Topic: Jodhpur

Ten Images from 2011

It is almost time to say good bye 2011. It has been a good year for me when it comes to travelling - there is not a thing I can complain about...

Checking In: Rajasthan Retreats

From a luxury tented camp to a chic boutique hotel, lodgings in India's largest state are fit for royalty. . By Tanvi Chheda. . From the...
What do you get with a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw, two weeks, 72 teams and a tentative route through India that spans nearly 2,000 miles?. . You...

US teen convicted of killing mother on India trip

A teenage boy from Pennsylvania has been convicted of murdering his mother by slitting her throat during a holiday in India.The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced on Monday to three years in an Indian juvenile detention ...

Birthday party at the Taj Mahal

0 View Larger Image . Jamie Ennis and Gary Pike, San Francisco. . We went because: It was the first time to India for both of us; Jamie went for...

Travel postcard: 48 hours in Jodhpur, India

JODHPUR, India (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore Jodhpur, the second largest city in the north Indian state of Rajasthan?Internationally known for polo matches and the traditional riding trousers worn by its players, one of Jodhpur's greatest attractions is ...

Manager arrested over Indian maternity ward deaths

Indian police have arrested the manager of a company that made intravenous fluids suspected of killing 13 pregnant women at a state-run hospital, they said Monday.The 13 women died days after giving birth, sparking an investigation into allegedly contaminated intravenous fluids ...

Faulty drips blamed for 12 maternity ward deaths

Twelve women have died shortly after giving birth in an Indian state hospital, sparking a police investigation into tainted drips used on the maternity ward, doctors and police said on Friday.Another three pregnant women who received intravenous fluids at Umaid Hospital ...

12 pregnant women die in Indian hospital: reports

Twelve pregnant women have died in 10 days in an Indian government hospital, with contaminated fluids administered during child birth suspected to be the cause, reports said Friday.Another five women are in a serious condition, according to doctors at the Umaid ...

The Thar Desert

It is about 400 miles (640 km) long and up to 300 miles (480 km) wide, and is bounded roughly by the Indus River valley, the Punjab plains, the Aravalli Range, and the Rann (swamp) of Kutch. Much of the Thar is ...