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Jhunjhunu: Sikar police Sunday arrested two persons allegedly linked to the Rohit Godara and Naveen Boxer gangs who facilitated extortion calls to a local businessman.The two accused, identified as Surendra and Hemant, used to identify businessmen who could be targeted for extortion and passed on their details to members of the gangs, police said.Superintendent of…

Jhunjhunu: Hundreds of farmers staged a heated protest Sunday outside the Ghardhana Khurd grid sub-station (GSS) near Singhana, demanding an immediate solution to the chronic low-voltage problem that has been burning out tubewell motors and damaging rabi crops.The protest turned dramatic when one farmer, exasperated after his tubewell motor burnt out for the fourth time,…

Kota: Boxing World Cup gold medallist Arundhati Chaudhary received a rousing welcome on her return to her home town Sunday. In a grand procession from Kota railway station, she was taken through prominent city areas to her residence at Shrinath Residency on Bundi Road. Thousands of residents showered petals over her while hundreds walked with…

Jhunjhunu: The district police’s innovative ;Special Criminals Distance Drive’ – aimed at stopping public support for wanted criminals and history-sheeters on social media – has yielded quick and visible results. In just four days, more than 1,000 people unfollowed the Instagram account of wanted criminal Mandeep alias Madiya, a history-sheeter from Bisau police station area….

Jaipur: Two persons died on the spot in a horrific road accident inside the Ghat ki Guni tunnel on Agra Road Sunday morning after losing control of their motorcycle and going under the back wheel of a gravel-mix dumper. Eyewitnesses described the accident as gruesome, saying the impact left mutilated body parts scattered on the…