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Jaipur: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and his wife, Shwetambari Bhatt, in connection with a criminal case involving alleged financial irregularities amounting to approximately Rs 44.7 crore. The couple was arrested in Mumbai by Udaipur police in Dec last year. On Jan 31, the Rajasthan High Court’s Jodhpur Bench dismissed…

Jaipur: Civil society groups, social organisations and public representatives have warned of a wider democratic movement if the Rajasthan govt does not immediately frame rules for the Rajasthan Minimum Income Guarantee Act, the Rajasthan Right to Health Act and the Rajasthan Platform-Based Gig Workers Welfare and Registration Act.The laws were passed in 2023 after sustained…

Jodhpur: A man allegedly killed his wife and two children with a sharp-edged farming tool Wednesday night at Bhinmal in Jalore district, then informed police early Thursday morning. Police found all three victims lying on a cot with their throats slit at the man’s house.The man at first claimed that somebody had killed his wife…

Kota: A man was arrested on Thursday in Rajasthan’s Kota for allegedly threatening to shoot leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and 25 other Congress MPs in a video he posted online, citing their alleged verbal abuse of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla during the ongoing budget session.Raja Singh Amera claims to be a divisional spokesperson…

Jodhpur: Rajasthan high court‘s principal bench in Jodhpur has granted statutory bail to a juvenile suspect arrested in a Pocso case, holding his detention beyond 90 days without a chargesheet as a violation of his right to personal liberty.Justice Farjand Ali also ordered an investigation into what he noted was a “chronological impossibility” in the…