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Third man accused of torturing truck driver held in Rajasthan’s Barmer

Bharat Singh, Moti Singh, Hinglaj Dan were arrested over four days after a video of them assaulting the Muslim man, who drives a truck for a living, for allegedly stealing a mobile phone went viral on social media on February 20.

Barmer’s superintendent of police, Sharad Choudhary, confirmed the arrest of the man identified as Bharat Singh.

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Published on Feb 23, 2020 11:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

22-yr-old man thrashed, brutalised on suspicion of stealing a mobile phone

The incident comes close on the heels of another horrific incident from Nagaur where a Dalit man was brutally tortured as screwdriver dipped in petrol was inserted into his body.

Station house officer at Barmer rural police station Deep Singh confirmed the report and said a case of kidnapping, torture, manhandling and insertion of iron bar into the victim’s body has been lodged.

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Updated on Feb 21, 2020 04:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

13 Thai Buddhist monks, going to Pakistan, stopped in Rajasthan’s Barmer

Under the foreigners’ act, the entry of foreign nationals is restricted areas of Barmer district. They have to get the district administration’s nod to enter these areas, according to the act.

The 13 monks had official visa of single journey route of India and Pakistan but the route has not been mentioned in their documents. Vijay Singh Charan, police circle officer in Barmer, said that they the monks after they failed to produce the required papers.(HT Photos)

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Updated on Feb 17, 2020 06:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

‘Girls wear torn jeans’: Rajasthan women on CM’s call to end ‘ghoonghat’ custom

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had said at an event last year that the practice is regressive and it must be eradicated as times have changed.

Women lining up during the second phase of panchayat election in Rajasthan.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 25, 2020 07:14 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

4 Rajasthan districts hit by biggest locust attack, says report

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot directed the state’s disaster management and relief department to start payment of compensation to affected farmers in two days.

Crops getting damaged in locust attack in Rajasthan’s Barmer.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 13, 2020 02:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer/Jaipur/ Jodhpur | ByMukesh Mathrani and Dinesh Bothra

Amid CAB row, three Rajasthan men wait for their wives from Pak

These men, married to women from Pakistan, are forced to live separately because their wives have been denied Indian visa.

Three Hindu men in Rajasthan’s border district wait for more than a year for their wives to come to India.(File photo for representation)

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Updated on Dec 12, 2019 10:13 PM IST

Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

2 killed, 8 injured by lightning in Rajasthan’s Barmer

Unseasonal rains and hailstorm because of a western disturbance have wreaked havoc in Rajasthan’s desert districts like Barmer and Jaisalmer since Tuesday and continued even on Friday morning.

The district administration had ordered the closure of schools on Friday as incessant rain and hail have been reported from more than 100 villages.(HT PHOTO/representative image)

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Updated on Nov 15, 2019 12:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Congress worker attack Union minister Kailash Choudhary’s car in Rajasthan

Police said Congress workers targeted Union minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MP from Nagaur Hanuman Beniwal in Baytoo near Barmer after the latter levelled corruption charges against Rajasthan’s revenue minister Harish Chaudhary.

Rajasthan Police said no FIR has been registered about the attack) so far.(Representative photo/PTI)

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Published on Nov 13, 2019 10:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Man sold 13-yr-old daughter for Rs 7 lakh; she is found, is 4 months pregnant

Police arrested two people on the charges of kidnapping her. The father and two others were arrested in June when she went missing and are in jail, police added.

A man sold his 13-year-old daughter for Rs 7 lakh, police said after recovering her from Hyderabad on Monday.(Image for representation)

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Updated on Nov 13, 2019 09:41 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

‘Like my Ram came home’: ‘Real’ Diwali for Rajasthan family as boy abducted 28-years ago, returns

Prem Bhargav’s story could easily be the plot for a Bollywood blockbuster from the 80s, a resident of Hamirpura area in Barmer city, 16-year old Prem was repairing a fault in a truck, when knocked out by a blow to his head a lifetime ago, he woke up to find himself surrounded by tribals in an Assam jungle.

