Barmer: News

13 Jun 2024

Rajasthan

Rajasthan man kills wife for 'talking to spirits through phone' 

A man named Chunnilal from Rajasthan's Barmer district has been arrested for hacking his wife, Jiyo Devi, to death using an axe.

14 Apr 2024

Rajasthan

Rajasthan woman paraded semi-naked over affair with married man 

In a shocking incident from Sarwadi village in Rajasthan's Barmer district, a woman was reportedly subjected to public humiliation due to her alleged involvement with a married man.

21 Mar 2023

Jodhpur

Rajasthan: Video shows people consuming chinkara meat; Bishnois demand action

A video purportedly showing some people cooking and consuming the meat of chinkara (Indian gazelle) in Rajasthan's Jodhpur has enraged the Bishnoi community, reported PTI.

29 Jul 2022

Rajasthan

Rajasthan: IAF'S Mig-21 aircraft crashes in Barmer, both pilots dead

The Indian Air Force (IAF) lost two pilots on Thursday night when a MiG-21 fighter jet crashed in Rajasthan's Barmer district.

29 Jun 2022

Rajasthan

Rajasthan: Woman, son-in-law die by suicide over alleged love affair

According to police, a woman and her son-in-law, who were allegedly having a love affair, have died by suicide.

29 Jun 2021

Monsoon

Monsoon reaches Barmer two weeks early as Delhi desperately waits

The southwest monsoon has reached Barmer in West Rajasthan, one of its last outposts, two weeks before its normal schedule but is yet to arrive in the North Indian plains including Delhi, the MeT office said on Tuesday.

22 Feb 2020

Rajasthan

Rajasthan: Youth beaten, iron rod inserted in private parts

In what gives another proof that law and order have been taken for a ride in Congress-governed Rajasthan, a youth was beaten and sodomized with an iron rod on allegations of theft.

12 Feb 2020

Rajasthan

Top 5 must-visit attractions in Rajasthan

Rajasthan is perhaps the most vibrant and colorful state of India.

05 Mar 2019

India

Amid escalating tensions, wedding between Pakistani-girl and Indian-man called off

A wedding between an Indian man of Barmer district in Rajasthan and a Pakistani girl of Sindh province was canceled as the former couldn't reach the neighboring country due to prevailing tensions.

27 Sep 2018

Triple Talaq

Rajasthan: Man booked for giving triple talaq to wife

A man in Barmer, Rajasthan, has been booked for allegedly giving 'triple talaq' to his wife, police said yesterday.

11 Jul 2018

Rajasthan

Rajasthan: Road accident victims die as onlookers take selfies, make-videos

Three persons, who met with an accident in Barmer (Rajasthan), died after writhing in pain for nearly 30 minutes even as a group of onlookers clicked selfies and made videos with no one coming forward to the help of the injured.

16 Apr 2018

Suicide

Rajasthan: Bodies of two girls, one boy, found hanging

In a 'Swaroop Ka Tala' village of Barmer district, Rajasthan, bodies of three teenagers were found hanging from a tree on April 12.

19 Sep 2017

India

A week of India's new Defense Minister

Nirmala Sitharaman is the first Defense Minister in 16 years to visit the sensitive Uttarlai airbase in Barmer, Rajasthan after George Fernandes in 2001.

05 Jun 2017

Rajasthan

Five Pakistani nationals nabbed from near border in Rajasthan

Five Pakistani nationals - two men, two women and a child - were nabbed from a restricted zone of Barmer district in Rajasthan, near Lakhasar village.