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Raje’s yatra to skip Sheo, raising political hackles

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s 40-day Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra will give a miss to Sheo constituency,represented by Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh

CM Vasundhara Raje is scheduled to hold a public meeting in Barmer on August 28.(HT File)

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Updated on Aug 07, 2018 10:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Drunken driving deaths spur Barmer village to take pledge against liquor

The villagers said they would start a detoxification drive for addicts and spread awareness about the harms of consuming liquor to other villages.

Villagers sit on a dharna outside a liquor shop at Mithdau village in Barmer.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 02, 2018 10:03 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

India, Pak open road closed for 13 years as Barmer woman’s body comes home

India and Pakistan on Tuesday opened the gates at Khokhrapar-Munabao zero point road route — closed since 2005 — to allow repatriation of mortal remains of an Indian citizen who died in the neighbouring country on July 25. The Pakistan rangers handed over the body of Reshma Khan, a 65-year-old woman from Rajasthan, to the Border Security Force (BSF) at the Indo-Pak border.

Reshma Khan, who died on July 25.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 31, 2018 09:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Family planning slips in Rajasthan: Report

Rajasthan has slipped on the family planning front despite efforts by the state health department, with 32 districts showing negative trends, according to the latest review report of the programme.

Pali district of western Rajasthan is at the bottom with 29.39% decrease on sterilisation, and the chief minister’s home district Jhalawar recorded 22.91% decline.(HTFile Photo)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2018 09:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Two days before she was to return, Barmer woman dies in Pakistan, Swaraj assures help

A 65-year-old woman from Rajasthan’s Barmer district visiting her sisters in Pakistan, died two days before she was to return to India and a day before her visa expired following which External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has assured help to her family members in repatriation of mortal remains

Reshma, who died in pakistan on July 25.(HTPhoto)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2018 09:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Barmer murder: Prime accused arrested, confesses to his crime

Police have got the medical board’s report, which revealed that Bheel had many fatal injuries on his body. He had serious injuries on his head, face. His leg was fractured.

Bheel got married in 2012 and has a five-year-old son and two daughters.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 25, 2018 10:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Dalit man beaten up to death in Barmer allegedly over affair

A 22-year-old Dalit man was beaten up to death in Ramsar police station area of Barmer district, police said on Saturday

The police suspect Khetaram Bheel, a resident of Bhinde ka Paar village in the district, was killed over a love affair with a Muslim woman.(File/AFP)

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Updated on Jul 21, 2018 10:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Barmer salt project hangs fire, investors in limbo

Even as Rajasthan slipped to ninth position in the ease of doing business in the country, a major project in Barmer is hanging fire for a year because the government has not allocated land to the interested private investors

A salt mine in Barmer. In 2015, the state government had approved a proposal to set up 38 salt units in Bakhasar area of Barmer district.(HT File)

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Updated on Jul 20, 2018 10:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Poppy husk smuggling up in Barmer, but no excise case registered in 10 years

Doda is the leftover husk of an opium plant once the milk has been extracted. Before the ban, husk was supplied to around 260 outlets, issued permits by the Rajasthan excise department. About 19,000 licence-holders were eligible to get a limited quantity of doda from the licensed outlets.

Police seized 11,000 kg of doda post from smugglers in Barmer district in two years since the ban on supply of the narcotic to government outlets.(Photo For Representation Purpose)

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Updated on Jul 12, 2018 09:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Barmer dalit bride rides mare in her marriage

A dalit bride rode a mare in her marriage ceremony in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, which was claimed to be a first in the Bheel community.

Bijli Vaghela (22) rides a mare at her marriage in Barmer district on Friday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 30, 2018 10:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Over 40,000 families lack toilets, yet Barmer district gets ODF tag

Chief executive officer said the district was declared ODF as it had achieved targets set on the basis of the baseline survey, 2012.

When the toilet drive was on, a large number of families informed officials that they had been excluded from the baseline survey.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Jun 27, 2018 09:59 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

BJP, Cong leaders who paid tribute to Anandpal in trouble

A day after paying tribute to the gangster, leaders of both the political parties take U-turn

BJP leader Priyanka Chaudhary at a ceremony held to pay tribute to slain gangster Anandpal in Barmer.(HT)

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Updated on Jun 26, 2018 10:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Limited number of labs, farmers to wait for a ‘full season’ to get soil test report

With four labs in Barmer, out of 5,000, only 2,000 samples can be tested in a month.

