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Lung diseases among workers who built major US Hindu temple: Report

Workers who helped construct the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in New Jersey, one of the largest Hindu temples outside India, have developed serious respiratory illnesses, including silicosis, an incurable lung disease linked…
India

Bomb threat triggers evacuation at Rajasthan court, turns out to be hoax

Jaipur: A bomb threat to the district and sessions court complex in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar triggered panic on Wednesday, March 25, prompting authorities to evacuate the premises and launch a search operation, officials…

India

Rajasthan to teach local dialects in government schools

Jaipur: Rajasthan has launched a multilingual education initiative in government schools to make learning more engaging by incorporating local dialects into classroom teaching, officials said. To bridge the gap between home and…
India

Rajasthan VHP set up 24/7 helpline to report ‘love jihad’

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday, March 20, launched a 24-hour “helpline” to report “love jihad,” “land jihad” and religious conversion in the state. The right-wing outfit said people…
India

Rajasthan ACB arrests police constable while accepting bribe of Rs 20,000

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a police constable when he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a garage owner in Udaipur, officials said on Thursday, March 12.…
Hyderabad

Adulterated cooking oil, wheat flour worth Rs 21 lakh seized in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Madhapur Special Operations Team conducted raids at two locations in Hyderabad on Monday, March 9. During the raid, thousands of litres of adulterated cooking oil and wheat flour were seized.…
India

Nasir-Junaid murder case: Monu Manesar returns to village after getting bail

Gurugram: Monu Manesar, accused in the 2023 Junaid and Nasir murder case, returned to his native village in Gurugram after being released on bail from a Rajasthan jail, where villagers welcomed him…

India

Aamir drove truck with vegetables, not cattle. Yet cow vigilantes killed him

Bhiwadi: A 28-year-old man, Aamir, was allegedly killed by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi area in the early hours of March 2, with his family claiming that he was shot by members…
Hyderabad

Over a thousand packets of duplicate Taj Mahal tea seized in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Special Crime Team of Central Crime Police Station, working with the Goshamahal and Afzalgunj police, arrested three individuals on Monday, March 2, for selling duplicate tea powder, detergent and mosquito repellents.…
India

Rajasthan law student claims professor failed her based on caste

Churu (Rajasthan): A 30-year-old law student at Government Law College in Rajasthan’s Churu accused her professors of alleged caste-based discrimination and failing her in an exam. Meena Meghwal filed a complaint at…
India

Rajasthan: Ex-BJP MP refuses to give minority women blankets, triggers uproar

Tonk: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, the former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, refrained from giving blankets to Muslim women, saying those who insult Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not…
India

Rajasthan ex-BJP MP insulted woman at blanket distribution: Congress

Jaipur: Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly Tikaram Jully has alleged that former BJP MP Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria insulted a Muslim woman during a blanket distribution programme in the Tonk district…
India

Rajasthan: Dalit minor assaulted by uppercaste men for entering temple

Chittorgarh: A 15-year-old Dalit boy, Chetan Prakash Regar, was allegedly insulted and assaulted because of his caste at the Laxmi Narayan Temple in Ghosunda village of Rajasthan‘s Chittorgarh district. Son of Mangilal…
India

Ghar ghuskar goli maarunga: BJP worker threatens Rahul Gandhi, detained

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker from Kota, Rajasthan, publicly issued a death threat to senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying he will shoot the Leader of Opposition in his residence and…
India

Four dead after mistaking toxic chemical for liquor in Rajasthan

Bhilwara: Four people, including three women, died and one person was in critical condition after allegedly consuming a toxic chemical mistaking it for liquor in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district, police said on Friday,…