PHOTOS: Indian, US troops set Thar desert on fire!

Armed forces of India and United States on Tuesday executed a joint cordon and search drill to neutralise suspected insurgents, in a specially-constructed training area at the ranges in an......

IAF set to show its 'Iron Fist' in Thar desert

The Indian Air Force will on March 18 execute its biggest ever display of combat and firepower capabilities at the Chandan field firing range in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district. The massive exercise......

Can India's Zorawar Match China's ZTQ-15?

DRDO's latest tank will face trial in Rajasthan's summer which will be followed by 'user trials' ahead of facing battle in the high-altitude deserts of eastern Ladakh and Sikkim, reports Ajai......

BSF, Pak Rangers exchange fire along IB in Raj; no casualties on Indian side

Border Security Force troops and Pak Rangers exchanged fire on Friday along the Anupgarh sector of the India-Pakistan International Border in Rajasthan, officials said. Image used for......

IMAGES: World's best boutique hotel is in Rajasthan

Mihir Garh in Rajasthan has won the World’s Best Boutique Hotel 2013 award in London. It has also been honoured as one of the World's Best Romantic Retreats. Mihir Garh, an exclusive boutique......

MRPL to double crude offtake from Cairn's fields

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will double offtake of crude oil from Cairn India's Rajasthan fields to 0.4 million tons this fiscal. "We bought 0.2 million tons of Rajasthan crude in......

Cairn to invest $150 mn in Rajasthan

British energy firm Cairn Energy Plc will invest $100 to $150 million to start production in the recent oil discovery in the Thar desert in Rajasthan, billed as India's largest on-land oil......

Food Bill: Lessons India should have learnt from Soviet Union

By throwing food at poverty that is result of faulty economics and lack of jobs, one is only trying to suicidal path says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale. Right at the outset the author wishes to......

Harsh Varrdhan Tells His Thar Story

Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor's thriller Thar is going places and the actor cannot hide his happiness. He's especially proud of Shreya Dev Debe, who recently won the best cinematography award at the......

Review: The Song Of Scorpions: Masterly Irrfan

The Song Of Scorpions is a reminder, if one were needed, that Irrfan was not just a star actor but a true artiste, observes Deepa Gahlot. The arid and rugged landscape of the Thar desert in......

Pet parenting. Housing dreams. Desert dramas

Rehabilitation of street kids, pet parenting, housing dreams, desert dramas and life-changing magicians, Sukanya Verma suggests all this and more on OTT this week. JhundWhere to watch?......

Curry Westerns Move To Rajasthan

Even as our tier-2 and tier-3 cities become increasingly well-mapped, and well-documented through myriad tech-driven data, the Indian film-maker's dominantly urban gaze turns to regions not crowded......

Paralympic icon Jhajharia gets BJP ticket for Lok Sabha polls

IMAGE: India's greatest para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia will be contesting on a BJP ticket from his hometown of Churu in Rajasthan. Photograph: Devendra Jhajharia/Instagram Devendra Jhajharia was......

Army doctor from Maharashtra pedals to history in US

Another Maharashtrian, Dr Amit Samarth of Nagpur, followed him at the finish line at Annapolis on American east coast around midnight on Monday as per the Indian time. IMAGE: Srinivas Gokulnath.......

Lone Indian in Brazil ultramarathon runs because 'there's peace there'

When he is not running, Vishwas Bhamburkar spends his time filing Right to Information cases. P Rajendran meets with the only Indian running the Brazil 135 Ultramarathon later this week “A......