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Kota: A 17-year-old student from Bhopal, preparing for JEE in Kota, fell from the 9th floor of a multi-storey building under Jawahar Nagar police station in Kota Friday and died during treatment at a private hospital. The deceased has been identified as Ishan Paliwal who was living with his mother. Deputy superintendent of police Yogesh…

Jaipur: Education minister Madan Dilawar on Friday announced that students and staff in school will wear local costumes to school one day a week.Following a proposal of the union govt to wear local costumes one day a week, the minister has directed the education department to implement it. According to information received from Education Minister…

Jaipur: The panchayati raj department Friday issued notifications establishing 3,443 new gram panchayats and eight new zila parishads across the state.The eight new zila parishads are Kotputli-Behror, Salumber, Beawar, Khairtal-Tijara, Phalodi, Deeg, Deedwana-Kuchaman, and Balotra. The panchayat elections for the posts of village heads, deputy village heads and zila parishad heads will he held next…

Jaipur: City police arrested 60 people Friday after raiding two fake call centres that allegedly defrauded thousands of American citizens by having telecallers pose as genuine customer support executives of major corporations like Amazon and Apple.Police commissioner Sachin Mittal said the two call centres together raked in lakhs of dollars by using fraud or coercion…

Ajmer: A 13-year-old girl died by suicide at her home in the city Thursday evening. The teenager had returned home around 2pm after completing her half-yearly exam. Police said the daughter of Summit Parcha, a resident of the Delhi Gate area, was found hanging by her father when he returned from work and discovered her…