Rajasthan

Investigation into Jaswant Singh’s ‘opium party’: Jodhpur Court to decide today

Jodhpur, Nov 5 : A special court here today will decide whether investigation should be conducted into a complaint filed against senior Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh for allegedl

Rescuers killed the leopard, claim Nauwa villagers

Nauwa (Rajasthan), Oct 24 : The villagers of Nauwa in Rajasthan are alleging that lackadaisical attitude of the ill-equipped forest department officials led to the death of a leopard, who in spite of being rescued from a 25 feet well died here on Tuesday.

The rescuers had tied a rope around the leopard’s body, which later slipped and formed a noose around its neck that proved fatal for the big cat.

However, the Forest Department justified tying the leopard with the rope.

"The leopard fell into the well which had water. So we did not tranquilise it. Had we done so, it might have drowned. So we tied a rope around the body and pulled it out," said Chaman Singh, Official of the Forest Department.

Jet Airways flight makes emergency landing

Jaipur, Oct 16 : A Jet Airways flight, which was on its way to Udaipur from Jaipur, made an emergency landing here on Tuesday.

Nine killed, twelve injured in Jaipur road accidents

Jaipur, Oct 15 : Nine persons were killed and twelve others were injured in two separate road accidents here on Monday.

Two held in connection with Ajmer Dargah blast

Aajmer Dargah

Students get lessons in handling snakes in Udaipur

Udaipur (Rajasthan), Sept 23 : Students in Udaipur are being taught how to handle snakes by a snake catcher with an aim to protect these reptiles.
The credit for the mass awareness goes to snake catcher Chaman Singh.

Students are learning to handle and play with snakes with the objective of dispelling misconceptions about reptiles.

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