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Winter reaches Rajasthan
2007-11-13 09:03:00
Jaipur: Winter has started in Rajasthan with temperatures dipping during the night and early morning and people bringing out their woollens. As the northerly winds touch the State, the mercury continues to plummet every day by one or two degrees Celsius at all places with the hill resort of Mount Abu being the coldest at nine ...

Handicrafts of Rajasthan
2007-11-02 10:56:00
Rajasthan ? the land of Kings not only famous for its Architectural Forts, Temples, for its people, for its Royal Food, the other thing that makes Rajasthan so special is the ‘Handicraft of Rajasthan’. Every corner of Rajasthan in India tells a different story of its handicrafts. No matter which city of Rajasthan you talking ...
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Heritage liquor gets a royal salute this festive season
2007-11-01 07:00:00
JAIPUR: This Diwali, heritage liquor manufactured from age-old recipes of Rajasthan’s royal families will don a new flavour. The Rs 245-crore Rajasthan State Ganganagar Sugar Mills (RSGSM) is set to launch heritage liquor in specially-crafted and attractive 90 ml miniature bottles for the connoisseurs of art and drink. To identify with Rajasthani symbols, one of the liquor bottles has a cap ...
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Udaipur to host international rubber conference
2007-10-31 09:08:00
UDAIPUR: The India International Rubber Conference and Expo (IIRC) 2007 will be held here November 1-3. Almost 600 delegates, including 150 from abroad, are expected to participate in the event. The conference would focus on recent advances in rubber science and allied material technology. The event is being organised by Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre ...
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Travel India - A famous/preferred Travel Destination
2007-10-26 18:19:00
Travel India - a very famous Travel Destination for travelers around the world. More and more number of travelers are interested now to Travel India to discover the magical India. India, well known as a land of all seasons having lots of famous tourist attraction includes Rajasthan, Goa, Agra, Delhi, Mumbai and many more, famous ...
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Jaipur, the pink city of India - ranks seventh in top Asian tourist spots p
2007-10-26 18:18:00
In a poll conducted by Conde Nast Traveller magazine, The Pink City - Jaipur has ranked under the top ten of Asian tourist destinations. Jaipur city of the state of Rajasthan has conjured 76.5 percent of the total votes and ranked seventh in the survey. It is a great honour for India and for the famous ...
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Number of Tourists Increases in Shekhawati Region
2007-10-26 18:18:00
As per Rajasthan tourism authority, Jaipur, Shekhawati region has registered exceptional increase in the number of foreign tourists this year. The Assistant Director (Tourism), Mr. Umrao Singh Rathore informed that total number of 61,114 tourists visited the district this year in last six month. In Jhunjhunu district, of which 43,831 were domestic tourists and 17,283 ...
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Rajasthan: Live life, king size
2007-10-26 18:17:00
Rajasthan, literally translated as the land of kings and princes, is the ultimate confluence of history, chivalry, romance, natural beauty and colour. Located on the northeast borders of India, Rajasthan stretches out into the Thar Desert. It is the land of colourful people and attire, which narrate amazing legends of heroism and romance. Legends, which still ...
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More Hotels in New Delhi:
2007-10-26 18:17:00
New Delhi : Planning for new hotels for travelers during Commonwealth Games delhi 2010, the Uttar Pradesh Government will construct hotels around the National Capital Delhi, providing 5000 rooms out of the estimated requirement of 30,000 rooms required for the 2010 Games. Uttar Pradesh Tourism Minister Kawkab Hameed told reporters here that hotels would come up ...
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Fairs and Festivals of Rajasthan
2007-10-26 18:17:00
Rajasthan, An Exotic Land full of Color, Culture and Bravery. It is very rich in Ethnic, Arts & Craft, Royalty, Music, and its hundreds of Forts with marvelous construction, and eye opening arts on them. Has been blessed with, natural beauty and Diversity. It?s a beautiful Destination to roam around. There are actually good number of ...
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Rs.6700 cr. spent on roads in Rajasthan
2007-10-26 18:16:00
Rajasthan Government has spent a sum of Rs 6700 crore on the construction and maintenance of roads including national highways in the state in last four years. Giving this information at a press conference here on Monday,Public Works Department minister R S Rathore said the state government had plans to invest another Rs 4500 crore on ...
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Rajasthan hires ex-soldiers to guard wildlife
2007-10-26 18:15:00
Forest department Rajasthan , India is planning to hire at least 1,000 ex-soldiers to guard Rajasthan wildlife. Retired soldiers will now guard wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in Rajasthan. The step has been taken to boost security for protected animals and birds. For these special cell 415 ex-servicemen has been recruited. About 125 of them will ...
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Rajasthan’s ‘Donkey Fair’ no longer charms buyers
2007-10-26 18:15:00
Rajasthan’s popular “Donkey Fair ”, which is known to attract villagers and tourists every year, is no longer a major attraction. The nmber of donkeys normally sold during the fair has dropped to a hundred from thousands that were sold previously, and old-timers blame the use of modern implements for this. The fair that at Kanota, which is about 25 kilometres from Jaipur, is believed to be Asia ’s biggest. “We used to come here with our old animals, sell them and buy new ones, But this time, there are very few animals, I guess, I will have to go back with my old animal and continue with it only,” said Shankar Lal, a donkey owner. The sharp decline has left locals sceptical about the fair’s future. The fair used to fascinate villagers and customers from Agra, Marwah, Jaisalmer, Ladakh and Kashmir. But now, it has been reduced to a village event due to the lack of buyers. Babulal, who earlier had a donkey sold it at the fair, and today takes pride in the fact that h...
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