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Bhilwara: Independent MLA from Bhilwara city, Ashok Kothari has penned a letter to chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, urging the state govt to reconsider inheritance rights for daughters who marry outside their castes, communities or religions without parental consent. The letter, written Saturday, calls for a legal review of the current provisions under the Hindu…

Jaipur: Several parents gathered at Shaheed Smarak Saturday to protest and demand action against Neerja Modi School, where 9-year-old Amaira Kumar fell to her death from the fourth floor on Nov 1. They alleged that incidents of bullying at the school were “not isolated, but rampant”.“Everyone knows there is a culture of bullying at Neerja…

Bhilwara: Two labourers lost their lives Saturday after being buried under a mound of illegally excavated bajri or riverbed sand near the Kothari river in Bhilwara district, police said.Sadar police station in-charge Kailash Kumar Bishnoi said that the two had ventured to the river early in the morning for illegal sand mining when the mishap…

Udaipur/Vijayawada: US President Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr has landed, as have Jennifer Lopez and Justin Bieber. Kriti Sanon, Madhuri Dixit and Shahid Kapoor joined in. All are here for the Sunday wedding of Andhra-origin US baron Rama Raju Mantena’s daughter Netra in Udaipur, sending ripples far beyond the erstwhile Rajasthan royal hub also…

Jaipur: Two armed men robbed a school director’s car in Brahmpuri Saturday morning and fled with the vehicle and the director’s pet dog, before abandoning both during a police chase. Police later arrested a woman who was travelling with the robbers, while the two men managed to escape. DCP (north) Karan Sharma said the incident…