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In parched, drought-affected Barmer, villagers say relief comes on request

Due to lack of drinking water and fodder, cattle are dying and women have to travel 4 to 5 kilometres to arrange drinking water even as mercury touches 44 degrees Celsius.

Barmer district is reeling under the severest drought of the decade this year.(HT Photo)

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Published on May 14, 2019 01:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Sizzling at 44 degrees, Barmer sees 71% turnout

People in the Barmer turned out in big numbers to cast their vote amid scorching heat on April 29 during the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections.

People queue up at a polling booth in Chotan, Rajasthan, on Monday, April 29, 2019.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 30, 2019 11:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

After Congress complains, report on PM’s poll speech in Barmer sent to EC

The election watchdog had sought the report on a Congress complaint regarding the PM’s speech during an election rally on April 21.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had complained to the EC alleging that PM Narendra Modi repeatedly flouted the EC’s guidelines by mentioning the armed forces in his poll campaign.(BLOOMBERG PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 29, 2019 08:26 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP’s Jodhpur candidate Shekhawat denies violating code of conduct

In his reply to EC, BJP’s Jodhpur candidate Gajendra Singh Shekhawat alleged that as the CM Gehlot’s son is contesting, some state administration officers who are close to the CM are creating unnecessary trouble for him and his party workers, to be in the good books of the CM.

BJP’s Jodhpur LS candidate Gajendra Singh Shekhawat(HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 25, 2019 02:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

BJP’s Barmer Lok Sabha candidate denies poll code violation charge to EC, admits on Facebook

During the Prime Minister’s public meeting organised in Barmer on Sunday, some posters displaying photograph of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthamn were put up on the routes towards the PM meeting venue

A poster of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman put up before the rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Barmer, Sunday April 21, 2019.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 24, 2019 04:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

BJP candidate gets EC notice for using Abhinandan’s posters during Modi rally

On the posters with the photo of Abhinandan, a message read: “We are proud of Abhinandan”, and “Hearty Congratulation to Abhinandan”.

A poster of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman put up prior to rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Barmer(HT)

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Published on Apr 23, 2019 09:16 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByMukesh Mathrani

Will Manvendra Singh repeat his 2004 Barmer Lok Sabha victory for Congress in 2019?

This is the fourth time Manvendra Singh is contesting the Lok Sabha polls. Though he has been in the fray since 1999, he tasted victory only in 2004. He lost the polls in 1999 and 2009 and did not contest in 2014 when his father Jaswant Singh contested as an independent.

Manvendra Singh is the Congress candidate from the Barmer Lok Sabha seat.(HT File Photo)

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Published on Apr 19, 2019 03:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: No poll campaign in Trimohi, last village on India-Pakistan border

Trimohi village, in Barmer Lok Sabha constituency, has 206 voters in 94 households, mostly scheduled caste (SC). There are two households each of Muslims and other backward classes (OBC).

At Trimohi village, most households are not aware about the candidates contesting from their constituency.(Mukesh Matharani / HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 19, 2019 11:45 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Trimohi (Barmer) | ByMukesh Mathrani

‘Power-less’ Barmer villagers warn to boycott Lok Sabha poll

Hundreds of affected villagers of Nohadiyala and Same Ka Tala villages under Sheo block in Barmer, had protested outside the collectorate in Barmer on Wednesday. They said they have been getting false promise for the last 70 years, and this time, they will not accept any promise

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Published on Apr 18, 2019 01:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByMukesh Mathrani

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP ignores Barmer MP Sonaram, fields former legislator

BJP leaders said sitting Barmer MP Col. Sonaram was not fielded in 2019 Lok Sabha elections considering his age (he is 78) and party’s defeat in assembly segments of the Lok Sabha constituency in the state polls held last year.

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Updated on Apr 16, 2019 02:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Dog tries to take away stillborn baby from hospital in Rajasthan

A stray dog tried to take away the body of a stillborn baby whose mother was being treated at a government hospital in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, doctors said on Friday.

