The Latest Breaking News from Jaisalmer

JAISALMER: Two thieves on Wednesday night took away a packet of 30 tolas of gold jewellery worth Rs 18 lakh from a woman who had kept it beside her while sleeping on the terrace of her house at Bandi Dhora Panavada in Barmer district.

JAISALMER: The BSF caught two suspicious migratory birds that flew across the border near the international border adjoining Barmer and Jaisalmer. The birds had tags and chips but nothing objectionable was found in their x-rays.

JAISALMER: Indira Gandhi Canal will be closed completely from April 25 till May 19.

JAISALMER: A major accident was averted in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer city recently when five people — standing and talking on a stone slab — fell into a dry rain-fed drain in Baba Bawdi area.

JAISALMER: An Indian Air Force jawan deployed at Jaisalmer air force station hanged himself on Saturday night at his rented house in Gandhi colony. Police found a suicide note from the spot which stated that he was committing suicide on his own wish.

JAISALMER: Expressing concern over rising incidents of communal violence, chief minister Ashok Gehlot urged PM Narendra Modi to appeal for peace and brotherhood in the country.

JAISALMER: Spicejet airlines has decided to suspend its daily flight services to Delhi and Jaipur from Jaisalmer from March 27 until the next tourism season in October. In the summer season, hardly any tourists come to Jaisalmer, hence the decision.

JAISALMER: An armyman lodged a case of bunker iron scrap being stolen by thieves in the Lunayat area under the Nokh police station area in the district on Sunday. Nokh SHO Mohammad Hanif said unidentified thieves stole a bunker near Lunayat village two days ago, and on getting information police…

JAISALMER: In a crackdown named Operation Sarhad, the state intelligence wing has detained 36 suspected spies from border areas of Jaisalmer, Barmer and Jodhpur. Of these, seven have been sent to Jaipur and Jodhpur for further interrogation and investigation.