”Jodhpur” News

At least 149 dead in India Hindu temple crush

JODHPUR, India (AFP) - At least 149 people were killed and scores injured on Tuesday in a frenzied stampede at a Hindu temple in western India, police said.
10 6 2008 3:45PM (...more)

Indian girl born with eight limbs takes first steps

JODHPUR, India, Feb 25, 2008 (AFP) - A two-year-old Indian girl who was born with four arms and four legs has started to take her first assisted steps, more than three months after marathon separation surgery, family members said.
02 28 2008 2:56AM (...more)

Madonna enthrals Indian hosts with folk dance

JODHPUR, India (AFP) - Pop star Madonna showed great dance moves in between her riding trips during a holiday in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan, her host said Friday.
01 4 2008 9:06PM (...more)

More than 140 dead in Indian temple stampede

JODHPUR, India (Reuters) - At least 147 people died in a stampede at a temple in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan as Hindus gathered to begin one of the most important religious festivals of the year, police said Tuesday.
10 6 2008 3:45PM (...more)

2 Indian weddings hit by accidents; 43 feared dead

JAIPUR, India - Two Indian wedding celebrations were marred by separate accidents that left 43 people feared dead, police said Thursday.
04 25 2008 1:56AM (...more)

Elderly Indian farmer wants to father to 100

JODHPUR, India (AFP) - An Indian farmer who has fathered his 21st child at the ripe old age of 90 says he wants to carry on having children until he is 100 -- but his wife is throwing in the towel.
09 3 2007 9:41AM (...more)

Bollywood star free on bail in poaching case

JODHPUR, India (AFP) - Top Bollywood actor Salman Khan was Friday released from prison on bail pending his appeal against a conviction for killing protected wildlife.
09 2 2007 11:07PM (...more)

Ethnic protesters shot dead by Indian police: minister

JODHPUR, India (AFP) - Police in India shot and killed two ethnic protesters on Friday, a state minister said, bringing the death toll from more than a week of violence in the area to 43.
05 31 2008 11:18AM (...more)

Six killed in India serial bombings: police

JODHPUR, India (AFP) - Six people were killed and 30 injured in a series of bomb blasts in crowded markets in the northwestern Indian city of Jaipur on Tuesday, police said.
05 14 2008 4:35AM (...more)

Salman Khan to be jailed for poaching

JODHPUR, India (Reuters) - Actor Salman Khan lost an appeal on Friday against a conviction for shooting an endangered species of gazelle, and must now go to jail.
09 2 2007 7:49PM (...more)