Viramgam, June 1 (IANS) A large-scale demolition and encroachment removal operation was carried out in Viramgam town of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district on Monday morning to facilitate the widening of State Highway No. 17 under the Viramgam-Surendranagar-Wadhwan four-lane road project.The drive covered around 4,000 square metres of government and private land along an approximately 400-metre stretch near Gangasar Lake, where officials said long-standing encroachments had created a traffic bottlene…
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Surat, May 20 (IANS) The Surat City Police apprehended 73 people, including several repeat offenders linked to serious crimes such as murder, robbery, and narcotics offences, during a city-wide crackdown on illegal weapons under a special drive called “Operation Rambo”, officials said on Wednesday. The operation was launched by the city police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) after Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot took note of the growing use of deadly weapons such as swords, knives, …
Jaipur, May 16 (IANS) Rajasthan BJP chief Madan Rathore launched a sharp attack on the Congress over the NEET paper leak controversy, saying the party had no moral authority to question the BJP government on examination scams. Rathore alleged that the former RPSC Chairman, considered a close aide of former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, had been arrested in a paper leak case, accusing the Congress of being “neck-deep in corruption”Addressing the media during the third session of the ‘Pandit De…
Jaipur, May 14 (IANS) The alleged masterminds behind the Rajasthan NEET-2026 paper leak, Mangilal and Dinesh Binwal, belong to a family that had recently drawn attention for producing five medical students. Even as the Special Operations Group investigates their alleged wealth, political connections, and financial dealings, relatives maintain that the brothers are innocent and have been involved only in the real estate business, not in any examination racket.In a social media post dated November…
Jaipur, May 13 (IANS) The Rajasthan Public Service Commission, adopting a strict zero-tolerance approach towards irregularities in recruitment examinations, has initiated strong action in a “dummy candidate” fraud case linked to the Lecturer (School Education) Competitive Examination-2022. Acting on a complaint filed by the Commission Secretary, the Special Operations Group has arrested a Commission employee for his alleged involvement in the case.The fraud was uncovered during an inte…
Jaipur, May 13 (IANS) Political controversy has intensified in Rajasthan after one of the two brothers arrested from Jamwaramgarh in connection with the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case was identified as a former office-bearer of the BJP Yuva Morcha, triggering fresh attacks from the opposition and putting the ruling party on the defensive. The Special Operations Group (SOG) recently arrested brothers Mangilal Binwal and Dinesh Binwal in connection with the alleged paper leak. Dinesh Binw…
Jaipur, May 12 (IANS) Following the cancellation of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test examination, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday raised questions over the handling of the alleged paper leak case by the Rajasthan government and the Special Operations Group. Gehlot said the Special Operations Group did not register a First Information Report despite complaints and arrests linked to the alleged leak.“The Special Operations Group failed to register even a single …
Jaipur, May 9 (IANS) Hanuman Beniwal, National President of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) and Member of Parliament from Nagaur, termed the cancellation of the SI Recruitment-2021 examination and the announcement of fresh recruitment by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission and the Rajasthan government as a “major victory” for the movement spearheaded by the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party. He also demanded that investigations into paper leak cases be handed over to the Central Bureau …
Bhuj, May 4 (IANS) Debris of an unclaimed drone wing has been recovered from the coastline of western Kutch during intensified round-the-clock patrolling, with the material sent to the Indian Air Force for examination to establish its origin and specifications, officials said on Monday. The recovery was made on May 2 along the seashore between Pingleshwar Beach and Sindhodi village, where joint teams of the Special Operations Group (SOG), Local Intelligence Branch (L.I.B.)’s Field unit, Jakhau p…
Jaipur, May 2 (IANS) Vishal Bansal, Additional Director General of Police, Special Operations Group (SOG), on Saturday said that sustained action against impersonation in competitive examinations has led to the detection of three major cases involving dummy candidates across the state. Investigations revealed that several academically weak candidates arranged for more qualified individuals to appear in their place in exchange for large sums of money.The first case relates to the 2022 Lect…