Amid the BJP’s election victories in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka Gandhi met Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday. Rahul Gandhi had campaigned in Gujarat extensively before assuming the charge of party President on December 16. After Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka left, Rahul[Read More…]
Tag: Himachal Pradesh
Jo jeeta wohi sikandar: Smriti Irani on BJP’s poll showing
The winner is king, Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani said on Monday as the BJP was set for victory in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. “It is a matter of happiness for us. This is the victory of development,” Irani said as election trends and results showed the BJP poised[Read More…]
Himachal Pradesh assembly polls: Counting of votes begins; BJP leads
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) inched ahead of the ruling Congress on Monday as officials counted the votes polled in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. Trends emerging from counting centres showed that BJP candidates were racing ahead in seven of the 68 seats while Congress nominees were in the lead[Read More…]
Gujarat sees enthusiastic voting amid rising complaints against EVMs
Over 30 per cent ballotting was registered till afternoon in Gujarat’s first phase Assembly elections, as enthusiastic voters queued up in large numbers amid rising complaints of malfunctioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The Election Commission also received complaints of EVMs being connected to Bluetooth or WiFi from Porbandar. By noon,[Read More…]
Gujarat assembly polls: EVM, VVPAT glitches mark 10% polling
Visible enthusiasm among voters marked the first phase of Gujarat election on Saturday as large queues lined up outside 24,689 polling booths. The Election Commission said it received several complaints against malfunctioning EVMs and VVPATs, while the Model Code of Conduct was also violated at a few places. In the[Read More…]
BJP announces Gujarat first list, six defecting Congress MLAs get tickets
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced its first list of 70 candidates for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections, giving tickets to six of the defecting Congress MLAs. Staying ahead of the opposition party in the announcement, the saffron party list shows that it has repeated[Read More…]
EC seizes over Rs 1 cr cash, gold in poll-bound Himachal
The Election Commission on Tuesday said that cash worth over Rs one crore and nearly three kg of gold has been seized from Himachal Pradesh, which goes to the polls on November 9. The cash amount seized was till November 5. The police seized Rs 4.02 lakh on November 4,[Read More…]
Thousands throng gurdwaras in Punjab, Haryana to mark Gurpurab
Braving the early morning chill of the onset of winter, thousands of devotees thronged gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh on Saturday to offer prayers on the occasion of ‘Gurpurab’ – the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Nanak Dev. The holiest of Sikh shrines ‘Harmandir Sahib’,[Read More…]
Himachal Polls: It will be a do-or-die battle equally for Congress and BJP CM faces
It’s literally a do-or-die battle for both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministerial faces in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh assembly polls. Both veterans — one in his eighties and the other in his seventies — are struggling for their political survival. One is veteran Congress leader[Read More…]
Himachal Pradesh polls: Congress manifesto woos farmers, youths, employees
The ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday released its manifesto for the November 9 assembly election, promising interest-free loans to farmers, laptops for students and special grade pay scale for all employees. Releasing the manifesto, Congress leader and Health Minister Kaul Singh said all marginal and small farmers in[Read More…]
Six injured after bridge collapses in Himachal Pradesh
At least six people were injured when a 15-year-old concrete bridge, linking Chamba town in Himachal Pradesh with Pathankot in Punjab, collapsed on Thursday. District Collector, Sudesh Kumar Mokhta, and other officials rushed to the spot as soon as the incident came to light and took charge of the situation.[Read More…]
PM Modi to visit Himachal Pradesh; will lay foundation stones for AIIMS, IIIT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday with a purpose to lay the foundation stone for an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) along with inaugurating a steel plant. Modi will lay the foundation stone for the AIIMS[Read More…]
Himachal Pradesh: Election Commission to rope in celebs, sportspersons to boost voters
The Election Commission will rope in Bollywood stars and sportspersons to boost polling percentage in the forthcoming polls in Himachal Pradesh. The model code of conduct will come into force in the first week of October in the state. Thus, the EC has approached many Bollywood stars from the state,[Read More…]
Himachal landslide: Death toll rises to 15, CM offers ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each
Death toll rose to 15 in the massive landslide that hit Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district. More bodies were recovered by Sunday evening and as many as five persons were reported injured. The landslide hit Mandi on Saturday. Chief minister, Virbhadra Singh, who visited the site earlier in the day on[Read More…]
Himachal Pradesh issues dress code for teachers
To secure discipline amongst the teaching staff, the government higher education department has issued directions to all the schools to ensure that educators dress up formally at the workplace. As per the notification, the school management is strictly directed to implement the dress code for teachers. On failing to maintain[Read More…]
UP government to make marriage registration compulsory even for Muslims
Officials announced on Tuesday that the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to make marriage registration compulsory for all in the state. Accordingly, the women’s welfare department has drafted a proposal that is likely to be brought in the next session of the state cabinet. The sources say that following the[Read More…]
Mangal Pandey appointed BJP state in-charge of HP
Notice to CBI on plea of Virbhadra Singh’s wife
45 killed as bus falls into river in Shimla
Delhi court to hear Virbhadra Singh DA case
As per a chargesheet filed a few days ago against Virbhadra Singh by the CBI, a Delhi court will on Monday hear on the matter. Soon after being booked, the CM of Himachal Pradesh alleged that the Bharatiya Janta Party is conspiring against him and claimed that all the charges[Read More…]
Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra charge sheeted in DA case, HC removes stay on arrest
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife were on Friday charge-sheeted by the CBI in a special court in a disproportionate assets case, hours after the Delhi High Court denied him any relief and removed the interim stay on his interrogation or arrest. The charge sheet was filed[Read More…]
Fresh snowfall in Shimla, temperature dips to 3°C
Himachal Pradesh gets its second capital in Dharamsala
Dharamshala declared as second capital of Himachal Pradesh
Season’s first snowfall blocks roads stranding tourists in Manali
Nearly 50 tourists are stranded in Kothi, Manali due to blocked roads. Traffic to tourist destinations Shimla, Manali and Dalhousie were snapped from the rest of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday due to heavy snowfall. Traffic bound for Shimla was disrupted at Shogi, about 15 km from Shimla, due to snowfall,[Read More…]