfeit QR codes over genuine ones at shops, diverting payments to their own bank accounts instead of the shopkeeper’s, they said. According to Shantanu Kumar, SP Cyber Crime,…

Jaipur: A book titled ‘Police Itihas Ke Vatayan Se’ (Police Through the Window of History), authored by Professor Dr Vikas Nautiyal, was released at Rajasthan Police Academy (RPA) Wednesday. The release was conducted by former BSF director-general ML Kumawat, RPA director S Sengathir, former IPS officer Hari Ram Meena, and historian Dr Kamal Nayan.Nautiyal said…

Jaipur: Rajasthan Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Wednesday arrested two criminals with links to Anandpal gang and seized an AK-47 rifle, a double-barrel 12-bore gun, and two country-made pistols in Dholpur. The gang, headed by history-sheeter Ramdutt alias Sonu Chambal, was long involved in illegal arms smuggling and violent crime across multiple states.Addl DG (AGTF)…