There is one lab at district headquarter, two at Balotra, Gudamalani and one private lab in Barmer.(HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jun 15, 2018 09:59 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Dept indifference hits maternity benefit scheme in western Rajasthan

Till June 10, Jaisalmer achieved only 21% of the target under PMMVY, while Barmer achieved 26%

The PMMVY aims at providing partial compensation to women against wage loss during their pregnancy.(PTI)

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Updated on Jun 15, 2018 09:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Body of 16-year-old found, family says she was gangraped, murdered

The family alleged the accused threw the girl’s body into the water tank after killing her to make it look like a suicide.

The police officer said that a 17-year-old boy named as an accused in the complaint has been detained.(Reuters/Representative image)

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Updated on Jun 11, 2018 09:57 PM IST

ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

3 years after announcement, digital soil-testing labs yet to see light of day

In order to provide farmers an easy tool to check nutrients of the soil before opting for suitable crops in their farms, the Union agriculture ministry had announced to equip every gram panchayat in the country with a mini soil testing lab or “mridaparikshak”.

Farmers thresh harvested wheat crop on the outskirts of Ajmer in Rajasthan .(AFP Photo/Representative image)

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Updated on Jun 11, 2018 09:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Political dream brings the elderly back to school in Rajasthan

The Vasundhara Raje government, through a law introduced in 2014, has made it mandatory for the candidates contesting the panchayat elections to have a certain level of school education.

Elderly villagers appear for the class 8 examination at the Kota Open University in Barmer on Tuesday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 05, 2018 09:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Need agri power connection? Install power infrastructure on your own: Govt to farmers

While chief minister Vasundhara Raje had announced two lakh power connections for the agriculture sector in this year’s budget, a circular issued by the state government has put the onus of installing power infrastructure on farmers

Till date, the power department was installing infrastructure or arranging the task through department contractors.(HT File)

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Updated on Jun 04, 2018 10:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur/Barmer | ByManoj Ahuja & Mukesh Mathrani

Congress asked to field a Dalit in Barmer assembly seat

At a meeting organised on Monday, Dalits staked their claim to the Barmer assembly constituency, an unreserved seat won by Mevaram Jain on a Congress ticket.

Dalits protest outside the Barmer collectorate in Rajasthan against the Supreme Court ruling that allegedly diluted the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 04, 2018 10:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Rajasthan Youth Cong elections postponed for united fight in assembly polls

The Congress postponed elections to the party’s youth wing in Rajasthan following opposition by workers who said the exercise would lead to infighting among leaders and come in the way of a united fight against the BJP in assembly polls due in December

Rajasthan Youth Congress president Ashok Chandna greets BJP MLA Ghanshyam Tiwari at the assembly in Jaipur.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 27, 2018 09:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Over 1.5 lakh Barmer families in fresh list for PM’s housing scheme

The Centre directed the state on February 9 to submit the fresh proposal by March-end.

One of the flagship schemes of the NDA government launched in June 2015 modifying the Indira Awaas Yojana, PMAY intends to provide houses to all by 2022.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on May 22, 2018 10:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Rural job scheme norms hit Swachh Bharat drive

In February 2017, the Centre had directed officials to ensure construction of toilets in the households, not listed in the baseline survey, under MNREGS.

According the baseline survey, Barmer district has 4.5 lakh households and 3.86 lakh were without toilets.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on May 20, 2018 09:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Caste panchayat boycotts family over refusal to hold feast after death

The victim family alleged that they have been facing a social boycott and also getting threats from the panchayat.

The caste panchayat had demanded that the victim hold a feast after the death of his father three years ago.(HT File Photo/Representative image)

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Updated on May 13, 2018 10:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Laptops denied to students joining private schools

In Barmer district, 77 students on the Class 8 board examination merit list, including the topper, have been declared ineligible for laptops because they switched to private schools.

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje distributes laptops to meritorious school students.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on May 13, 2018 09:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

322 villages in Barmer yet to get electricity

Power department data shows that 2450 villages have been electrified by March 31, which means that 322 villages are waiting for electrification.

According to official records, Barmer district has 2772 revenue villages.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 07, 2018 10:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer:

23 Rajasthan Dalit leaders in jail for April 2 Bharat bandh violence released on bail

The 23 Dalit leaders had got bail from the Rajasthan high court on Tuesday but the bail order reached the Barmer jail on Wednesday and they were then released later in the evening

Dalit leaders being welcomed by community members in Barmer on Wednesday after they were released from jail on bail.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 03, 2018 10:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

They get water after 5 years, but villagers along Indo-Pak border see no end to woes

Barmer Collector says Narmada project will bring permanent solution to water crisis in border areas

The water tank that had been lying defunct.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 30, 2018 10:39 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

UPSC results: Barmer farmer’s son gets 174th rank

It was yet another success for Krishan Kumar Bishnoi, son of a farmer from Dhorimanna block in Barmer district, who secured 174th rank in the civil services examination, 2017

Krishan Kumar Bishnoi , who secured 174th rank in the civil services examination.(HT)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2018 10:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

UPSC results 2017: Rajasthan tea seller’s son secures 82nd rank in first attempt

Twenty-eight-year-old Deshal Dan has also been selected for the Indian Forest Service.