Prem was garlanded and welcomed by his family after he returned home 28-years after he was abducted(HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 03, 2019 06:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Pakistan keeps Indian delegation waiting at border post then turns around and blames India

KL Gujar, deputy director at the Locust Warning Organisation (LWO) in Jodhpur refuted the Pakistani version and said the Indian delegation led by him waited for about 45 minutes at the zero point in Munabao but Pakistani rangers didn’t show up for the meeting.

Indian delegation waited for about 45 minutes at the zero point in Munabao but the Pakistani rangers didn’t turn up.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 18, 2019 08:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

‘Police took him to court, not hospital’: Activist’s mother on son’s death

Naresh Soni, tehsildar of Pachpadra and executive magistrate, who heard the bail applications of two others arrested with Goliya, said he ordered the police to take the man to hospital first.

Goliya of Kawas town had an ancestral property in Sarana village under Pachpadra police station. On Saturday, there was some land dispute between the deceased activist and some others after which three people including Goliya were arrested under 151 of CrPC. Goliya later died in police custody.(HT Archive)

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Published on Oct 07, 2019 05:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByMukesh Mathrani

SHO, 9 others booked for murder of Rajasthan RTI activist

All the 10 accused have been booked under sections 302 (murder), 147 (punishment for rioting) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Jagdish Goliyar, a resident of Barmer, died on Sunday while in custody of Pachpadra Police.(HT FILE/ Representative Image)

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Published on Oct 07, 2019 11:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Rajasthan minor kills herself after gang rape: Cops

Barmer acting superintendent of police Khiwn Singh Bhati, said the 15-year-old girl committed suicide on September 22, after which her parents lodged a case of unnatural death.

A minor girl, who was allegedly gang-raped, committed suicide by jumping into a water tank in Rajasthan’s Barmer district(Representative Image)

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Updated on Sep 29, 2019 12:22 AM IST

Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Rally driver Gaurav Gill booked for culpable homicide after fatal crash in Rajasthan

Gaurav Gill’s car hit a motorcycle during the Jodhpur leg of the National Rally Championship race on Saturday, killing three members of a family on the spot.

Villagers in Ranideshipura, about 150 km from Barmer in Rajasthan staging a protest on Sunday after India’s champion rally driver Gaurav Gill crashed into a motorcycle killing three persons on Saturday during the Jodhpur leg of the National rally Championship.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 22, 2019 04:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Rajasthan woman wants police to probe who’s the father of her child

The woman claimed that taking advantage of her illiteracy, her in-laws and husband have intentionally entered the wrong name in the Aadhaar card, police said.

Silhouette of pregnant woman.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Aug 26, 2019 12:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

3 Indian Air Force personnel killed as truck falls off hill in Rajasthan’s Barmer

Three personnel of Indian Air Force were killed and three seriously injured on Wednesday when the truck they were travelling in fell off a hill in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, officials said.

The truck in which the IAF personnel were travelling in fell off a hill in Rajasthan’s Barmer district.(HT photo)

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Updated on Aug 21, 2019 03:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Uncertainty looms over Thar Link Express after Samjhauta service stopped

Every Saturday, the Thar Link Express departs from Bhagat Ki Kothi railway station on the outskirts of Jodhpur, and makes a 320km journey to Munabao in Barmer on the international border. The train then crosses over to Pakistan.

File photo of the Thar Link Express ready to leave from the Pakistan side of India-Pak border.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 12, 2020 05:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

2 Rajasthan men announced suicide plan on Facebook, saved by family

Ramesh Meghwal, a resident of Barmer, wrote a Facebook post on July 3 that he is going to end his life. He consumed sleeping pills in a hotel room before posting about it.

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Updated on Jul 25, 2019 10:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Power hope trips for 60k households in Barmer as central schemes to stop

The schemes were launched by the Narendra Modi government with an aim to electrify each Indian household by March 2019.

