Articles by Mukesh Mathrani
Dalit man beaten to death in Barmer, say police
Top police officials said after assaulting the victim, accused even went to his home where they told family members that they had killed him, before fleeing.
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 12:09 AM IST
Mukesh Mathrani, Barmer
Rajasthan woman set afire after rape, dies during treatment
The incident happened in Rajasthan’s Barmer district and police said they have arrested the accused who had been absconding
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 10:09 AM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
30-yr-old Dalit woman raped and set on fire in Raj’s Barmer, say cops
The woman, who has two children, suffered 40-50% burn injuries in the assault and was in a critical condition, officials familiar with the matter said.
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 12:17 AM IST
Mukesh Mathrani, Barmer
Six killed in three separate road accidents in Rajasthan’s Barmer
Three people died in a road accident that took place under the Sadar police station area while two women were killed in a road accident that took place under the Siwana police station area and the third accident
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 11:43 AM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Great Indian Bustard chick hatches from birds reared in captivity
The number of Great Indian Bustards has declined to less than 150 in the wild, with close to 90 of them found in just two protected areas.
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 12:01 AM IST
Mukesh Mathrani, Barmer
Bustard chick hatched from eggs of artificially reared couple in Jaisalmer
Explaining the process, an official said that the breeding centre had collected 30 eggs from the wild of which six were damaged. 24 chicks were successfully hatched from the eggs and two of them died. “As of now, we have 22 artificially hatched GIBs at the Jaisalmer breeding centre,” the official said
Updated on Apr 01, 2023 07:09 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
20 Rajasthan workers stuck in Congo, families seek govt’s help
Rashtriya Loktantrik Party chief Hanuman Beniwal on Wednesday wrote to external affairs minister S Jaishankar for ensuring their early return
Published on Mar 29, 2023 02:53 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Missile misfired during army exercise in Jaisalmer
A missile was misfired during a firing exercise by the army at the Pokhran field firing range (PFFR) in Jaisalmer, people familiar with the matter
Published on Mar 24, 2023 09:30 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Union ministry assures support to projects in Desert National Park
Spread in around 3162 square kilometres, DNP covers more than 39 revenue villages of Jaisalmer and 59 revenue villages of Barmer district.
Published on Mar 22, 2023 06:59 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani I Edited by Shilpa Ambardar, Barmer
2 children drown to death in Rajasthan’s Barmer
Police said that prima facie it indicated that the two children accidentally fell into the pond after they reached there to quench their thirst
Published on Mar 18, 2023 10:57 AM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Doctors perform surgery on Rajasthan man, find 56 pieces of razor blades
A team of doctors at a private hospital in Rajasthan conducted the surgery on Monday after the 25-year-old man started vomiting blood
Published on Mar 14, 2023 11:09 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
21-yr-old woman gang-raped, assaulted in Rajasthan’s Barmar
Police said the woman was kidnapped when she was returning home from her uncle’s house and the accused left the survivor at an isolated location near her house
Published on Mar 14, 2023 08:30 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Guinness World Record for India: Rajasthan man cycled 30,000 km from Jammu to…
Rajpurohit, who got his certificate on Thursday last, said he started his journey from Jammu in January 2019 and completed it in April 2022 in Jaipur
Updated on Mar 13, 2023 06:43 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Pak woman waited 25 years to marry Indian; still awaits visa
The couple were to get married in 1993 and she was to come to India, however, that did not happen instead, Sheikh got married in India in 1995 and in 2010 when he had gone to Pakistan to meet his sister, he learnt Shahida was still waiting for him.
