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Gayatri Devi left it all to us: Grandkids

Twenty-one days after her death, the grandchildren of Gayatri Devi, former queen mother of Jaipur, claimed she had left all her properties, worth about Rs 2,150 crore (Rs 21.5 billion), to them.

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Devraj Singh, 28, and his sister Lalitya, 30, said: "We are the only natural legal heirs entitled to succeed. Her last will, in our favour, was left with his Highness Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singhji of Jaipur ... this is in the knowledge of all family members."

Though they did not reveal details of the will, HT found out it is a one-page unregistered document, written in English, and says: "all my movable and immovable properties will go to my grandchildren Devraj Singh and Lalitya".

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Rains kill 130 deer in Rajasthan

About 80 black bucks drowned at the Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday night, following a heavy thunderstorm and unexpected flooding.

In all, about 130 deer of different species were killed.

The sanctuary,on the edge of the Thar desert,spread over 720 hectares in Rajasthan’s Churu district, 210 km northwest of Jaipur, is famed for its black bucks,numbering around 2,000.

But in the absence of proper drainage and adequate precautions by forest officials, a single night’s heavy rain was enough to wreak havoc.

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Jilted lover shoots woman, kills self

A 26 year old engineer allegedly shot his ‘friend’ and himself in New Rajinder Nagar area of central Delhi on Sunday .

The police said Uma Sharma, also an engineer, had been avoiding Sanjay Aggarwal for the past couple of months. On Sunday, he reportedly came from Jaipur to seek revenge after she spurned his advances. She survived with two bullet injuries in her chest, and is recuperating at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. He died.

“Both Sharma and Aggarwal hail from Aligarh and knew each other from college,” said Jaspal Singh, DCP (central).

“On Sunday afternoon, Aggarwal went to meet Sharma at her PG accommodation. He took a bunch of roses and a country-made revolver with him. After the landlord told him that Sharma was not at home, Aggarwal waited for her.”

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Tragedy at Jodhpur temple

Devotees slipping on water from smashed coconuts offered to a deity may be one of the causes of Rajasthan’s worst-ever stampede, in which at least 150 people died on Tuesday morning.

As the devotees slipped, believed to have been pushed by a group of reckless young men, it had a cascading effect on the thousands behind, who had gathered at the 500-year-old Chamunda Devi Temple in the Mehrangarh Fort of Jodhpur since 2 am to offer Navratra prayers.

A senior government official, who did not want to be named, said the devotees in the men’s queue fell on one another, leading to a stampede on the ramp that leads to the hilltop shrine.

Chief Secretary D.C. Samant said: “Rumours about a wall collapse or bomb scare are baseless.”

About 20,000 worshippers had gathered at the temple, about 330 km from Jaipur.

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Terror Strikes Pink City

At least 80 people were killed and over 150 injured in seven explosions that took place on Tuesday evening in some of the most crowded areas of Jaipur. The eighth bomb was found and defused.

"We have information that 80 people have died," Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria was quoted by AFP as saying. Earlier, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje told reporters that 60 people had died and 150 were injured.

State police chief A.S. Gill said, "Obviously it's a terrorist plot. The way it has , been done, the attempt was to cause maximum damage." He did not rule out the use of RDX and timer devices.

Though no one has claimed responsibility yet, security and intelligence sources said the explosions could be the handiwork of the Bangladesh-based Harkat ul Jehadi Islamia or the Pakistan-based Lashkar-i-Tayyeba.

The home minister said one suspect had been detained and was being investigated.

This was Rajasthan's second brush with terrorism in recent years - the last being a bomb blast at the Ajmer Sharif dargah of Moinuddin Chisti on October 11, 2007 that killed three devotees.

The Tuesday terrorist strike in Jaipur started at 7.25 pm. There were seven explosions at six places - Manak Chowk, Sanganeri Gate Hanuman Mandir, Johri Bazaar, Tripoliya, Chauti Chaupar (two explosions) and Chandpole Hanuman Mandir. Police said another bomb was defused at Chandpole Hanuman temple.

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Hollywood Ending

There was pin-drop silence in the stands, a deadly, deathly hush that made the Jaipur players' frenzied post-match celebrations appear almost incongruous. After all, they had done the unexpected, perhaps even the unbelievable, by pulling off a quite remarkable win out of nowhere, stunning the opposition and home crowd alike.

Needing 215, Jaipur were 186 for three at one stage and coasting comfortably before they self-destructed, much to the delight of a hyper-excited Hyderabad crowd.

With one over to go and down to their tail, Jaipur still needed 17 off the last over for an improbable victory and the matter seemed done and dusted Hyderabad looked like they would finally be getting one win in their kitty.

What everyone seemed to have forgotten though, was that cricket as a game, is notoriously unpredictable. And when you throw in the fact that Jaipur still had their maverick magician on the field, the inimitable Shane Warne, then you had to know that they weren't about to give up the ghost, not as long as they could breathe.

For most of the day, Andrew Symonds, who made the IPL's fastest ton in 47 balls, had the edge on his celebrated compatriot. But little did he know that the man they called "Hollywood" would hijack what could have been a Symonds Special in a matter of a few minutes.

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Hindustan Times

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Gayatri Devi left it all to us: Grandkids

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Rains kill 130 deer in Rajasthan

Monday, January 19, 2009

Jilted lover shoots woman, kills self

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Tragedy at Jodhpur temple

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Terror Strikes Pink City

Friday, April 25, 2008

Hollywood Ending

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