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Jhunjhunu: A woman and her four children were found dead in their flat at Aniruddh Residency on Palwas Road in Sikar’s Sadar police station area Saturday. Police suspect the five consumed poison in an apparent case of mass suicide triggered by domestic discord.According to Sadar police station officer Indraj Marodia, the deceased woman, identified as…

Jaipur: A single judge bench of the Rajasthan high court permitted an NEET-UG aspirant to participate in counselling after he was denied admission and his security deposit forfeited due to a minor delay in fee payment. The order was issued on Wednesday during a hearing of the petition filed by the candidate, Narendra Mahala. Justice…

Jaipur: In a major crackdown on cross-border drug smuggling, the anti-narcotics task force (ANTF) and Sriganganagar district police Saturday seized 1.492kg of heroin smuggled from Pakistan, worth Rs 7.5 crore in the international market, and arrested two men.ATS IG Vikas Kumar said the operation was carried out under the supervision of task force DIG Yogesh…

Jaipur: In a potentially lethal blunder, medical staff at AIIMS-Jodhpur transfused blood to a wrong person on Friday due to a confusion resulting from two patients with the same name admitted to the same ward.Fortunately, for the patient as well as the hospital, a major health emergency was averted as the blood used in the…

Jaipur: Active northerly winds caused a noticeable drop in temperatures across Rajasthan on Saturday, with many areas recording minimum and maximum temperatures 2 to 7°C below normal, according to the Meteorological Centre, Jaipur. Udaipur was the coldest city in the state, with a minimum temperature of 16.4°C.Chilly mornings and evenings were reported across the Shekhawati…