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Rajasthan: Severe waterlogging in Sawai Madhopur after heavy rain NEW DELHI: Torrential rains lashed parts of Rajasthan on Friday, leaving two people dead and submerging low-lying areas in Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Kota and Bhilwara districts. Sawai Madhopur’s Palli Par area was among the worst hit, with several houses inundated after the tehsil recorded the state’s…

JAISALMER: The ghost of a Jurassic giant seems to have risen from the desert in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district – a flying herbivore with a wingspan stretching across time, possibly 180 million years.Workers excavating a pond in Fatehpur struck Thursday what experts believe could be vertebrate fossils of a winged reptile from the dinosaur age. Villagers…

Jaipur: Over 65,000 seats in Rajasthan govt colleges remain vacant this academic year, prompting the higher education department to reopen applications.The state operates 655 govt colleges offering over 2.7 lakh seats. Due to many students failing to complete the online application process, the department has introduced an option for offline admission directly at colleges. Students…

Jaipur: A single judge bench of Rajasthan High Court ordered release of salary and other benefits of a constable who was imprisoned on rape charges from 2000 to 2002 and later acquitted by the trial court. Since his department considered him absent during his judicial custody period, his salary for this period was denied by…

Jaipur: Jaipur Municipal Corporation-Heritage (JMC-H) councillors across party lines have opened a front against officials over pending works, alleged irregularities, and unauthorised constructions.On Wednesday, BJP councillors and committee chairpersons staged a protest inside the corporation premises, accusing officials of ignoring their demands and failing to act against scams in land allocation, gardens, parking, and electricity…