Published on Mar 10, 2023 07:58 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Three, including minor, killed in lightning strike in Rajasthan’s Barmer
The first incident, in which a man and his niece were killed, was reported from Sindhary police station area while the other was reported from Sadar
Published on Mar 06, 2023 08:41 AM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Rajasthan govt’s share in Barmer refinery may drop, says Union minister Puri
Union minister of petroleum and natural gas, Hardeep Singh Puri the Rajasthan government’s stand is not clear on sharing the increased project cost in the Barmer oil refinery
Updated on Feb 22, 2023 12:46 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer girl, 14, earns praise from Sachin Tendulkar for her cricket skills
On Tuesday, Mumal Mehar got her first cricket kit, a gift from Rajasthan’s Bharatiya Janata Party chief Satish Poonia
Updated on Feb 14, 2023 09:59 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Man requests to drop FIR against Baba Ramdev, says he was duped by his lawyer
The alleged comments targeting a particular community were made on February 2 by Ramdev at Taratara Math in Barmer, where he was attending a religious event. Ramdev allegedly said Islam and Christianity were similar in their sole agenda of ‘converting’ people to their respective religions.
Published on Feb 07, 2023 06:56 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Rajasthan: Congress leader Harish Choudhary fires fresh salvo at CM Gehlot
Harish Choudhary alleged that there is a third party sponsored by Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot
Published on Dec 23, 2022 07:26 PM IST
Sachin Saini and Mukesh Mathrani
Differently abled woman gang-raped in Rajasthan: Police
A 20-year-old Dalit woman with hearing and speech disabilities was allegedly gang-raped in Barmer district of Rajasthan on Thursday, a senior police officer said on Friday
Published on Nov 25, 2022 11:43 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Deaf, mute woman raped in Rajasthan’s Barmer
Police superintendent Deepak Bhargav, who rushed to oversee the probe into the case, said that the woman was not in a condition to get her statement recorded
Published on Nov 25, 2022 04:47 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Thrashed for sporting a moustache, says Dalit man in Barmer; FIR filed
The Barmer police said a FIR has been filed against seven people on a complaint by the 30-year-old man and a deputy superintendent of police-rank officer assigned to take up the investigations.
Updated on Nov 01, 2022 03:12 AM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer teen raped by cousin, his friends for months. She finally tells her father
The Barmer police said the four accused named by the girl’s father in the FIR were on the run and efforts were being made to track them down
Updated on Oct 12, 2022 10:04 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Rajasthan: Hanuman Beniwal lodges FIR against Congress’ Harish Choudhary, others
A Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) leader, Beniwal in his complaint named 26 people including Harish’s brother Manish, and 100-150 others for ‘attacking with an intention to kill’
Published on Oct 12, 2022 06:52 PM IST
Sachin Saini/Mukesh Mathrani
Rajasthan man’s nose, ear chopped off for getting his daughter remarried
A police officer said that the attackers are believed to be the relatives of the ex-husband of Sukhram Bishnoi’s daughter
Published on Sep 14, 2022 03:25 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Rajasthan: Occultist arrested for raping woman on pretext of curing ‘black magic’
A preliminary probe revealed that the occultist hailing from Gujarat used to cheat women in the rural areas on the pretext of curing their black magic spell
Published on Sep 04, 2022 06:57 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer man booked months after raping girl
Surendra Kumar, a local police officer, said Ghamnda Ram was booked on Thursday under the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act and efforts were on to nab the accused
Published on Sep 02, 2022 04:23 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
His engagement cancelled, Rajasthan man chops off her father’s nose in Barmer
The Rajasthan police said the accused sliced off the 55-year-old man’s nose in Rajasthan’s Barmer after he decided against going ahead with his daughter’s proposed engagement to the accused
Published on Aug 10, 2022 10:13 PM IST
Mukesh Mathrani
Two pilots killed after MiG-21 crashes in Rajasthan, says IAF
“A twin seater Mig-21 trainer aircraft of the IAF was airborne for a training sortie from Utarlai air base in Rajasthan this evening,” IAF said in a statement.
Updated on Jul 29, 2022 04:29 AM IST
Mukesh Mathrani, Barmer
‘Situation is tense’: UN peacekeepers from India told family hours before death
Head constables Shishupal Singh, 45, of Rajasthan’s Sikar and Sanwala Ram Vishnoi, 45, of Barmer district were part of the two BSF platoons sent for the UN peacekeeping mission in May this year
Updated on Jul 28, 2022 04:18 PM IST
Sachin Saini & Mukesh Mathrani