Barmer: Khap Panchayats are infamous for their scarily unreasonable diktats. But in a village in Rajasthan's Barmer, a rare order by one such Panchayat, 20 years ago, came as a blessing for girls. The Panchayat made it mandatory for everyone to send their daughters to school or face a penalty. The girls are now all grown up. Barmer is known for its poor gender ratio, but right in the middle...
08:55 AM, Jan 12, 2012
Jaipur: The fluoride found in drinking water is beyond permissible limits in Barmer and is causing the men to age faster, and now many affected bachelors find it difficult to find brides. No young man has got married in the Balu Village for the past four years because the fluoride content in the government water tank which is higher than WHO's permissible limits makes bones deteriorate rapidly, causing the men...
07:24 AM, Jul 26, 2011
Barmer: Even as Mumbai is coping with the oil spill, farmers in Rajasthan's Barmer are grappling with an oil sludge from a processing factory that has been ruining their crops. Aslah Ram is devastated as he gazes upon his ruined crop of millet, sesame and moong. His farm stead in flood-hit Barmer lies right next to Cairn Energy's Mangala Petroleum Processing Terminal. With the rain water causing a fence to...
10:09 PM, Aug 13, 2010
Barmer: As the Rajasthan government clamped a complete ban on plastic bags recently, the students have decided to send out the message in a unique way. ...
12:46 PM, Aug 04, 2010
Among the ammunition recovered is 14.5 kg RDX. ...
06:01 PM, Sep 14, 2009
China building an illegal railway station in Pakistan near the Indian border. ...
10:02 PM, Jun 02, 2009
Manvendra Singh has had a tough election with EC notices. ...
02:36 AM, May 07, 2009
Karachi: Former ICC president Ehsan Mani says foreign teams are still reluctant to tour Pakistan because of the security situation in the country and it will take more time for international cricket to resume here. Mani said while he supported any efforts by the new Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman to try to improve relations with the ICC and other boards and work on the revival of international cricket in Pakistan...
04:15 PM, Mar 22, 2008
Large tracts of land in the area is being sold to people without proper identification. ...
04:21 PM, Oct 15, 2007
A year after unprecedented flash floods in Barmer, life's come full circle. ...
11:57 AM, Aug 23, 2007
Faiyza and Haroon hope Faiyza's visa gets extended so she can stay in India. ...
01:56 PM, Jul 28, 2007
A young Sufi singer won the Best Actor award at an international film fest. But will the award get him recognition back home? ...
11:19 PM, Dec 02, 2006
Some waterbirds who visit Rajasthan have found a new resting place this winter - the Thar belt. ...
08:14 AM, Nov 14, 2006
A family in Band village of Barmer play their garba with snakes as props and not sticks. ...
08:07 AM, Oct 02, 2006
It will be tough for the beauty industry to get
multani mitti because flash floods in Barmer have ruined the mines. ...
10:56 AM, Sep 18, 2006
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