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Jaipur: City police’s crime branch arrested an alleged drug trafficker and seized 85 grams of smack worth an estimated Rs 17 lakh in an intelligence-led raid in Ashok Nagar, officials said Sunday.The accused, identified as Ravi Kushwah (23), was intercepted Saturday night when he arrived with a fresh supply of narcotics. Acting on specific inputs,…

Jaipur: Congress members held a statewide silent satyagraha with a day’s fast across Rajasthan Sunday to protest against replacement of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by VB G RAM G Act.The protest and fast in Jaipur were led at Amar Jawan Jyoti by AICC’s Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Rajasthan Congress president…

Jaipur: On directions of social justice and empowerment minister Avinash Gehlot, identity certificate assistance camps will be held from Jan 12 to 31 in all districts for people from denotified, nomadic, and semi-nomadic communities. These certificates will enable access to central and state welfare schemes, the minister said Saturday.Gehlot said the camps will be held…

Jaipur: Ahead of the Assembly’s Budget session from Jan 28, Kota South MLA Sandeep Sharma MLA has filed a question in the Vidhan Sabha seeking details of all wrong blood transfusions recorded in govt hospitals over the past five years, including the number of fatalities and the action taken by the govt in response.Regarding this,…

Jodhpur: Union home minister Amit Shah Saturday praised the Maheshwari community for what he described as its sustained contributions to India from the era of battles against the Mughals through the freedom struggle and into post-Independence nation-building. Addressing the Maheshwari Global Convention here as chief guest, Shah said the community supported rulers during conflicts in…