A Sukhoi 30 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district on Tuesday evening but both the pilots bailed out safely. ...
08:45 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Jaipur: In a shocking incident in Rajasthan, a goods train was set on fire by an angry mob after it rammed into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing on the Jaisalmer-Bikaner line, killing eight and injuring several others. While the injured have been shifted to a hospital, the mob also burnt a relief train that was sent to the accident site. The furious mob continues to block the affected...
02:24 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Jaisalmer: India is on its way to be declared a drought country with the Met department admitting that the country is suffering a rain deficit of 51 per cent. To add to the woes, it has been predicted that even the second half of the monsoon - between August and September - will witness less than 50 per cent rain. This is all due to the El Nino weather pattern....
08:19 AM, Aug 03, 2012
Jaisalmer: In an alarming trend, authorities here have found a series of suspected cases of newborn girls being starved to death and deprived of medicines by parents. Rajasthan has one of the most skewed sex ratios in India and female infanticide is rampant in the state. Police in this desert district said on Wednesday that four suspected cases of female infanticide have been reported in a span of ten days...
03:13 PM, Jun 21, 2012
Jaisalmer: Are you planning to take desert safari in the Thar anytime soon? Like many tourists who happen to be there right now, you might just have to settle for what looks only like a half-baked desert. Exceptional rainfall for three consecutive years has altered the desert making it green. Rajasthan is in for a lush green makeover. So tourists who come looking for sand dunes to Jaisalmer right now...
12:58 PM, Aug 15, 2010
Jaisalmer: The floods continue to spell fury in India with Rajasthan under water for the third time in the last three years. Parts of Rajasthan were submerged with water as railway embankments were even washed away, children forced out of inundated schools and the once dry rivers Leek and Luni in Jaisalmer revived with vengeance. Koel Kanwar, a resident of Phulasar village in Jaisalmer said, “I barely escaped. The water...
10:48 AM, Aug 11, 2010
The aircraft was participating in a fire power demonstration. ...
07:47 PM, Nov 30, 2009
Spying by residents of border districts is a major concern for Indian agencies. ...
12:39 PM, Jun 27, 2009
Ahmedabad: Australia captain Ricky Ponting praised India great Sachin Tendulkar ahead of their World Cup quarter-final clash, but joked they both might need wheelchairs to play in the 2015 edition. Ponting goes into Thursday's match in Ahmedabad with his position as skipper and future as an Australia player being called into question. However, he has won the World Cup three times -- triumphing in the last two editions as captain.Tendulkar,...
12:55 AM, Jan 06, 2008
Pallekele: At 34 going on 35, Ray Prices provincial career would have had to start in the mid-1990s. The sad story is how politics Zimbabwe style put an end to a promising Test career. It also disrupted his ODI career. He missed out on the 2003 in southern Africa and the 2007 Caribbean odyssey which gave the event such a dog-eared image, lasting far too long. When anyone questions his...
12:13 AM, Jan 02, 2008
Large tracts of land in the area is being sold to people without proper identification. ...
04:21 PM, Oct 15, 2007
After appearing in
Nanhe Jaisalmer, these boys hope to make it big. ...
11:05 AM, Sep 19, 2007
Nanhe Jaisalmer makes the actor a huge hit with the kids. ...
01:55 AM, Sep 18, 2007
It's that time of the week when we get you the box office update. ...
01:04 AM, Sep 18, 2007
The film rests squarely on the shoulders of child actor Dwij Yadav. ...
10:32 PM, Sep 14, 2007
Check out what's new at the BO and meet the next big thing in Bollywood. ...
01:09 PM, Sep 14, 2007
This week sees two releases -
Nanhe Jaisalmer and
Aggar. Take a look. ...
12:28 PM, Sep 14, 2007
At the annual Desert festival in Jaisalmer, Sarah from Australia is enthralling many with her Rajasthani numbers. ...
03:20 PM, Feb 03, 2007
At a SAARC artists camp in Jaisalmer, Afghan artists talk about their struggle for survival under the Taliban. ...
04:13 PM, Jan 24, 2007
The artists came together for the first time to experience the spirit of SAARC in culture and not politics. ...
03:37 PM, Jan 23, 2007
