Rajasthan

State in northwestern India

Rajasthan is a state in northwestern India. It covers 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern side, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus River valley. It is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest. Its geographical location is 23°.3' to 30°.12' North latitude and 69°.30' to 78°.17' East longitude, with the Tropic of Cancer passing through its southernmost tip.

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A fiery highway accident near Jaipur claimed eight lives, all under 40, and left several critically injured. The victims, many with promising futures and young..
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The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is partially operational. The first section, connecting Sohna in Haryana to Dausa in Rajasthan, was opened by Prime Minister Narendra..
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The boy, hailing from Vaishali district in Bihar, was found hanging in his hostel room on Friday. He had been residing at Welcome Prime Hostel for the past eight..
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Gujarat police arrested three loan sharks. The accused abducted a seven-year-old girl. They sold the girl in Rajasthan. The girl's father owed them money. He..
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Sanjesh Yadav, a trailer truck driver, was identified as a victim of the Jaipur inferno through DNA matching. His brothers, who had traveled to Jaipur after..
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A deadly LPG tanker explosion in Jaipur, India, following a collision with a truck, claimed 13 lives, including two more on Saturday. Eleven people died on..
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Rajasthan Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar said on Friday that the condition of about half of the injured was "very critical". Most of the people injured..
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A tanker truck carrying LPG collided with another truck on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway in Rajasthan, India, resulting in a massive fire that killed 14 people and..
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A tragic bus accident involving an LPG tanker fire on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway claimed the life of police constable Anita Meena. Her brother, Basram Meena,..
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A Jaipur mechanic, Radheyshyam Choudhary, became a victim of a horrific gas tanker explosion. Engulfed in flames, he stumbled 600 meters, crying for help while..
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A fatal highway accident near Jaipur involving an LPG tanker and a truck highlighted the lack of cloverleaves at the NH48-Ring Road junction. Unfinished four..
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Nearly two dozen vehicles caught fire, and many trucks and trolleys were burnt to ashes. The accident took place near a petrol pump in the Bhankrota area.
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Union Minister CR Patil announced a Rs 40,000 crore project to link 11 Rajasthan rivers, transforming the state into a water-surplus region. The project, to be..
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India's National Lok Adalat settled a record 1.45 crore cases on Saturday, including 1.22 crore pre-litigation cases, preventing them from adding to the existing..
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