“The staff shooed away the dog and informed the doctors,” said Chohtan block chief medical and health officer (BCMHO) Dr. Ritesh Sankhla.(HT file photo)

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Updated on Apr 05, 2019 08:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Lok Sabha Elections 2019:Bureaucrats vying for BJP ticket from Barmer constituency

Senior Indian Administrative (IAS) officer Lalit K Panwar, Mahendra Singh Choudhary, inspector general of police at Crime Branch - Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID), Indian Police Service (IPS) officer SR Jangid and chief engineer at Indian railways NR Choudhary are all seeking a BJP ticket.

Sangaram Jangid, a Barmer native, is director general of police (DGP) and chief vigilance officer at Metropolitan Transport Corporation in Chennai. He says his supporters want him to contest the Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket from Barmer constituency.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 25, 2019 03:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: All is not well for Congress in Barmer constituency

In Rajasthan’s Barmer Lok Sabha constituency, former MP and revenue minister Harish Choudhary as well as Manvendra Singh are staking the claim. And, the rift between the two leaders seems to create difficulties for the ruling party.

Manvendra singh(right) with AICC president Rahul Gandhi and state Congress leader Harish Choudhary (LEFT)after joining Congress party , in October 2018.(HT File Photo)

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Published on Mar 20, 2019 11:48 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Congress ‘sends feelers’ to BJP’s Barmer MP Sonaram

Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Rajasthan revenue minister Harish Choudhary said Congress is the only suitable place for Col. Sonaram Chaudhary where he can get “desired respect”. Col Sonaram is the BJP Member of Parliament from Barmer Lok Sabha constituency.

Col. Sonaram Chaudhary is the BJP Member of Parliament from Barmer Lok Sabha constituency in Rajasthan.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Mar 18, 2019 02:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Man beats up wife after she fails to follow tantrik’s advice while villagers watch on

The woman, however, denied that her husband had beaten her up. She said her husband scolded her when she ignored her family members while going to a temple.

Police said they have taken cognizance in the matter after a video of the incident went viral on social media. The incident took place in Mandapura village under Pachpadra police station late on Tuesday.(PTI/Representative Image)

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Updated on Mar 08, 2019 01:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Haircut camp held in Rajasthan to raise funds for families of CRPF men killed in Pulwama attack

More than 100 barbers from Barmer in western Rajasthan organised a fund-raiser for the families of CRPF troopers killed in the terrorist attack on February 14 in Pulwama of Jammu and Kashmir.

People light oil lamps to pay tribute to the martyrs of Pulwama terror attack in Patna.(PTI)

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Published on Mar 07, 2019 09:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Border tension scuttles Rajasthan man’s marriage in Pakistan

The groom and the bride’s families decided to postpone the wedding and hope to solmenise it in a peaceful atmosphere some time later.

Mahendra Singh of Barmer district in Rajasthan was forced to cancel his to Pakistan’s Sindh province for his marriage due to rising tension between India and Pakistan.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 03, 2019 03:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Sapling shortage hits date palm farming in Barmer

Good income spurred more farmers in the region to take up date cultivation. From 22 hectares in 2009, the area of date farming increased to 200 hectares by 2018; about 100 farmers took up date cultivation in the region.

Farmers in Barmer region started experimenting with date farming in 2009. Initially 11 farmers grew the fruit crop on 22 hectares in Barmer; in 2013 they got the first crop.(HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 26, 2019 03:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Drought-hit Thar farmers will have to wait till April for relief work

Of the total 2,775 villages in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, 2,694 have been declared drought-affected; a government report has called it the severest drought of the decade.

Drought-affected villagers fetch water on camel back in western Rajasthan.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Feb 18, 2019 02:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

BJP leader wants India-Pakistan corridor linking Hinglaj Mata temple in Balochistan

The temple of Hinglaj Mata, a Hindu goddess, is situated in Lasbela district of Balochistan and is among the 52 ‘shakti peeths’ of goddess Sati.

Devotees of Hinglaj Mata have brought the 'jyot' (eternal flame) from the deity's temple in Pakistan to the newly-built Hinglaj Mata temple in Rajasthan’s Barmer district.(HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 07, 2019 09:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Not in my name: Rajasthan minister says no to his name on plaque and cutting ribbon

Harish Choudhary, Rajasthan’s revenue minister, has also said that he won’t cut the ribbon to inaugurate a function, instead directing the officials that the job be given to local leaders, residents or women.