Deshal Dan’s father Kushaldan Ratnu runs a tea stall , at union circle in Jaisalmer city.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2018 09:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Now, I am Zeenab, leave us alone, says Barmer missing woman in video

The woman, Ritu Khandelwal, now known as Zeenab, said that she married Gulzar Khan and all documents related to her marriage are authentic.

Ritu Khandelwal, now known as Zeenab.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 24, 2018 10:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

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Chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s 40-day Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra will give a miss to Sheo constituency,represented by Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh

The villagers said they would start a detoxification drive for addicts and spread awareness about the harms of consuming liquor to other villages.

Rajasthan has slipped on the family planning front despite efforts by the state health department, with 32 districts showing negative trends, according to the latest review report of the programme.

A 65-year-old woman from Rajasthan’s Barmer district visiting her sisters in Pakistan, died two days before she was to return to India and a day before her visa expired following which External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has assured help to her family members in repatriation of mortal remains

Police have got the medical board’s report, which revealed that Bheel had many fatal injuries on his body. He had serious injuries on his head, face. His leg was fractured.

A 22-year-old Dalit man was beaten up to death in Ramsar police station area of Barmer district, police said on Saturday

Even as Rajasthan slipped to ninth position in the ease of doing business in the country, a major project in Barmer is hanging fire for a year because the government has not allocated land to the interested private investors

Doda is the leftover husk of an opium plant once the milk has been extracted. Before the ban, husk was supplied to around 260 outlets, issued permits by the Rajasthan excise department. About 19,000 licence-holders were eligible to get a limited quantity of doda from the licensed outlets.

A dalit bride rode a mare in her marriage ceremony in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, which was claimed to be a first in the Bheel community.

Chief executive officer said the district was declared ODF as it had achieved targets set on the basis of the baseline survey, 2012.

A day after paying tribute to the gangster, leaders of both the political parties take U-turn

With four labs in Barmer, out of 5,000, only 2,000 samples can be tested in a month.

Till June 10, Jaisalmer achieved only 21% of the target under PMMVY, while Barmer achieved 26%

The family alleged the accused threw the girl’s body into the water tank after killing her to make it look like a suicide.

In order to provide farmers an easy tool to check nutrients of the soil before opting for suitable crops in their farms, the Union agriculture ministry had announced to equip every gram panchayat in the country with a mini soil testing lab or “mridaparikshak”.

The Vasundhara Raje government, through a law introduced in 2014, has made it mandatory for the candidates contesting the panchayat elections to have a certain level of school education.

While chief minister Vasundhara Raje had announced two lakh power connections for the agriculture sector in this year’s budget, a circular issued by the state government has put the onus of installing power infrastructure on farmers

At a meeting organised on Monday, Dalits staked their claim to the Barmer assembly constituency, an unreserved seat won by Mevaram Jain on a Congress ticket.

The Congress postponed elections to the party’s youth wing in Rajasthan following opposition by workers who said the exercise would lead to infighting among leaders and come in the way of a united fight against the BJP in assembly polls due in December

The Centre directed the state on February 9 to submit the fresh proposal by March-end.

In February 2017, the Centre had directed officials to ensure construction of toilets in the households, not listed in the baseline survey, under MNREGS.

The victim family alleged that they have been facing a social boycott and also getting threats from the panchayat.

In Barmer district, 77 students on the Class 8 board examination merit list, including the topper, have been declared ineligible for laptops because they switched to private schools.

Power department data shows that 2450 villages have been electrified by March 31, which means that 322 villages are waiting for electrification.

The 23 Dalit leaders had got bail from the Rajasthan high court on Tuesday but the bail order reached the Barmer jail on Wednesday and they were then released later in the evening

Barmer Collector says Narmada project will bring permanent solution to water crisis in border areas

It was yet another success for Krishan Kumar Bishnoi, son of a farmer from Dhorimanna block in Barmer district, who secured 174th rank in the civil services examination, 2017

Twenty-eight-year-old Deshal Dan has also been selected for the Indian Forest Service.

The woman, Ritu Khandelwal, now known as Zeenab, said that she married Gulzar Khan and all documents related to her marriage are authentic.

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