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JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly received a bomb threat on Monday, triggering an immediate security response and evacuation of the premises.According to officials, the bomb threat was received via email, after which police and security agencies swung into action.All people present inside the assembly building and surrounding premises were evacuated as a precautionary measure.Bomb disposal…

Old rivalry turned deadly in Banswara district, Rajasthan, as a man was killed in a violent axe attack (Representative image) JAIPUR: A man was killed in a violent axe attack linked to an old rivalry in Rajasthan’s Banswara district, police said on Monday, an incident that also led to arson and clashes between two groups…

Jaisalmer: Security agencies seized 1.041kg heroin worth about Rs 5 crore along the India-Pakistan international border in Sriganganagar Sunday and arrested a 20-year-old alleged smuggler during a joint operation in Kesarisinhpur village.Officials said the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the BSF’s G Branch acted after a heroin consignment was dropped…

Jaisalmer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday praised conservation efforts to save the Great Indian Bustard—locally called Godawan— in Jaisalmer’s desert region, after two breeding centres reported three new chicks last week, taking their combined total to 82.In the 133rd episode of his monthly radio address, Mann Ki Baat, Modi said the bird once symbolised the…

Ajmer: Hardcore criminal Irfan Khan lodged in high-security jail of Ajmer hurt himself by hitting his head on the bars of his cell once again Sunday morning.He was taken to the JLN Hospital and police of two stations were deputed for his security. This is the second time in this month when the prisoner hurt…