Rajasthan revenue minister Harish Choudhary said no to his name being displayed on a plaque put up for the inauguration of a project in his constituency.(Prabhakar Sharma / HT File)

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Published on Feb 05, 2019 12:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Rajasthan woman on dharna for arrest of those who allegedly chopped off her nose

The woman alleged that she had lodged a case with the Dhorimanna police two weeks ago, but the police are not taking action in the matter.

The complainant, along with her family members, is sitting on a dharna outside the collectorate in Barmer. She alleged that the accused, who are member of a caste panchayat, have threatened her family.(AFP File / Representative Photo)

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Updated on Jan 17, 2019 10:25 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Legs broken, liver ruptured: Autopsy of Rajasthan baby decapitated during delivery

A male nurse at a government health centre in Ramgarh in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district pulled at a foetus so hard while attempting to deliver the baby that it broke into two parts.

Dr Surendra Duggar, who conducted the postmortem examination at Jawahar Government Hospital in Jaisalmer on Friday, said that he got the body in three pieces: head, torso and placenta.(Representative image)

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Updated on Jan 11, 2019 08:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Even in 3°C, women in Barmer region walk 3-5 km everyday for water

This is the fifth year in a row that Rajasthan’s Barmer area has received scanty rainfall with the district facing a drought-like situation.

Women in Barmer villages walk between three and five kilometres every day in all seasons to fetch drinking water for their families.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 10, 2019 03:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Unborn baby decapitated in botched-up delivery, nurse leaves head inside

The nurse, instead of treating the woman, hid the dismembered part of the baby and sent her off to another hospital, the woman said in a complaint to the police.

The baby’s father alleged that staff at the government hospital in Jaisalmer’s Ramgarh didn’t inform him about the botch-up.(Getty Images/Picture for representation)

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Updated on Jan 10, 2019 11:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Rajasthan’s Muslim minister performs puja at Shiva temple in Pokhran

Saleh Mohammed, son of Muslim religious leader Gazi Fakir, reached Pokhran for the first time after taking oath as a minister in Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot cabinet.

Saleh Mohammed (in red turban), a minister in Ashok Gehlot cabinet, performs puja at Shiva temple in Pokhran in Jaisalmer district.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 02, 2019 10:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Woman’s nose chopped off in Barmer over family dispute

Miffed with this, Puro’s daughter’s previous in-laws attacked Puro’s family late on Friday night and chooped off Puro’s nose with a sharp-edged weapon. They also attacked Puro’s husband Bheraram with sticks, police said.

A woman’s nose was chopped off over family dispute in Barmer(File)

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Updated on Dec 30, 2018 03:01 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Police free man chained for 45 days on khap’s diktat in Barmer

The man was chained at Parau village on a khap panchayat’s dikat because he had allegedly fled with a married woman, police said.

Manohar was chained after a khap panchayat diktat as punishment for allegedly eloping with a married woman.

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Updated on Dec 25, 2018 09:11 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Pak Hindu immigrants hurt BJP’s poll prospects in four Rajasthan assembly seats

Long-pending demands: Party lost four of eight constituencies it had won last time where settlers hold sway

Community members said they are expecting the Congress to fulfil the poll promises by finding solution to their issues.(HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 15, 2018 04:13 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

Rajasthan Assembly Election Results 2018: Jat leader Hanuman Beniwal plays spoilsport for rivals

Rajasthan assembly election results 2018: Hanuman Beniwal, a firebrand Jat leader who left the BJP to form the RLTP only a month before the assembly polls, not only retained his Khinvsar seat, but won two more.

Hanuman Beniwal, a Jat leader, left the BJP and formed another party just before Rajasthan assembly election.(HT File)

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Updated on Dec 13, 2018 01:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani, Barmer

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Due to lack of drinking water and fodder, cattle are dying and women have to travel 4 to 5 kilometres to arrange drinking water even as mercury touches 44 degrees Celsius.

People in the Barmer turned out in big numbers to cast their vote amid scorching heat on April 29 during the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections.

The election watchdog had sought the report on a Congress complaint regarding the PM’s speech during an election rally on April 21.

