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Rajasthan Cricket Chief Resigns After No-Confidence Motion Passed Against Him | Cricket News
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Rajasthan Cricket Chief Resigns After No-Confidence Motion Passed Against Him | Cricket News

[ad_1] Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) President Vaibhav Gehlot resigned on Monday after a no-confidence motion was passed against him. Gehlot's resignation came after the Rajasthan State Sports Council (RSSC) sealed the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, which is to host IPL matches from next month, as well as RCA office on Friday for non payment of dues. "The RCA office was hastily locked. Now efforts have been started to create an atmosphere of distrust in the RCA by targeting me. Due to this, there is a possibility of spoiling the positive atmosphere of cricket in the state," Gehlot said in...
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Ranji Trophy: Karnataka-Kerala Match Ends In Draw; Wins For Goa, Jharkhand, Rajasthan | Cricket News
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Ranji Trophy: Karnataka-Kerala Match Ends In Draw; Wins For Goa, Jharkhand, Rajasthan | Cricket News

[ad_1] Karnataka gained three points after its Ranji Trophy Group C match against Kerala petered out to a draw on the fourth and final day in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. The visiting team extended its lead to 143 runs adding 75 more runs to its overnight 410 for 6. Karnataka's total of 485 for 9 declared was built on a superb double ton by India Test discard Mayank Agarwal (208, 360 balls, 17 fours, five sixes). The Kerala batters made 96 for 4 in 51 overs to deny Karnataka any opening as the game ended in a draw. Karnataka picked up three points.Earlier in the day, Karnataka batters B R Sharath (53, 101 balls, 5 fours) and Shubhang Hegde (50 not out, 138 balls, 2 fours) helped themselves to half-centuries as the team sought to extend the lead. Hegde, who batted cautiously, added 53 ru...
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Rajasthan Temple Priest Dies By Suicide After Being Accused Of Theft: Cops
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Rajasthan Temple Priest Dies By Suicide After Being Accused Of Theft: Cops

[ad_1] The police said that there was an incident of theft in the temple. (Representational)Barmer (Rajasthan): A 52-year-old priest hanged himself on Wednesday allegedly after being accused of theft in a temple in the Rajasthan's Barmer district, police said.Bhimdas, a priest at Raghunath Ji temple, went to work as usual on Wednesday morning and after performing prayers closed the doors of the temple and hanged himself inside, Samdari SHO Dawood Khan said.A suicide note was found near the body of the priest, he said.In the note, Bhimdas wrote that he killed self as he was hurt by accusations of theft levelled against him by the people of a particular community, police said.The priest wrote that he did not commit the theft and was being defamed by certain people, police said.The family o...
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BJP Leader Shot Dead On Way Home In Rajasthan: Police
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BJP Leader Shot Dead On Way Home In Rajasthan: Police

[ad_1] Police suspect the killing to be a result of gang rivalry. (Representational image)Jaipur: A BJP leader was shot dead in Rajasthan's Bharatpur, police said on Monday.The assailants, who are yet to be identified, came on two bikes and as many cars, and opened fire at Kirpal Singh while he was going home from circuit house in his car on Sunday night, they said.Mr Singh, a close aide of BJP MP from Bharatpur Ranjeeta Koli, sustained seven bullet injuries in the attack, they said."The accused are being identified and no arrest has been made so far. The post mortem is being conducted," Station House Officer of Mathura Gate Police Station Ramnath Singh said.According to police, Mr Singh was taken to state-run RBM Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.Ranjeeta Koli visited the...
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Angry Over Sale Of Goat, Boy Kills Mother, Hides Body In Box In Rajasthan
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Angry Over Sale Of Goat, Boy Kills Mother, Hides Body In Box In Rajasthan

