Mukesh Mathrani

Rajasthan doctor pulls up woman patient by hair, slaps to ‘rid her of evil spirits’

The doctor, Surendra Bahri, was removed from the Barmer district hospital on directions from Rajasthan health minister Kali Charan Saraf

VHP, Bajrang Dal back cow vigilantes, turn heat on BJP

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal members created a ruckus at a BJP meeting in Barmer on Monday, saying the state government has failed to protect cow vigilantes.

Bhamashah system dented, ₹7.7 lakh pension siphoned off to fake accounts

Two banking correspondents in Barmer district have siphoned off ₹7.70 lakh social security pension amount transferred to beneficiaries’ accounts electronically under the Bhamashah scheme, officials said.

Dalit kids on hunger strike for 22 days, seek probe into father’s death

Khetaram Bheel was found dead on the outskirts of Aasada village on May 4. The family alleged that he was murdered, but police claimed that it was an accidental death.

RSS wing protests BJP govt’s labour reforms

The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has announced a statewide protest on June 22 against what it called the anti-labour policies of the BJP-led government at the Centre.

Central team in Barmer to explore paleochannels of Saraswati

The Saraswati finds mention in the Rig Veda and other ancient literature. It is believed to have disappeared some 4,000 years ago. Soon after coming to power in May 2014, the NDA government launched efforts to trace the mythical river considered holy by the Hindus.  Haryana and Rajasthan are separately working to trace the river’s existence. 

Rajasthan cops escort Tamil Nadu truck convoy of cows to Gujarat

The Rajasthan government took no chances with cow vigilantes as it provided a police escort on Wednesday to a convoy of trucks of the Tamil Nadu animal husbandry department to ferrry 50 cows out of the state. The convoy was earlier attacked late Sunday night.

Eight arrested for attack in Barmer on truck carrying cows to Tamil Nadu

Officials are charting a new route and new means of transport following the attack, the latest in a string of similar assaults by cow vigilante groups that have gained strength since the BJP came to power in 2014.

No high schools, kids forced to quit studies in Rajasthan’s Barmer and Jaisailmer districts

Soon after coming to power, the BJP-led state government had promised to open a senior secondary school in every gram panchayat. However, the ground reality is that students, especially girls, are being forced to quit studies in 89 gram panchayats in Barmer and Jaisalmer districts as there is no education facility after middle level

Congress demands relief works in drought-hit villages in Rajasthan​

The Congress has launched a protest against the Rajasthan government for not starting relief works in 2,100 drought-hit villages in Barmer district

Food licence must for liquor sale, Barmer shop owners flout Act

Under section 63 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, a case can be registered for violations, and the guilty can be jailed for six months and fined ₹5 lakh

90 days after death, Barmer man’s body arrives from Riyadh

The body of the man from Barmer district, who died in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on February 19 in suspicious circumstances, was flown to Jaipur on Friday.

Night stay at training camps miffs Rajasthan teachers

Training sessions will be held from 9am to 6pm, and teachers will have to stay at the camps in the night. The education department has installed bio-metric machines at the venues to ensure teachers’ presence during night time

Councillor picks up broom to lead cleanliness drive in Barmer

Divine help sought for police to crack temple theft cases in Barmer

Worried over a spate of temple thefts, a group of people staged a dharna outside the collectorate in Barmer, and performed a ‘hawan’ on Thursday, seeking divine help for the police to solve the cases

After parents’ threat, liquor shop near Barmer school shut

The excise department ordered the closure of a liquor shop near a school in Barmer on Thursday, two days after parents threatened to pull their children out of the school.

People revert to rituals, shun cards to avoid detection

Wary of nearby wine shop, parents threaten to pull girls out of school in Barmer

Parents have threatened to pull out their daughters out of school in Barmer if a wine shop nearby is not closed down. Authorities have temporarily shut the shop because of strong public sentiments against it.

19 child marriages stopped in Rajasthan’s Barmer on the eve of Akshaya Tritiya

Timely intervention by the Barmer administration and police over the last couple of days thwarted at least 19 child marriages, including that of a 6-year-old minor on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya festival across the district.

65 days after he died in Saudi, Barmer man’s family wait for his body

Family members of Raju Das, who died in Saudi Arabia on February 20 under suspicious circumstances are waiting for his dead body and have no clue when their endless wait will end.

Rajasthan municipal body invokes Lord Hanuman to save itself from black magic

Nine Barmer health centres remain closed, no child immunized on polio day

No takers for Giral lignite power plant in Rajasthan

Six months after the Rajasthan government decided to disinvest Giral Lignite Thermal Power Plant (GLTPP), it is yet to find a buyer

Sonali Bendre’s car stolen from Mumbai found in Barmer

On being informed by the police, Sonali Bendre’s lawyer reached Barmer on Monday to seek release of the car from the court. The court later handed over the car to him.

Five years after trial, cooling vests still elude BSF jawans

The trial showed that the jackets, designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratory at Jodhpur, would help jawans beat the extreme summer temperatures, officials said

Four districts use excess IUCDs, health department smells a rat

Four districts in Rajasthan used more contraceptive devices than that alloted to them, leading the health department to smell a rat. The health officers of the districts have been summoned to Jaipur on Thursday to explain the increased use of devices.

Barmer takes Raje move on refinery with a pinch of salt

On March 30, the chief minister announced in the assembly that the MoU for the refinery would be signed in April with the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd

125 booked for protesting against liquor shop in Barmer

The excise department recently allotted new licences for running liquor shops for two years. Licence holders opened shops on April 1, the first day of the new financial year.

Rajasthan govt redesignates roads to circumvent SC’s liquor ban on highways

The Rajasthan government has declared state highways passing through habitated areas as urban roads or district roads to circumvent the Supreme Court order banning liquor shops within 500 metres of state and national highways.

Lit up by solar power 2 years ago, Barmer village back to darkness

Cairn India set up the solar plant, lighting up 100 houses of Meghwalon Ki Dhani village under Rawatsar panchayat. Before this, there was no electricity in the village inhabited by Meghwals.