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Jaipur: The Rajasthan Assembly witnessed sharp exchanges during Question Hour Wednesday over the collection of “counselling fees” from private students in state-funded universities. Congress MLA Manish Yadav alleged that three universities — Mohanlal Sukhadia University (Udaipur), Raj Rishi Bhartrihari Matsya University (Alwar), and Rajasthan University (Jaipur) — were charging Rs 1,000 per student, amounting to…

Jaipur: Rajasthan high court has dismissed a set of writ petitions filed by 28 jail warders promoted to head warders, holding that the doctrine of “approbate and reprobate” barred their challenge. The court said a litigant cannot accept benefits under a statutory scheme and later attack the same scheme when it becomes disadvantageous. A division…

Jaipur: Trouble is escalating for former IAS officer Subodh Agarwal as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against him in connection with the alleged Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) scam.ACB Director General Govind Gupta confirmed Wednesday that the LOC was issued against Agarwal, a 1988-batch officer who retired on Dec 31,…

Jaipur: Unearthing a new modus operandi adopted by drug traffickers, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Jaipur, arrested a Nigerian-origin woman travelling from Delhi to Bengaluru by bus via Jaipur with nearly 1.8 kg of amphetamine, a banned psychotropic drug.DRI officers said the quantity of the drug the woman was carrying was worth around Rs…

Jaipur: City police Wednesday arrested two men and seized hydroponic weed worth over Rs 80 lakh during a crackdown on narcotics trafficking in Sanganer area.Police identified the accused as Maulik Agarwal (22), a resident of Vaishali Nagar, and Foreman Saini (26), a native of Tonk district currently living in Jagatpura. The arrests were made by…