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Staff Writer

The PinkCity Post is Jaipur's only digital newspaper in English. We extensively cover local communities, Jaipur tourism, real estate, education, politics and much more. The site is edited by Nitesh Kumar Sharma who has nine years of experience working with a national daily in Jaipur. Email a story to Nitesh: [email protected]

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City Reports

Supreme Court’s ban on gravel mining to continue in Rajasthan

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down the state government’s request to relax the ban. The matter will now come up for hearing six weeks later, according to preliminary reports.

State

Bikaner: Tehsildar quizzed in Robert Vadra land deal case

Tehsildar Gajendra Nain was quizzed at the CBI’s headquarters in New Delhi for nearly six hours, according to preliminary reports.

City Reports

Jaipur: Medical college student killed in road accident

Manjeet Singh’s car collided with an overspeeding vehicle at Sanganer Pulia. It lost balance and hit the railing on the road divider.

City Reports

Rajasthan by-election: Congress, BJP declare candidates for Ajmer, Alwar and Mandalgarh

As the battle lines are now clearly drawn, a lot is at stake for both the parties.

City Reports

Ajmer by-election: Raghu Sharma declared Congress candidate

Raghu Sharma is a former MLA and chief whip in the state assembly. His name had been finalized a few days ago, but the Congress was waiting for the BJP to declare the names of its candidates.

City Reports

Rajasthan bypoll: Shakti Singh Hada declared BJP candidate for Mandalgarh

The seat fell vacant when BJP MLA from the constituency Kirti Kumari died of swine flu in August.

City Reports

By election: BJP nominates Jaswant Yadav for Alwar parliamentary constituency

Jaswant Yadav will be pitted against Karan Singh Yadav who has been fielded by Congress. The election will be fought on caste lines as Yadavs are a dominant caste in Alwar.

City Reports

Rajasthan Bypoll: Ramswaroop Lamba declared BJP candidate for Ajmer

The parliamentary seat fell vacant when the prominent Jat community leader passed away in August. The BJP would like to ride the massive wave of sympathy by declaring Lamba as its candidate for Ajmer, sources said.