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Jaisalmer: A youth was attacked on the road Saturday while going to the market to buy vegetables with his brother on his bike, after family members of the girl he eloped with confronted him in Vishala village of Barmer district. The girl’s three brothers and their mother allegedly stopped him, forcibly took him to their…

Jaipur: A 35-year-old man who self-immolated outside the office of the Bikaner superintendent of police died Saturday at the SMS Hospital in Jaipur, officials said.The deceased has been identified as Ram Lal. He had poured petrol and set himself on fire in a corridor outside the Bikaner SP office Friday. Police personnel doused the flames…

Bhilwara: Two people were killed and 13 injured after a container collided with a pickup on the Nimbahera-Mangalwad State Highway near Napawali village under the Nikumbh police station area in Chittorgarh district Friday.The deceased were identified as Jhooma Kanwar (45) and pickup driver Onkar Singh.Chittorgarh SP Manish Tripathi said all the passengers in the pickup…

Ajmer: During the National Lok Adalat held here Saturday, the Board of Revenue Rajasthan (BRR) successfully resolved two long-standing land dispute cases—one from Jhunjhunu dating back 36 years and another from Kota that remained unresolved for 31 years.The case from Jhunjhunu, involving Hanuman Prasad and Gori Shanker, had been a subject of contention since 1990….

Jaipur: A special CBI court in Jaipur Metro-I acquitted former additional general manager (AGM) of BSNL, Bipin Kumar Roy, in a decade-old bribery case, observing that “mere recovery of alleged bribe money is not sufficient to prove the offence” unless the prosecution established a clear demand and voluntary acceptance of the bribe.The court, in its…