More than 60,000 households in Barmer district are unlikely to get electrified after connections under the two central schemes.(Sunil Ghosh /HT File Photo/Representative Image)

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Published on Jun 26, 2019 01:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Barmer tent collapse deaths: Organisers didn’t take permission for event, says SDO

At least 14 people were killed and over 50 injured when a big tent supported by metal poles collapsed during a dust storm at Jasol in Rajasthan’s Barmer district on Sunday.

People gather at the site in Barmer’s Jasol where a tent collapsed during a storm on June 23, 2019.(PTI)

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Updated on Jun 25, 2019 01:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Barmer farmers set to get crop insurance of Rs 1,000 cr: Official

Under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, a farmer has to pay only 2 percent of total premium, while the state and central government bear the rest of the amount equally.

Barmer has been facing severe drought over the last 10 years, barring the financial year 2010-11.(HT Photo)

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Published on Jun 19, 2019 01:59 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Rajasthan announces relief for drought-hit areas of Barmer, Jaisalmer

After the monsoon failure, the government has already declared 5,555 villages of nine districts in Rajasthan as drought-affected. Of the total 5,555 villages, about 50 percent — 2,741 — villages are in Barmer district.

Women fetch water from a traditional well in a Barmer village.(HT)

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Updated on Jun 15, 2019 09:26 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Once a lifeline for Marwar, Luni river now fighting pollution

Discharge of untreated effluents by textile industries into Luni has turned river water unfit for agriculture and contamination of groundwater poses dangers to health.

Pollutants from textile industries have not only contaminated the river water and groundwater in surrounding areas but also raised concern about the Luni’s existence.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 10, 2019 01:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

‘Severe heatwave’ conditions kill three in Barmer: Police

Since last one week, several place across Rajasthan, including Barmer, are reeling under heatwave and severe heatwave conditions with temperature crossing 47 degree Celsius mark at many places.

A man drinks water from a roadside tap during a hot day in Churu, Rajasthan on June 4, 2019. Several places in the state are reeling under ‘severe heatwave’ conditions since the last one week.(AFP)

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Updated on Jun 05, 2019 04:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Medical college of Barmer gets MCI nod

Officials claimed that medical college building is almost ready for the functioning and that finishing work is at the final stage while nursing hostels and staff quarters are ready to accommodate students.

After seven years, the MCI issued the Letter of Permission for Barmer medical college allowing the admission on 100 MBBS seats in the college.(HT File Photo/Representative Image)

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Updated on May 31, 2019 01:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

17-year-old abducted, raped over 8 days in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur

Diksa Chouhan, incharge at women police station in Barmer, while confirming the incident on Wednesday, said police have lodged an FIR on Monday and started an investigation.

A medical examination of the minor confirmed rape, police said, adding a team has been sent to Jodhpur hunt down accused Narpat, Kavita and Ram.(HT File)

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Published on May 30, 2019 11:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

In drought-hit Barmer, camps only for bovines but not for other animals

Jivraj Singh Sodha, a villager, said government’s discrimination against other domestic breed has forced the owners of those animals to migrate to other areas in search of fodder and drinking water.

Barmer and Jaisalmer districts are facing the severest drought of the decade, according to a government report.(HT File)

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Published on May 22, 2019 02:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Traditional wells to be revived in desert areas to fight water crisis

Barmer district collector Himanshu Gupta said traditional water bodies will be revived under MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act).

People depend on traditional water bodies in west Rajasthan to get drinking water.(HT Photo)

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Published on May 20, 2019 12:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Aadhaar rule hits 10k Barmer farmers seeking loan waiver

After coming to power in the state, the Congress government organised loan waiver camps in the districts. However, the government made the verification of Aadhaar details mandatory for the waiver.

About 10,000 farmers in Barmer district alone have been deprived of the loan waiver due to a verification of the Aadhaar details.(PTI/File Photo)

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Updated on May 15, 2019 05:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByMukesh Mathrani

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Bharat Singh, Moti Singh, Hinglaj Dan were arrested over four days after a video of them assaulting the Muslim man, who drives a truck for a living, for allegedly stealing a mobile phone went viral on social media on February 20.

