Visiting Rajasthan’s desert city of Jaisalmer will soon become more expensive, with the municipal council deciding to levy a passenger tax on vehicles entering the city. Approved by the state’s Local Self-Government Department, the tax will be collected at entry points on Barmer and Jodhpur roads, with rates ranging from Rs 50 to Rs 200

Four people were killed and 16 others injured after a bus returning from a pilgrimage collided head-on with a trailer truck on the Jodhpur–Jaisalmer highway in Rajasthan on Tuesday. The victims were residents of Gujarat’s Aravalli district returning from the Baba Ramdev shrine in Ramdeora. The injured were admitted to MDM Hospital in Jodhpur