Jaisalmer: The border areas of the state are reeling under intense heat wave conditions. Mercury level in some places has reached even 52 degrees Celsius, saidThe temperature at Langtala area and other border posts at 1 pm was 50.3 degrees, 51.5 degrees at 1.30 pm and 51.9 degrees at 2 pm. Similarly, at Kishangarh Bulge & Shahgarh Bulge areas, the temperature was 52 degrees at 2.30 pm, which was really...

Source : Times Of India | 4 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Jaisalmer

2nd phase of sand scooter trial held in Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer: Winds of change across the border were felt when the second phase of scooter trial to man the borders started in the sand dunes ofIn a bid to strengthen the security arrangement and also to chase smugglers, intruders along with border guarding, the Union home ministry had planned to provide all terrain vehicle (ATV), a foreign four-wheel scooter to the security forces.The second phase of...

Source : Times Of India | 5 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Jaisalmer

Five kids die after balcony of house collapses

JAISALMER: Five children including two brothers and two sisters were killed when the balcony of a house collapsed while they were playing at Kataudi village in Barmer district on Sunday afternoon. Three other children were injured in the accident.According to the police, the incident took place at 3 pm when at least 12 children were playing in a house belonging to one Shaitan Singh."Suddenly the balcony...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Jaisalmer

Patwari held for taking Rs 5,000 bribe

deputy SP, ACB and gave a written complaint. The complainant said that his father had died and for mentioning his father's death in the land documents, Santu Singh, patwari, was demanding Rs 10,000. The patwari took Rs 5000 but Karan didn't want to give more bribe.Narjari said that after getting the demand for bribe verified confidentially, a trap was laid on Friday by ACB deputy SP Kumerdan Charan...

Source : Times Of India | 7 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Jaisalmer

Two intruders handed back to Pak

JAISALMER: Two intruders who were caught in the last two weeks at the international border adjoiningon Wednesday evening. These two intruders were deported back to Pakistan after security agencies found nothing objectionable during their interrogation.sources, a border post at the international border adjoining Ganganagar found Bilal Hussain (55), a resident of Kundavali in Pakistan, entering into...

Source : Times Of India | 9 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Jaisalmer

Pakistan spy held in Barmer

JAISALMER: A Barmer resident was arrested on Friday on charges of spying for Pakistan for the past 3 to 4 years. Officials said some strategically important documents were recovered from his house. According to sources, Roshan Khan lives in Mathurani village in Gadara police station area in Barmer."Khan's brother-in-law lives in Pakistan. Through him, he came in contact with an intelligence unit working...

Source : Times Of India | 15 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Jaisalmer

Traffic on Thar Express trickles down

JAISALMER: There has been an unprecedented reduction in the number of travelers using thebetween Karachi and Bhagat Ki Kothi in Rajasthan since the death of Sarabjit Singh and the retaliatory attack on Pakistani prisonerhas reduced by up to 50% with several observers saying this might also be owing to elections and the spiraling violence in that country. Thar Express is a once-a-week service and the...

Source : Times Of India | 16 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Jaisalmer

CCTVs to help track down miscreants in Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer: In a bid to provide a better experience to tourists visiting world famous heritage sites in Jaisalmer, CCTV cameras will be installed at several places of the district, including the Sam sand dunes to check incidents of misbehaviour with tourists.aims to track activities like thefts or harassing tourists visiting the golden city.The cameras will be installed on all the four corners of the...

Source : Times Of India | 19 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Jaisalmer

Pak political parties campaigning near border, BSF put on high alert

With the Pak general elections round the corner, the election campaigning is in full swing. The Pakistani political parties have even started campaigning in the border villages in Pakistan along the international border. Following this,has been put on high alert to prevent any untoward incident or intrusion at the Indian border.The move came after fanatic and terrorist organizations threatened terrorist...

Source : Times Of India | 20 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Jaisalmer

Minor gangraped in Jaisalmer village, FIR lodged

station area. The victim was taken in a SUV to Jodhpur where she was kept hostage for two days in a guest house and raped. When she was being taken to Gujarat, the victim spotted her brother at Himmatnagar and shouted for help. On seeing this the culprit fled from the spot.said that a minor of a village under the police station has lodged a case of gangrape. The report states that on the night of April...

Source : Times Of India | 22 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Jaisalmer