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Jaipur/Jodhpur: Lawyers will abstain from work at the Jodhpur principal seat and Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court when it reopens on Monday, announced bar associations. This follows a standoff between lawyers and the high court over the decision to introduce night courts and two working Saturdays each month. A full court had decided…

Jaipur: An Air India aircraft bound for Mumbai was forced to abort its take-off after the ground staff detected a fuel leak at Jaipur International Airport (JIA) on Saturday evening.The flight, scheduled to depart at 7.55pm, was taxiing to the runway when airline staff detected the leak, raised an alarm, and stopped the plane. Passengers…

Jaipur: The presence of two rarely documented snake species — Wallophis brachyura and Calliophis melanurus — has been recorded for the first time in the state in Pratapgarh district, according to a study published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa.The study, titled ‘Addition of Wallophis brachyura (Günther, 1866) and Calliophis melanurus (Shaw, 1802) to the…

Jaipur: Police Sunday arrested thee men for allegedly assaulting two youths and snatching their gold chains during a New Year’s eve party at a hotel in Gurjar Ki Thadi area of Jaipur.Shyam Nagar SHO Dalbeer Singh Faujdar said the incident took place on the night of Dec 31 at Hotel My-Stay, where the victims checked…

Jaipur: Built as part of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s cultural vision for independent India, Ravindra Manch in Jaipur was established under the Tagore Theatre Scheme in 1961 and opened to the public on Aug 15, 1963. The country’s 17th Ravindra Manch at the time, it was located in Ram Niwas Bagh and for decades thereafter…