[ad_1] Police recovered the body from the tin box and shifted it to a mortuary. (Representational)Kota: Angry over the sale of a goat, a Class 12 student killed his mother in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district and hid the body in a tin box, police said on Friday.The incident took place at Semliya village in the Sunel police station area of Jhalawar on Thursday evening.The woman was identified as Nodayanbai Meghwal (40), wife of Balaram.Station House Officer (SHO) Dinesh Kumar Sharma said the boy attacked his 40-year-old mother with a sharp object, causing deep injuries on the head and body.The boy later covered the body in a blanket and hid it in a tin box in his house, he added.When the boy's father reached home from work in the evening, he asked about his wife, following which the boy repli...
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7 Rajasthan Cops Suspended As Lawyer’s Family Blames Them For His Suicide
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7 Rajasthan Cops Suspended As Lawyer’s Family Blames Them For His Suicide

[ad_1] Sriganganagar SP Anand Sharma said the decision was taken late Tuesday night.Jaipur: Seven police personnel including two Inspectors were suspended after the family members of a lawyer, who died by suicide, blamed the policemen of harassing him in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district, officials said on Wednesday.Sriganganagar SP Anand Sharma said the decision was taken late Tuesday night. The body of the lawyer will be handed over to the family members after post-mortem on Wednesday.Advocate Vijay Singh Jhorad hanged himself from an iron staircase in his house on Monday. His family members alleged that he was being tortured by police for running an "anti-drug movement". They refused to take the body and held a demonstration in Gharsana area in the district. Advocates and local BJP l...
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Ashok Gehlot Kicks Off Rural Olympics In 44,000 Rajasthan Villages
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Ashok Gehlot Kicks Off Rural Olympics In 44,000 Rajasthan Villages

[ad_1] Out of the 30 lakh participants, 9 lakh are women.Jaipur: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday inaugurated a month-long Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games in Jodhpur.The village olympics is expected to see the participation of 44,000 villages across Rajasthan, with nearly 30 lakh people across various age groups already registering themselves for the games. Out of the 30 lakh participants, 9 lakh are women.Games like volleyball, hockey, tennis ball cricket and kho kho will be part of the events.The rural olympics organised in eleven thousand gram panchayats across the state is an outreach to the rural population, especially the rural youth."We are a 135 crore-strong country but medals go to other nations despite us being such a big country. This pain was there in everybod...
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Man Killed After 2 Families Clash With Sticks, Swords In Rajasthan: Cops
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Man Killed After 2 Families Clash With Sticks, Swords In Rajasthan: Cops

[ad_1] The fight escalated into a violent confrontation, the police said. (Representational)Kota, Rajasthan: A 45-year-old man was killed while another man was injured when two groups clashed with each other with sticks and swords in the Maradiya Basti area in Rajasthan's Kota, police on Monday said.Dhanraj Kevat, who was allegedly involved in the fight, succumbed to injuries in a hospital, they said.FIRs were lodged against eight people from both groups under several sections, including that of murder and attempt to murder, police said.A few of them were detained for interrogation on Monday, they said.A fight had erupted on Sunday night between the Kevat family and the Bheel family, both neighbours, allegedly over repeated instances of harassing the women of the Kevat family by the memb...
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Rajasthan Floods: Over 4,000 Rescued In Two Days, Army Deployed
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Rajasthan Floods: Over 4,000 Rescued In Two Days, Army Deployed

[ad_1] The situation was better on Wednesday as the water started recedingJaipur: More than 4,000 people have been shifted from flood-hit areas to safer places in the past two days while security personnel were deployed for rescue efforts in Kota, Jhalawar, Baran and Bundi districts of Rajasthan.Though the situation was better on Wednesday as the water started receding, several areas in these districts are still submerged following heavy rainfall, officials said.Meanwhile, schools reopened in Kota, Bundi and Baran while these remained shut in Jhalawar.Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has directed officials to conduct a survey to assess the loss of property due to the heavy rainfall in Kota and neighbouring areas.Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, along with her son and Jhalawar-Baran MP D...
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