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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…

Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court dismissed a second application seeking suspension of sentence filed by a man convicted in a Pocso Act case, observing that the argument regarding delay in hearing of appeal could not be accepted as the court functioned on two Saturdays every month to clear pending criminal matters.In an order dated Feb 11,…

Rajkot: The body of a 26-year-old MBBS final year student of AIIMS Rajkot was found on the railway tracks near Para Pipapliya, a few km from the institute’s campus, Saturday.The deceased, Ratan Kumar Meghwal, was from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. A suicide note, purportedly written by him, suggests harassment by a fellow student as well as…

Jaipur: Anuya Prasad brought laurels to the region by winning the gold medal in the third National Deaf Shooting Championship being held in Mohali, Punjab on Saturday.The Jaipur shooter logged 233.6 points to clinch yellow metal in the 10m air pistol event. Pranjali (225.8 points) and Darshana (206.1 points), both representing Maharashtra, finished second and…

Jaipur: Rajasthan govt is yet to implement “Right to Walk” in Jaipur, even six months after the Supreme Court mandated improvements for pedestrian safety under Article 21 (Right to Life) of the Constitution. The state’s local self govt (LSG) dept has issued a notification for standard pavements, but inadequate measures were undertaken by Jaipur Development…