In his reply to EC, BJP’s Jodhpur candidate Gajendra Singh Shekhawat alleged that as the CM Gehlot’s son is contesting, some state administration officers who are close to the CM are creating unnecessary trouble for him and his party workers, to be in the good books of the CM.

During the Prime Minister’s public meeting organised in Barmer on Sunday, some posters displaying photograph of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthamn were put up on the routes towards the PM meeting venue

On the posters with the photo of Abhinandan, a message read: “We are proud of Abhinandan”, and “Hearty Congratulation to Abhinandan”.

This is the fourth time Manvendra Singh is contesting the Lok Sabha polls. Though he has been in the fray since 1999, he tasted victory only in 2004. He lost the polls in 1999 and 2009 and did not contest in 2014 when his father Jaswant Singh contested as an independent.

Trimohi village, in Barmer Lok Sabha constituency, has 206 voters in 94 households, mostly scheduled caste (SC). There are two households each of Muslims and other backward classes (OBC).

Hundreds of affected villagers of Nohadiyala and Same Ka Tala villages under Sheo block in Barmer, had protested outside the collectorate in Barmer on Wednesday. They said they have been getting false promise for the last 70 years, and this time, they will not accept any promise

BJP leaders said sitting Barmer MP Col. Sonaram was not fielded in 2019 Lok Sabha elections considering his age (he is 78) and party’s defeat in assembly segments of the Lok Sabha constituency in the state polls held last year.

A stray dog tried to take away the body of a stillborn baby whose mother was being treated at a government hospital in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, doctors said on Friday.

In Rajasthan’s Barmer Lok Sabha constituency, former MP and revenue minister Harish Choudhary as well as Manvendra Singh are staking the claim. And, the rift between the two leaders seems to create difficulties for the ruling party.

Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Rajasthan revenue minister Harish Choudhary said Congress is the only suitable place for Col. Sonaram Chaudhary where he can get “desired respect”. Col Sonaram is the BJP Member of Parliament from Barmer Lok Sabha constituency.

The woman, however, denied that her husband had beaten her up. She said her husband scolded her when she ignored her family members while going to a temple.

More than 100 barbers from Barmer in western Rajasthan organised a fund-raiser for the families of CRPF troopers killed in the terrorist attack on February 14 in Pulwama of Jammu and Kashmir.

The groom and the bride’s families decided to postpone the wedding and hope to solmenise it in a peaceful atmosphere some time later.

Good income spurred more farmers in the region to take up date cultivation. From 22 hectares in 2009, the area of date farming increased to 200 hectares by 2018; about 100 farmers took up date cultivation in the region.

Of the total 2,775 villages in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, 2,694 have been declared drought-affected; a government report has called it the severest drought of the decade.

The temple of Hinglaj Mata, a Hindu goddess, is situated in Lasbela district of Balochistan and is among the 52 ‘shakti peeths’ of goddess Sati.

Harish Choudhary, Rajasthan’s revenue minister, has also said that he won’t cut the ribbon to inaugurate a function, instead directing the officials that the job be given to local leaders, residents or women.

The woman alleged that she had lodged a case with the Dhorimanna police two weeks ago, but the police are not taking action in the matter.

A male nurse at a government health centre in Ramgarh in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district pulled at a foetus so hard while attempting to deliver the baby that it broke into two parts.

This is the fifth year in a row that Rajasthan’s Barmer area has received scanty rainfall with the district facing a drought-like situation.

The nurse, instead of treating the woman, hid the dismembered part of the baby and sent her off to another hospital, the woman said in a complaint to the police.

Saleh Mohammed, son of Muslim religious leader Gazi Fakir, reached Pokhran for the first time after taking oath as a minister in Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot cabinet.

Miffed with this, Puro’s daughter’s previous in-laws attacked Puro’s family late on Friday night and chooped off Puro’s nose with a sharp-edged weapon. They also attacked Puro’s husband Bheraram with sticks, police said.

The man was chained at Parau village on a khap panchayat’s dikat because he had allegedly fled with a married woman, police said.

Long-pending demands: Party lost four of eight constituencies it had won last time where settlers hold sway

Rajasthan assembly election results 2018: Hanuman Beniwal, a firebrand Jat leader who left the BJP to form the RLTP only a month before the assembly polls, not only retained his Khinvsar seat, but won two more.

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