Jaisalmer
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India 'won't count the bullets' if attacked, says Rajnath Singh
National | Oct 08, 2016, 10:25 PM ISTAssessing security on border with Pakistan in the wake of series of terror attacks, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said India will "not count the bullets" if attacked. On the second day of
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As row escalates, Pak forces begin joint exercise near international border adjoining Jaisalmer
India | Sep 28, 2016, 06:00 PM ISTAt least 300 Pakistan Air Force officers and 15,000 Army personnel have started a joint desert war game exercise just 15-20 km away from the international border adjoining Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.
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Arrested Pakistani ‘Hindu spy’ used two fake FB accounts to obtain strategic info
India | Aug 27, 2016, 09:02 PM ISTIn a sensational revelation that confirms extensive use of social media platforms by Pakistan to spy on India, it has been found that arrested Pakistani Hindu spy operated two Facebook accounts to obtain strategic information
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Suspected Pakistani ‘Hindu spy’ arrested in Jaisalmer; confesses smuggling RDX into India
India | Aug 19, 2016, 01:54 PM ISTIn a major breakthrough, intelligence sleuths have arrested a Pakistani spy in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer on Friday. The spy, named Nandal Maharaj, was nabbed based on intelligence inputs from the RAW.
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Small cities, including Jaisalmer and Jodhpur, to be linked with air services: Govt
National | Feb 12, 2016, 04:48 PM ISTJaisalmer: Small cities, including Jaisalmer and Jodhpur, will be linked with air services in the near future and the Centre is working on a policy to this effect, Union minister Mahesh Sharma has said.In the
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4 Rajasthan postal dept employees 'spying' for ISI arrested
India | Feb 02, 2016, 11:47 AM ISTJaisalmer: Four employees of Postal department were arrested at Pokhran and Barmer in Jaisalmer for allegedly sharing confidential information related with Indian Army with a Pakistani spy.The arrests were made after joint raids at post
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One BSF jawan killed, 3 injured in mortar blast during practice session in Jaisalmer
India | Jan 29, 2016, 06:02 PM ISTJaisalmer: In an unfortunate incident, one jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) lost his life while three others sustained severe injuries in a mortar blast during a practice session at a firing range in
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Suspicious balloon spotted over Rajasthan was from Pakistan: Sources
India | Jan 27, 2016, 10:48 PM ISTJaipur: The US-manufactured helium-filled balloon spotted over Rajasthan, which was shot down by a Sukhoi-30 aircraft on Tuesday, had come in from Pakistan, sources said.The Defence Ministry, in writing, has informed the Ministry of External Affairs
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VHP, NGO asks police to allow Pak Hindus to stay in Jaisalmer
India | Oct 20, 2015, 04:32 PM ISTJaisalmer: Right wing organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and NGO today asked the district police to allow the 88 members of migrant Hindu families from Pakistan to stay here for a fortnight. A delegation of Seemajan Kalayan
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Lonely Planet's list of 500 best places has 9 from India!
Lifestyle | Sep 12, 2015, 09:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Lonely Planet is the largest publisher of travel guides in the world. And also the most famous. So when it recently came up with a list of the 500 best places to visit
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Indian Air Force's UAV crashes in Barmer
India | Jan 09, 2015, 05:47 PM ISTBarmer (Raj): An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of Indian Air Force today crashed after developing an engine problem at Akoda village, 30 km north west of Barmer district in Rajasthan around 2 pm, a top
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JuD chief Hafiz Saeed seen near Jaisalmer
India | Jul 03, 2014, 07:21 AM ISTDelhi: Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) 'founder' and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) 'chief' Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was seen touring near the international border in Pakistan in Islamkot, Meerpur Khas, Mithi and Kherpur
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Top 15 Indian destinations you must visit
India | Jun 23, 2014, 07:51 AM ISTNew Delhi: Are you the one who is tired of daily schedule and are desperately looking for a change? If yes, then you are definitely going to like the 15 most visited places that foreign
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2 held for killing chinkara in Jaisalmer
India | Dec 10, 2013, 09:49 AM ISTJaisalmer: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly killing a Chinkara (Indian gazelle) here, police said yesterday.Sukhram and Senuram were detained and later arrested after a join team of police and forest department conducted a
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Illegal arms manufacturing unit busted in Jaisalmer
India | Apr 21, 2013, 06:58 AM ISTJaisalmer, Apr 21: Police today claimed to have busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit here."Two guns, raw materials and equipment to manufacture arms were seized from the unit which was running in a house in
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Rajasthan's cursed village near Jaisalmer: Kuldhara
India | Dec 07, 2012, 06:37 AM ISTJaipur: Kuldhara is a deserted village of Paliwal Brahmins located on the route of camel safari in Jaisalmer. Once Kuldhara was home to more than 1500 people. Suddenly one night the entire population of this
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Alarming trend, newborn girls being starved to death in Jaisalmer
India | Jun 21, 2012, 05:52 PM ISTJaisalmer, Jun 20: 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