The incident comes close on the heels of another horrific incident from Nagaur where a Dalit man was brutally tortured as screwdriver dipped in petrol was inserted into his body.

Under the foreigners’ act, the entry of foreign nationals is restricted areas of Barmer district. They have to get the district administration’s nod to enter these areas, according to the act.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had said at an event last year that the practice is regressive and it must be eradicated as times have changed.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot directed the state’s disaster management and relief department to start payment of compensation to affected farmers in two days.

These men, married to women from Pakistan, are forced to live separately because their wives have been denied Indian visa.

Unseasonal rains and hailstorm because of a western disturbance have wreaked havoc in Rajasthan’s desert districts like Barmer and Jaisalmer since Tuesday and continued even on Friday morning.

Police said Congress workers targeted Union minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MP from Nagaur Hanuman Beniwal in Baytoo near Barmer after the latter levelled corruption charges against Rajasthan’s revenue minister Harish Chaudhary.

Police arrested two people on the charges of kidnapping her. The father and two others were arrested in June when she went missing and are in jail, police added.

KL Gujar, deputy director at the Locust Warning Organisation (LWO) in Jodhpur refuted the Pakistani version and said the Indian delegation led by him waited for about 45 minutes at the zero point in Munabao but Pakistani rangers didn’t show up for the meeting.

Naresh Soni, tehsildar of Pachpadra and executive magistrate, who heard the bail applications of two others arrested with Goliya, said he ordered the police to take the man to hospital first.

All the 10 accused have been booked under sections 302 (murder), 147 (punishment for rioting) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Barmer acting superintendent of police Khiwn Singh Bhati, said the 15-year-old girl committed suicide on September 22, after which her parents lodged a case of unnatural death.

Gaurav Gill’s car hit a motorcycle during the Jodhpur leg of the National Rally Championship race on Saturday, killing three members of a family on the spot.

The woman claimed that taking advantage of her illiteracy, her in-laws and husband have intentionally entered the wrong name in the Aadhaar card, police said.

Three personnel of Indian Air Force were killed and three seriously injured on Wednesday when the truck they were travelling in fell off a hill in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, officials said.

Every Saturday, the Thar Link Express departs from Bhagat Ki Kothi railway station on the outskirts of Jodhpur, and makes a 320km journey to Munabao in Barmer on the international border. The train then crosses over to Pakistan.

Ramesh Meghwal, a resident of Barmer, wrote a Facebook post on July 3 that he is going to end his life. He consumed sleeping pills in a hotel room before posting about it.

The schemes were launched by the Narendra Modi government with an aim to electrify each Indian household by March 2019.

At least 14 people were killed and over 50 injured when a big tent supported by metal poles collapsed during a dust storm at Jasol in Rajasthan’s Barmer district on Sunday.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, a farmer has to pay only 2 percent of total premium, while the state and central government bear the rest of the amount equally.

After the monsoon failure, the government has already declared 5,555 villages of nine districts in Rajasthan as drought-affected. Of the total 5,555 villages, about 50 percent — 2,741 — villages are in Barmer district.

Discharge of untreated effluents by textile industries into Luni has turned river water unfit for agriculture and contamination of groundwater poses dangers to health.

Since last one week, several place across Rajasthan, including Barmer, are reeling under heatwave and severe heatwave conditions with temperature crossing 47 degree Celsius mark at many places.

Officials claimed that medical college building is almost ready for the functioning and that finishing work is at the final stage while nursing hostels and staff quarters are ready to accommodate students.

Diksa Chouhan, incharge at women police station in Barmer, while confirming the incident on Wednesday, said police have lodged an FIR on Monday and started an investigation.

Jivraj Singh Sodha, a villager, said government’s discrimination against other domestic breed has forced the owners of those animals to migrate to other areas in search of fodder and drinking water.

Barmer district collector Himanshu Gupta said traditional water bodies will be revived under MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act).

After coming to power in the state, the Congress government organised loan waiver camps in the districts. However, the government made the verification of Aadhaar details mandatory for the waiver.

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