Load Shading in Rajasthan
Truck drivers take an afternoon siesta in Ajmer, Rajasthan, under the shade of their luggage on Wednesday. North India is reeling under an intense heat wave and the desert state is among the worst affected.
LIKE IT OR NOT, MODI IS DELIVERING ON ONE PROMISE
Come to think of it, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is blessed with a special advantage when it comes to mobilising the cheers of crowds—his surname. ‘Modi’ is a terrifically chant-friendly name and crowds,
Storm rising on the horizon
A dust storm is seen building up over the city of Bikaner on Monday. In a fresh advisory by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), dust storm and heavy rain likely at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashm
Dust storm kills over 100 in UP, Rajasthan
A storm whipped through a large swathe of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh last night, killing over 100 people in a trail of destruction that brought down mud houses, uprooted trees and flattened crops.
At least 183 others
Judge hearing Salman’s bail plea transferred
A District and Sessions Court Judge who had reserved the bail plea hearing in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case against Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been transferred, according to the Rajasthan High Court website.