”Jaipur” News

Warne named captain and coach of Jaipur franchise in IPL

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne was named captain and coach of the Jaipur team, to be called Rajasthan Royals, in the multi-million-dollar Indian Premier League (IPL).
02 28 2008 3:28PM (...more)

India takes a shine to silver

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - With two silver rings dangling fromeach ear and sporting a topaz bracelet that matches ashimmering blue shirt, 33-year-old Ashish Singh saunters into ajewellery shop to pick another bauble for his collection.
09 3 2007 12:50PM (...more)

Five blasts in Jaipur, five feared dead

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Five blasts were heard in Jaipur on Tuesday evening, all within a few minutes of each other, police said, adding that witnesses had told them that five or six people had been killed.
05 14 2008 8:29AM (...more)

Seven blasts kill more than 10 in Jaipur - police

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Seven blasts killed more than 10 people in Jaipur on Tuesday evening, police said.
05 14 2008 8:28AM (...more)

Jaipur bombs kill more than 20 - police

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - More than 20 people were killed in bomb blasts in Jaipur on Tuesday, police said.
05 14 2008 8:28AM (...more)

The Prem Rawat Foundation's Free Eye Clinic Earns Physicians' Praise

The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) held its fifth eye clinic for India 's poor and received high praise from attending physicians. In two days, doctors gave free consultations and supplies to more than 1,000 patients, dispensing eyedrops to 980 and giving eyeglasses to 570.
12 21 2007 10:52PM (...more)

Taslima leaves Kolkata after riots

KOLKATA (Reuters) - Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has left her home in West Bengal after her presence helped spark riots in its capital, Kolkata , earlier in the week.
11 24 2007 2:03AM (...more)

Bangladeshi author leaves Indian city after riots

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Exiled Bangladeshi authorTaslima Nasreen has left her home in the Indian state of WestBengal after her presence helped spark riots in its capital, Kolkata , earlier in the week.
11 23 2007 6:11PM (...more)

At least 168 killed in Indian temple stampede

JODHPUR, India - Thousands of pilgrims panicked by false rumors of a bomb stampeded at a Hindu temple in western India on Tuesday, killing at least 168 people in the crush to escape.
10 6 2008 3:45PM (...more)

Bomb hits New Delhi market, two killed

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a crowded market in India's capital New Delhi on Saturday, killing two people and wounding 22 others, police said.
09 28 2008 10:12AM (...more)