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Shortage of Hindu priests hits Jaipur

Jaipur : With weddings and house warming ceremonies taking place in large numbers, Jaipur is facing a shortage of Hindu priests. Such is the huge gulf between the demand and supply that some people are even forced to postpone marriages. The priests, or pundits, admit they have never had such

Radio Mirchi launches contest in Jaipur & Hyderabad

Radio Mirchi, the radio station from ENIL has launched its first big contest in Jaipur and Hyderabad, Khel Lakhon Ka (Jaipur) and Lakhshae Mee Lakhshyam (Hyderabad). It has been over a month since we launched our station in the two cities - the response has been overwhelming - we see people

Motorbike Safari

Motorbike Safari Travelling around India on a motorbike can be a very pleasant experience. For some reason it’s easier to stop whenever you want to, plus you can go off the well beaten track easily no matter what the road conditions are and discover the area around Jaipur far more

Westside opens in Jaipur

Jaipur - Westside, one of Indias largest retail stores belonging to the house of Tatas, launched its first outlet here Thursday. We are very proud to bring the Westside experience to the discerning customers of Jaipur so that they can shop at their own convenience. The residents here have had exposure

The cow dung based substitute for petrol, diesel

Jaipur : Compressed biogas (CBG), an economical substitute for petrol and diesel based on cow dung, will soon be made available in here. The Rajasthan Goseva Sangh (Rajasthan cow care centre) has installed the states first CBG bottling plant in its premises in Jaipur. Developed on the lines of compressed

Jaipur royals in legal battle

The Jaipur royal family is in the thick of a legal battle over a Rs.10 billion ($214 million) palace, now a heritage hotel, with the estranged Thai wife of a royal member demanding her children be given their share. Thai princess Rajawongse Priyanandana Rangsit, who had married Jagat Singh, the only

Cast away

LAST week as the wife and I sat in a near-deserted beach front restaurant in Goa, watching the rain come down, a group of noisy Bollywood folk entered and commandeered the table next to ours. The director of this unit was an old acquaintance and after exchanging pleasantries, asked if

Hotel Goyal

Hotel Goyal, Jaipur Introduction The land of a thousand legends, where the courage and hospitality of the Rajputs still lives, Rajasthan is perhaps the most exotic of all the Indian provinces. Colorful and vibrant, life here seems to be nothing but a carnival of joy. For those of us lucky enough

Pakistan artists to perform in Jaipur fete

Jaipur: To increase the people-to- people contact between India and Pakistan, the Rajasthan Tourism is organising a three-day Summer festival featuring Pakistani artists here from Sunday. The Summer Cultural festival, to be held from June 18 to 20, is being organised in association with the Indian Council of Cultural relations

Kareena and Neha's ghoomar phenomenon

First it was Dil Vich Lagiya Ve and now its the Ghoomar song from Himesh Reshammiyas soundtrack of UTVs Chup Chup Ke thats catching peoples fancies. Kareena Kapoor and Neha Dhupia are actually involved in doing the traditional ghoomar, which is one of the most colorful and lively North-Indian dances