Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Apr 18 : An independent candidate dressed in black clothes and holding a gun while sitting on a horse went to file nomination papers in Jodhpur on Saturday.

Gopal Jadugar, accompanied by two bodyguards walking alongside the horse and a group of supporters holding banners, marched to the district magistrate''s office for filing the papers.

Jodhpur, Mar 18: A massive fire gutted down over hundred shops in Jodhpur during the early morning hours of Wednesday.

Eyewitnesses said that 150-200 shops were completely destroyed.

Residents said that the police team arrived on time. However, the fire had spread and became uncontrollable when the fire brigades reached the spot.

"At around 3:00 a. m. fire was raging in this area. Police officials came on time, but the fire brigades arrived late. By the time the fire brigades came, the fire had already spread. The loss is estimated to be to the tune of Rupees two crores," said Mohammad Ali, an eyewitness.

Jodhpur, Mar 8 : Around 70 vintage cars rolled out at a rally here on Sunday.

The Jodhpur Heritage Car Club hosted the rally.

An array of classic and vintage cars were first lined up at the famed Umed Bhawan Palace of the erstwhile Maharaja (ruler) of Jodhpur from where they were flagged off to Khimsar, a village on the outskirts of the city.

The cars will head back to Jodhpur in the evening and would assemble at Mehrangarh Fort, where a prize distribution ceremony is scheduled to be held.

New Delhi - The death toll from a stampede of Hindu worshippers at a temple in India's north-western town of Jodhpur has risen to 224, making it one of the worst accidents of that kind in India in the recent years, officials said Thursday.

Jodhpur's top administrative official Kiran Soni Gupta said by telephone that 77 more deaths reported by relatives were confirmed by the local administration, adding to the earlier death toll of 147.

"A total of 224 died in the stampede at the Chamunda Devi temple on Tuesday," Gupta said.

Mehrangarh (Rajasthan), Oct 1 : A day after the stampede that killed at least 147 devotees, a handful of devotees came on Wednesday to offer prayers on the second day of the nine-day Navratri festival at the Chamunda Devi temple in Rajasthan.

The stampede occurred at the Chamunda Devi temple, inside a fort on top of a hill near Jodhpur.

Few devotees came to the temple to offer prayer for nine day Hindu festival of "Navratri".

The devotees who came to offer prayers said that lack of proper facilities in handling large crowds lead to the tragic incident killing many.

New Delhi  - A day after a stampede at a Hindu temple, police in the north-western Indian town of Jodhpur said the death toll was likely to rise to more than 190.

"We put the death toll at 147 on Tuesday, but many victims whose bodies were taken home directly from the accident site and were not admitted to hospital were not included," Jodhpur police chief Rajeev Dasod said.

"Relatives have been reporting the deaths and we are carrying out a house-to-house survey after which we estimate the toll should be 40 to 50 higher," Dasod said, adding that the exact figure would be available later in the day.