Groom stranded as bride flees with money
September 3rd, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 3 (IANS) A bridegroom and about 50 of his marriage party were stranded in Rajasthan's Barmer town for a week as the would-be bride disappeared right before the ... Read more...
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Sonia visits Jaipur areas devastated by heavy rains
August 30th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 30 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrived here Thursday and met people who were affected by heavy rains and are living in relief camps, officials ... Read more...
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Sonia attacks BJP, says debate issues in parliament
August 30th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), Aug 30 (IANS) UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi Thursday took head-on BJP's threat of taking the coal blocks allocation issue to the streets.She lashed out at the party ... Read more...
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Kanda got clean chit in 2008 assault case
August 25th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 25 (IANS) Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of flight attendant Geetika Sharma, was let off by police in a 2008 case of ... Read more...
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Rajasthan woman seeks annulment of her child marriage
August 4th, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 4 (IANS) A 20-year-old woman in Rajasthan's Barmer district has requested the authorities to annul her marriage which was solemnised when she was only two years old, police ... Read more...
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Rajasthan villagers toil to harvest rainwater (Letter from Rajasthan)
July 3rd, 2012 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), July 3 (IANS) Residents of two villages surrounded by deserts in Rajasthan's Barmar district are toiling hard day and night, digging up water storage facilities like ponds and ... Read more...
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On bookshelf, India blooms in all its colours (IANS Books This Week)
March 10th, 2012 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) This weekend, the book shelf is a portrait of India in all its mysterious - yet realistic - shades. Flip through the must-read titles with ... Read more...
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New-born girl dumped in pit
March 4th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), March 4 (IANS) A new-born girl was found dumped in a pit in a deserted area in Rajasthan's Barmer district early Sunday morning, police said. The girl, who ... Read more...
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Three poachers arrested with chinkara parts
January 28th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 28 (IANS) Three poachers were Saturday arrested and body remains of at least five chinkaras (Indian gazelle) recovered from them in Rajastan's Barmer district, police said.
Two of ... Read more...
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Two of 14 escaped prisoners nabbed
December 9th, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Dec 9 (IANS) A day after 14 prisoners escaped from a jail in Rajasthan by sawing off the ventilator grills in their barrack, two of the prisoners and an ... Read more...
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Probe ordered in poaching charge against army soldiers
November 25th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 25 (IANS) The Indian Army has ordered an enquiry into allegations some of its personnel poached three chinkaras (deer) in Rajasthan's Barmer district along the international border with ... Read more...
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Two women show the way forward in backward Rajasthan village
September 20th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Barmer, Sep 20 (IANS) When villagers see these two young sisters, Fatima and Jainab, teaching at a madrassa in this small village of Rajasthan's Barmer district, they hardly believe it. ... Read more...
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Dalit accuses police of illegal confinement in Rajasthan
March 10th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), March 10 (IANS) A Dalit man here Thursday accused the police of falsely implicating him in a theft case and keeping him in the lock-up for six days ... Read more...
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Four arrested for beating RTI activist
March 9th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 9 (IANS) Four men have been arrested for allegedly beating up a Dalit RTI activist for seeking details of work done in his village in Rajasthan's Barmer district ... Read more...
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IAF’s MiG fighter crashes, pilot safe (Second Lead)
February 4th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Gwalior, Feb 4 (IANS) A Soviet-era MiG-21 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed Friday in a forest area near a Madhya Pradesh village due to an engine problem, but there ... Read more...
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7.3 magnitutde quake jolts Pakistan, Delhi rocked (Second Lead)
January 19th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Panic-stricken people rushed out of their homes - some of them reciting verses from the Quran - as a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook Pakistan early Wednesday. Two women ... Read more...
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Delhi feels quake tremors
January 19th, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Several people were jolted out of their sleep and some ran out of their homes as tremors were felt in Delhi and other parts of northern India ... Read more...
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Taking up the gauntlet for sister’s education
January 6th, 2011 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
By Usha Chowdhary Barmer, Jan 6 (ANI): Growing up in Barmer district in Rajasthan Hajariram is just another kid on the block, the son of Togaram and Kamladevi he was sincere student ... Read more...
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Cops involved in barbaric acts threat to society: apex court
October 25th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said some policemen in India still lived with a colonial mindset and perpetrated barbaric acts which were an anathema to a democratic society.The ... Read more...
