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Jaipur, Jan 30 (PTI) A provision of four-per cent reservation for differently-abled persons in government jobs has been made in Rajasthan.

The secretary of the social justice and empowerment, Shuchi Sharma, said the government had issued a gazette notification last Thursday in compliance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

Under the rules, other provisions like advisory board and investigation committee have also been made, she said in a statement.

Jaipur, Jan 31 (PTI) The Congress candidate for the Ramgarh assembly election in Rajasthan is leading with a margin of over 5,000 votes, officials said Thursday.

In five out of the total 20 rounds of counting for the polls, Congress's Zubair secured 24,107 votes while BJP's Sukhwant Singh has got 18,616 votes, they said.

BSP's Jagat singh is trailing at third position.

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 31 (PTI) A case has been registered against 24 people for allegedly evicting students and teachers of a government primary school in Uttar Pradesh to keep stray cows, officials said Thursday.

It has been alleged that villagers in Kudana brought the cows inside the school on Wednesday and closed it, Shamli District Magistrate Akhilesh Kumar said.

In December, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had directed officials to make immediate arrangements for proper care of stray cows within a week.

Jind (Har), Jan 31 (PTI) The candidate of the month-old Jannayak Janata Party, Digvijay Singh Chautala, was leading over his nearest BJP rival Krishan Middha, as per early trends available for the high-stakes Jind bypoll in Haryana.

As per early trends available after counting of votes at the end of third of the total 13 rounds, Chautala was leading over Middha by margin of nearly 1,900 votes.

ANANTAPUR, India, January 30, 2019/PRNewswire/ -- Latest stage of production for Kia's new flagship SUV for India Trial production ceremony attended by Honorable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri N.

Roorkee, Jan 30 (PTI) Scientists at IIT Roorkee are testing a floating device that can generate electricity from flowing surface water of rivers and streams, paving the way for an alternative source of renewable energy.

Traditional hydropower plants require the construction of large-scale dams, which have significant ecological and environmental consequences.

Bahraich (UP), Jan 29 (PTI) A man has been arrested for reportedly offering allurement to a Dalit family to convert to Christianity, police said Tuesday.

According to a complaint filed by Ramesh Gautam of Ranipurva village under Rupiadeeh police station area on the Indo-Nepal border on Monday, one Dharmendra Singh was misleading him to change his religion.

Allahabad (UP), Jan 29 (PTI) In a historic Cabinet meeting during the ongoing Kumbh Mela, the Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday approved the construction of the Ganga Expressway for better connectivity of Allahabad with western districts of the state.

The chief minister, who presided over the meeting, told reporters that the Cabinet gave its approval for the construction of the 600 km expressway, which will be the longest expressway in the world.

Thane,Jan 29 (PTI) A Thane court has awarded 10 years' imprisonment to a 23-year-old man for raping a teenager, observing that the accused was not entitled to be acquitted merely because the victim turned hostile.

Special court judge Kavita D Shirbhate, in her order last week, held the accused, Kishore Bhide, guilty under the Indian Penal Code Section 376 (rape) and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Mumbai, Jan 29 (PTI) In a significant move, the state Cabinet Tuesday decided to bring the office of Maharashtra Chief Minister under the jurisdiction of Lokayukta.

The decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.