Kishangarh (Rajasthan), Nov. 27 : Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that terror attacks in the country could only be tackled if the people remained united.

Speaking before addressing a party rally here, Gandhi said: "This is the time to remain united to face the challenge of terrorism."

He claimed the all terrorists wanted to divide the country, but people and the government should face up to their challenge and thwart their evil designs.

Bangkok  - Thousands of travellers were stranded at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport Wednesday after their flights were cancelled by a siege on the facility by anti-government protestors.

Serirath Pasutanond, Airports of Thailand director in charge of Suvarnabhumi, estimated that 3,000 passengers had missed their flights after the airport was forced to stop departing flights Tuesday night.

Altogether, 73 flights, including 43 arriving aircraft and 30 departures, had been "impacted," Sirirath said.

It's final. A total of 2,194 candidates are going to contest Rajasthan assembly polls.

Rajasthan has a 200 member assembly which will go to polls on Dec 4.

Out of 200 seats going to polls, the ruling BJP has fielded 193 candidates, Opposition Congress 200 followed by BSP 199.

Besides recognized parties, altogether 1,019 Independents are contesting the upcoming polls.

Of 2,194 contestants this year, there are 2,052 male and 142 female candidates. BJP and Congress fielded 32 and 23 women contestants respectively.

Kishangarh (Rajasthan), Nov. 24 : The ongoing recession has bruised the real estate sector and the marble industry of Rajasthan.

Kishangarh, which was a leading town in marble processing till recently, has been forced to bear the brunt of recession.

Hundreds of marble miners and processors here have been affected by stagnancy.

According to the Kishangarh Marble Industry Association, the downward trend has resulted in sales falling by 10-15 per cent. Quarry owners and processors of marbles, granites and other stones fear that the global recession can drastically affect their business.

Bikaner, Nov 22 : Erstwhile Princess of Bikaner Siddhi Kumari, who is in the electoral fray as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, brings about a royal touch to the state polls.

Rajasthan boasts of royal legacies and now these royal families are all set to make a mark in the state polls as well.

Such is the attraction to power that the former princess has made a foray into the land of the common man from her royal palace and is walking on foot to get to know the locals and garner votes.

Jaipur, Nov 20: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will organise an International Conference on "Accountancy Profession- Shining Bridge Between Global Economies" here today.

The five-day conference will be inaugurated by Minister of Corporate Affairs Prem Chand Gupta.

It will be a congregation of renowned experts in the area of accounting, auditing and management from International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA), the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and other international bodies including leaders from Trade and Industry of India.