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In Barmer, a maulvi who saved 70 lives, lost his family

Tuesday 29 August '06

Shaukat of Malva village rushed to the madarsa when he heard a distress call, when he came home, it was too late
30-ft wall of water turned dunes into death traps

Sunday 27 August '06

In the early hours of Monday, after it poured more than 700 mm in 36 hours, villagers of Sar Ka Par here decided to abandon their homes for a safe place.
250 feared dead: after 6 yrs of drought, desert drowns in deluge

Saturday 26 August '06

Only a few days ago, Kawas village here was a booming real estate market. Thirty-six hours of non-stop rains have converted it into the biggest mortuary in the Thar Desert.
Natwar’s new avatar: Chaudhary of Jatland

Thursday 24 August '06

Desperate to save his political career in the wake of his suspension from the Congress, former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh today reinvented himself as a Jat leader of Rajasthan at a huge rally organized by his supporters here.
For 8 hrs, this family cried for help; Minister, Rajasthan town watched them drown

Tuesday 22 August '06

Five persons of a family, trapped in a swollen river for eight hours, were swept away, one by one, while the entire town and the government machinery watched.
Rajasthan govt begins documenting sites to protect heritage wealth

Monday 21 August '06

Eager to protect its historic wealth from smugglers and looters, the Rajasthan government has launched a huge survey to document all heritage sites spread across the state.
The Enemy Within

Sunday 6 August '06

The battle royale in Jaipur is only the latest in the long history of property disputes in Rajasthan
Boardroom in classroom: India Inc is helping script mid-day meal success story in Rajasthan

Sunday 25 June '06

This week’s front-page stories about India Inc getting into big-ticket infrastructure, real estate, agro-processing and information technology pushed into the sidelines another significant foray by corporate India.
Pak woman delegate stopped from singing

Friday 23 June '06

Even as the furore over the demand for a ban on entry of women during namaaz at the Ajmer Dargah is yet to die down...
Low on funds, UP dacoit steps out of the Chambal, grabs 7 Rajasthan contractors

Thursday 15 June '06

A police strike on one of the most dreaded dacoits of Uttar Pradesh has turned into a headache for Rajasthan.
Vasundhara team went to Bengal for lessons in poll-win

Wednesday 7 June '06

BJP hawks say it’s compromise, CM loyalists say RSS chief advised them
Why Haryana AG makes Arjun see red

Tuesday 2 May '06

It was meant to be a legal battle between a Congress warhorse and the RSS. But it is fast turning into a fight between HRD minister Arjun Singh and the Haryana government.
Bamboo gazing: Erratic rains, calamity

Monday 1 May '06

This year’s monsoon will be erratic. Rains will be good in many states, but there will be drought in several areas. There is also the possibility of a great calamity and the untimely demise of a great politician
Centre planning EGA wage cut, say activists on ground

Friday 28 April '06

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has run into a roadblock with the Centre deciding to cut down the minimum wages.
A desert story: Mineral water for a whole village

Monday 17 April '06

Thousands of villagers in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan do not have access to even a drop of safe drinking water during summer.
In Jodhpur Jail, Hero No 1 is Qaidi No. 210, his company a murder convict

Wednesday 12 April '06

As the sun rose this morning, Jodhpur Central jail, home to some 950 inmates, saw many queueing up outside barrack number 230.
Speedy justice: Judgment in Alwar rape case today

Wednesday 12 April '06

Justice for the German tourist who was allegedly raped by the son of an Orissa IPS officer in Alwar is just a day away.
Salman in jail after he gets 5 yrs for killing chinkara, will appeal

Tuesday 11 April '06

Film star Salman Khan was today sentenced to five years in prison by the Jodhpur chief judicial magistrate for killing a chinkara deer on the outskirts of the city nearly eight years ago.
Bollywood’s ‘bad boy’ no longer a free bird

Tuesday 11 April '06

On one of the most important days in his life, actor Salman Khan appeared before the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Jodhpur wearing a white shirt embossed with two eagles flying freely on the shoulders.
In this Rajasthan village, if you don’t have a sister, you won’t get a bride

Sunday 2 April '06

Declining sex ratio leads to new trend in Rajasthan: swap marriages
Crops take beating in un-Holi rain

Friday 17 March '06

The rabi crop across northern India has taken a substantial beating because of the unseasonal rains that lashed the region last week.
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