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PHOTOS: Indian, US troops set Thar desert on fire!

Armed forces of India and United States on Tuesday executed a joint cordon and search drill to neutralise suspected insurgents, in a specially-constructed training area at the ranges in an......

Three soldiers killed during Pokhran wargames

India staged one of its biggest military wargames in Rajasthan's Thar desert but the showcase event was marred by tragedy when a mortar explosion killed three soldiers and seriously injured two......

Indian armed forces conduct war games

For the first time in 18 years, Indian armed forces Friday conducted large-scale war manoeuvres in the Thar desert baring its just-acquired lethal weapons platforms and systems before Defence......

The day Buddha smiled again...

It was like any other day in the Thar desert -- scorching heat and very little surface activity, a lot of vegetables being moved up and down and some men in military uniform seen entering what......

Proposal for Indo-Pak bus through Thar desert

A new bus route between India and Pakistan may be opened through the Thar desert if the proposal to connect Munabao (in Rajasthan) and Khokharapar (in Sindh province) by road is accepted, official......

NELP-IX: Reliance bids for 6, Cairn for 2 blocks

Reliance Industries on Monday bid for six oil and gas exploration blocks while Cairn India submitted offers for two out of the 34 on offer in the 9th round of auction under the New Exploration......

Entrepreneurs slam national solar power policy

Tejpreet Chopra, former chief executive of GE India, and Rahul Sankhe, business development director of SunEdison Energy India Private Ltd, criticised certain aspects of the Jawaharlal Nehru......

IOC starts buying Cairn's Rajasthan crude oil

Indian Oil Corporation has started buying crude oil from Cairn India's Rajasthan oil fields, which have now crossed the 1,00,000 barrels per day mark in production. "We started taking Cairn crude......

How parched villages save water in Rajasthan

Neem Singh's daily bread comes from water. He draws water from a kuin (small well), fills a metal container reminiscent of the trunk used for storing clothes, and takes it back to the village......

MRPL to double crude offtake from Cairn's fields

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will double offtake of crude oil from Cairn India's Rajasthan fields to 0.4 million tons this fiscal. "We bought 0.2 million tons of Rajasthan crude in......

Nothing Borderline about this movie

India and Pakistan may have their problems, but once in a while along comes a film like Ramchand Pakistani that forces us all into acknowledgment of not just our common culture with our neighbours......

Ramchand Pakistani, another Indo-Pak venture

A few years ago Mehreen Jabbar took a trip back home to Pakistan -- a visit required for her green card application process. Jabbar had worked for nearly 13 years producing and directing soap......

People speak for thar desert

QNA

Q. Which is the largest desert in India?
Pravin: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-is-the-largest-desert-in-india/25804289/answers/

Q. Koi hai jo in CG walo ko "Thar" ke desert me sar ke bal Kamar tak Gaad ke aa jaaye ? :-P
Shatabdi Express: A. thar more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/koi-hai-jo-in-cg-walo-ko-thar-ke-desert-me-sar-ke-bal-kamar-/25671082/answers/25804297

Q. WHAT IS THE COST OF DESERT SAFARI IN RAJASTHAN JUST LIKE IN DUBAI ?
Blocked User: A. Aiiiiiiyyyyaaaaaataklu uncle more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-cost-of-desert-safari-in-rajasthan-just-like-in-/25069536/answers/25671108

Q. where is the cheapest land in India?
Anindya Mukherjee: A. Camel safari in Rajasthan was born for experience a rural desert life and nature(flora and fauna). as travelers one should know few things before...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/where-is-the-cheapest-land-in-india/25036321/answers/25069552

Q. In Rajastan.. Days are hot and nights are cool.. why when Rajastan is not the coastal land.. What is the geographical reason for this??
Sharmila Bose: A. In the Thar desert. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/in-rajastan..-days-are-hot-and-nights-are-cool..-why-when-ra/24990076/answers/25036353

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Saving the Great Indian Bustard

The heaviest of flying birds in the world, Great Indian Bustard (GIB) is today found only in six states of the country -- Maharashtra, Andhra... ...

http://www.mydigitalfc.com/leisure-writing/saving-great-indian-bustard-830

SOME MISTAKES IN THE GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOK

The Thar Desert is called The Rajasthan Plains, Rann of Kutch is Rann of Kachchh, Kanyakumari is spelt Kanniyakumari. Budapest is shown in Romania... ...

http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?issue=87332013061100000000001001&page=8&article=ddbeea03-a56c-47d0-8812-a455ab4d7283&key=qRq04lUnr%2fdbgspZVFBkPw%3d%3d&feed=rss

Government plans to boost renewable power in India

Bangalore, June 8: With the population of India currently standing at 1,241,491,160, the demand to tap the alternative sources of energy for power... ...

http://news.oneindia.in/feature/2013/government-plans-to-boost-renewable-power-in-india-1233883.html

Tour to Adventure Land

Pack your binoculars and venture through the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttaranchal, Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh or Periyar... ...

http://blogs.siliconindia.com/kiplingindiatravels/TravelVacation/Tour-to-Adventure-Land-bid-RMC9r58682378141.html

Wrapped in elegance and beauty

The sari's radiance, vigour and variety, produced by a single length of cloth, should make the West pause and think twice about the zipper, the... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/336597/wrapped-elegance-beauty.html

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News for Thar Desert

PHOTOS: Indian, US troops set Thar desert on fire!

Three soldiers killed during Pokhran wargames

Indian armed forces conduct war games

The day Buddha smiled again...

Proposal for Indo-Pak bus through Thar desert

NELP-IX: Reliance bids for 6, Cairn for 2 blocks

Entrepreneurs slam national solar power policy

IOC starts buying Cairn's Rajasthan crude oil

How parched villages save water in Rajasthan

MRPL to double crude offtake from Cairn's fields

Nothing Borderline about this movie

Ramchand Pakistani, another Indo-Pak venture

People speak for thar desert

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