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Vedanta not to hike Cairn India offer price
October 11th, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 11 (IANS) International metals major Vedanta Group Monday said it would not hike the price of the open offer to minority shareholders of oil producer Cairn India in which it ... Read more...
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Breastfeeding awareness week in Rajasthan district
August 1st, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Private sector oil producer Cairn India and the Indian Academy of Paediatricians (IAP) have launched a week-long campaign in Rajasthan's Barmer district to create awareness about the ... Read more...
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Cairn India starts crude sales through pipeline
June 15th, 2010 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Cairn India Tuesday announced start of sales of crude from its Rajasthan fields through the world's largest heated and insulated pipeline.
A press release issued Tuesday by Cairn ... Read more...
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Animals dying as water sources dry up in Rajasthan
June 1st, 2010 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
By Anil Sharma
Jaipur, June 1 (IANS) Rajasthan's scorching summer is taking its toll, and not just on people wilting in the heat. With water drying up in ponds and reservoirs across Rajasthan, ... Read more...
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Rajasthan couple defy panchayat, prefer death to separation
April 30th, 2010 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer, April 30 (IANS) A newly-married couple in Rajasthan's Barmer district have requested the authorities to allow them to commit suicide, as they would rather die than be separated on the orders ... Read more...
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Rajasthan’s cattle facing water shortage
April 24th, 2010 - 8:06 pm ICT by ANI
Jaipur (Rajasthan), Apr 24 (ANI): The cattle owners in Rajasthan are facing acute shortage of water, as the water bodies have dried up here.The problem has been aggravated because of a drought ... Read more...
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Cairn revises Barmer oil field upwards to 6.5 bn barrels
March 23rd, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Energy major Cairn India, which operates the biggest on-land oilfield in Rajasthan's Barmer district, said the oil potential from this field had been revised upwards to 6.5 ... Read more...
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Centre approves water supply project for Jaisalmer and Barmer military stations
March 19th, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal relating to provision of long term water supply scheme for Army and Air Force stations in Jaisalmer and Barmer ... Read more...
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Thar villagers have an answer for climate change
January 25th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
By Dileep BidawatBarmer (Rajashthan), Jan.25 (ANI): Through discussions and cross-sectoral sharing like at the Climate Change workshop held Rajasthan's Barmer district recently, people have taken it upon themselves to act in ... Read more...
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Cairn India to sell crude to Reliance Industries
November 4th, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) Energy firm Cairn India, which operates the Mangala crude oil field in Barmer, Rajasthan, Wednesday said it had concluded an initial agreement to sell crude oil to Reliance ... Read more...
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First parcel of Mangala crude reaches Mangalore Refinery
October 9th, 2009 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The first parcel of crude from Cairn Energy's Mangala field reached the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) Friday morning.
The parcel of 29,000 tonnes came just ... Read more...
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Papal blessings at work for young minister (Capital Buzz)
October 4th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Agatha Sangma, India's youngest MP and minister of state for rural development, has just returned after visiting the Vatican. Insiders in her ministry say the Pope ... Read more...
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8 kg RDX, 4 magazines recovered in Rajasthan
September 13th, 2009 - 11:36 pm ICT by ANI
Barmer (Rajasthan), Sep.12 (ANI): Security forces on Sunday carried out a big haul of arms and ammunition comprising 8 kilogram of RDX, 4 Magazines, two timers, and two pistols in Rajasthan's Barmer ... Read more...
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Government assures refiners for Cairn’s crude
August 29th, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), Aug 29 (IANS) The government Saturday sought to allay the fears of Cairn India, which started pumping oil from its Rajasthan fields, that it may not find enough refiners ... Read more...
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Cairn starts oil production in Rajasthan
August 29th, 2009 - 4:22 pm ICT by IBNS
Barmer/Kolkata, Aug 29 (IBNS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday inaugurated Cairn India’s Mangala Processing Terminal at Barmer in Rajasthan and dedicated the field to the nation.Mangala is the largest of 25 discoveries ... Read more...
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Mangala oil processing terminal activation a historic achievement: Deora
August 29th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
By Pankaj ChaudharyBarmer (Rajasthan), Aug.29 (ANI): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora on Saturday described the activation of the Mangala Processing Terminal ( MPT) as a historic achievement, as the crude ... Read more...
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