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Manish Bhattacharya

Manish Bhattacharya Senior Editor, Political and Investigative Journalist Manish Bhattacharya serves as a Senior Editor in Rajasthan and brings over 18 years of experience to the field of journalism. He has worked extensively in politics, crime, election coverage, and specialized investigative reporting. Throughout his career, he has covered critical political events across multiple states, interviewed numerous senior leaders, and broken several major and exclusive news stories. Ground reporting, political analysis, and fact-based journalism are the hallmarks of his professional identity.

SC asks Rajasthan Cricket Association not to declare result, but refuses to stay elections
Rajasthan | Sep 29, 2026, 01:17 PM IST
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order while hearing a plea filed by a former woman cricketer, who said there was neither a single female voter nor any woman candidate in the election.
BJP's Prasann Chand wins Jodhpur mayor poll, Sunil Kothari and Ansuiya Goswami win Jaipur, Kota
Rajasthan | Sep 25, 2026, 02:57 PM IST
Sunil Kothari from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected as the mayor of Jaipur Municipal Corporation on Friday. According to the available information, the BJP has got 89 votes. On the other hand, the Congress party got 60 votes.
Big upset: BJP wins Ajmer Mayor poll with 43 votes as 11 Independents back party, blow for Congress
Rajasthan | Sep 21, 2026, 02:55 PM IST
The Congress has emerged as the largest party in the Ajmer Municipal Corporation election, securing 37 wards, while the BJP secured 32 wards. Independent candidates won 11 wards.

Pali Mayor Poll: BJP pulls off big upset as 12 other councillors back party, Congress loses
Rajasthan | Sep 21, 2026, 02:03 PM IST
The Congress party has won 29 wards, the BJP managed to get 21, and independent candidates bagged 15 wards in the Pali Municipal Corporation in Rajasthan on September 14.
Rajasthan Congress councillors go missing while travelling from Himachal to Haryana, probe launched
India | Sep 21, 2026, 12:48 PM IST
The Congress has claimed that some of its councillors were detained in Haryana ahead of voting for Rajasthan's Tijara Municipal Council. However, Haryana Police said it had no connection with the alleged detention, denying any involvement in the incident.
Rajasthan civic polls 2026: BJP gains big, 25 local body chairpersons elected unopposed
Rajasthan | Sep 18, 2026, 06:09 PM IST
Twenty-five councillors of the BJP have been elected unopposed as chairpersons in Rajasthan, days after the civic body election results were declared. The polling for the local body elections in Rajasthan was held in two phases: September 9 and 11.

Jaipur Municipal Corporation Results: Congress bags all 4 re-polled wards, BJP retains lead with 78
Rajasthan | Sep 17, 2026, 10:42 AM IST
Voting for 150 wards of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation in Rajasthan was held on September 11. The Jaipur Municipal Corporation saw a voter turnout of 63.55 per cent.
Rajasthan local body polls 2026: Mayor, deputy mayor elections postponed in 4 civic bodies
Rajasthan | Sep 14, 2026, 10:59 PM IST
The mayor and deputy mayor elections in Jodhpur Municipal Corporation, Kota Municipal Corporation, Jaipur Municipal Corporation, and Suket Municipality have been deferred following technical glitches in EVMs in some wards, said the Rajasthan SEC.
Congress secures majority in Vasundhara Raje's stronghold in Jhalawar Nagar Parishad
Rajasthan | Sep 14, 2026, 11:01 AM IST
The elections, being seen as a major test for the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress ahead of the 2028 Assembly polls, were held in two phases on September 9 and 11.

Jaipur shocker! Man kills wife, three daughters with stone slab in their sleep, flees from spot
Rajasthan | Sep 11, 2026, 05:13 PM IST
A middle-aged man in Jaipur wiped out his family after he smashed the heads of his wife and three daughters while they were sleeping. All four died on the spot, after which the accused fled from the house and remains absconding.
Bandh called in Amer and Jaipur in Rajasthan to protest against death of tourist guide Manish Soni
Rajasthan | Sep 08, 2026, 01:45 PM IST
Tourist guide Manish Soni, who was seriously injured in a stabbing incident near Mawthe in Amer police station area of Jaipur on Monday morning, died while undergoing treatment at SMS Hospital on Tuesday.
Shocking video captures jewellery heist in Jaipur; woman flees with ornament box worth lakhs
Rajasthan | Sep 05, 2026, 11:30 PM IST
According to reports, a woman visited a jewelry shop under the pretext of shopping, accompanied by a transgender person. The two asked the jeweler to show them various pieces of jewellery.

Jaipur municipal polls: With 8 Muslim faces, BJP eyes revising social equations in Congress votebank
Rajasthan | Sep 01, 2026, 02:07 PM IST
The BJP has made a strategic push in the Jaipur civic elections by fielding eight Muslim candidates across 150 wards, including in Muslim-majority and Congress-influenced areas. The move is aimed at reshaping ward-level social equations and expanding the party’s electoral footprint.
CJP workers chased out during school inspection in Rajasthan; Ashutosh Ranka blames BJP | VIDEO
Rajasthan | Aug 21, 2026, 02:08 PM IST
The CJP has blamed the ruling BJP for the incident at the Rampura-Kanwarpura village in Rajasthan's Jaipur. The CJP workers had gone to inspect a government school, but were asked by the villagers to leave the premises.
Rajasthan Cabinet clears One State-One Election, OBC quota, new farm policy in big push for reform
Rajasthan | Aug 07, 2026, 11:50 PM IST
The Rajasthan Cabinet has approved the One State-One Election proposal, OBC reservation for local body polls, Agriculture and Food Processing Policy 2026, labour welfare measures and the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign. Here's everything you need to know.

Now, universities in Rajasthan to teach Marathi language
Education | Jul 16, 2026, 11:49 AM IST
According to reports, the Maharashtra government had submitted a proposal to the governor to promote the study and research of the Marathi language in Rajasthan. Subsequently, instructions have been issued to universities to establish Marathi study centers.
Gold, silver worth Rs 64 crore locked in Rajasthan govt treasury, CAG calls for its auction
Rajasthan | Jul 15, 2026, 10:00 AM IST
In its report, the CAG noted that this gold and silver had been seized by the police and various enforcement agencies. Courts later declared these items state property. Although the Finance Department had them valued, they remained undisposed of as of May 2025.
Jaipur woman, 23, gets mother killed for her government job, property: Inside story of sinister plot
Rajasthan | Jul 09, 2026, 05:54 PM IST
The daughter, Ayushi, conspired with her uncle and cousin, paying around Rs 7 lakh to have her mother killed to secure a government job on compassionate grounds and gain control of family property.
Rajasthan police arrests mastermind behind Rs 500 crore cyber fraud from Pune
Rajasthan | Jul 07, 2026, 07:15 PM IST
Rajasthan Cyber Crime Police have arrested the alleged mastermind behind a nationwide cyber fraud worth nearly Rs 500 crore.
Four, including three children, killed after trailer truck runs over them in Jaipur
Rajasthan | Jul 07, 2026, 12:25 PM IST
In Jaipur, a trailer truck ran over five members of the family. Four family members died in the accident, while one person was injured and has been admitted to the hospital.