”Jaipur” News

Hip Sikh jeweller-actor just wants to have fun

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - "I can't believe you didn't bring your swimming trunks," splutters Waris Ahluwalia, the jeweller, Hollywood actor and Sikh fashion icon, as he greets a fully clothed reporter at his hotel in Jaipur.
09 2 2007 11:08PM (...more)

India police sift for deadly bomb clues, four arrested

JAIPUR, India (AFP) - Police have questioned four people on Wednesday in connection with a series of bombings which tore through crowded markets in the Indian tourist city of Jaipur , killing at least 80 people and leaving about 200 injured .
05 14 2008 4:52PM (...more)

Bombs kill 60 and wound 150 in western India

JAIPUR, India - Bombs ripped through crowded parts of this ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing 60 people and wounding 150, police said. The seven explosions in Jaipur took place in markets and several other areas of the city in Rajasthan , a region dotted with palaces and temples that draws hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, said A.S. Gill, the state's police chief.
05 14 2008 5:09AM (...more)

Smokeless firecrackers add sparkle to Indian festival

JAIPUR, India (Reuters Life!) – Each year, as the Hindu festival of lights , Diwali , rolls around, a thick smog from burning firecrackers hangs in the air in large parts
10 15 2009 3:01AM (...more)

Death toll from India oil blaze 'hits eight'

JAIPUR, India (AFP) – Three more bodies were recovered from a huge oil depot blaze in western India, bringing the death toll to eight, an official said Saturday, as authorities waited for the fire to burn out. The fire, caused
11 4 2009 6:28AM (...more)

Indian firefighters struggle with oil depot blaze

JAIPUR, India (AFP) – Firefighters in northern India struggled Friday to douse a gigantic blaze burning for more than 12 hours at a major oil depot, where at last three people were killed and scores injured. After burning throughout the night, the 11 4 2009 6:07AM (...more)

Huge blaze at India oil depot, four dead

JAIPUR, India (AFP) – A massive fire at an oil depot in northern India raged on Friday more than 18 hours after it erupted, with four people confirmed dead and around 135 injured. The blaze, caused by a suspected oil pipeline
11 4 2009 6:06AM (...more)

Fire at India oil depot kills 5; 150 injured

JAIPUR, India – Indian army troops Friday began efforts to put out a massive fire raging at an oil depot in western India that left at least five people dead, 150 injured and six others trapped, an official said.
11 4 2009 4:30AM (...more)

Mascarenhas eager for Aussie clashes in IPL

LONDON (AFP) - One of Australia 's greatest cricketers got Dimitri Mascarenhas into the new Indian Premier League and now the England all-rounder can't wait to face more Aussies when the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 competition starts on April 18.
04 8 2008 11:32PM (...more)

World is at best indifferent to writers: Vikram Seth

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) – The world is, at best, indifferent to most writers, but an author can get by with very little if he is convinced he has a story to tell, according to acclaimed novelist and poet Vikram Seth . Seth,
01 23 2009 3:18PM (...more)