Kolkata: After opening its account in Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-election, Trinamool Congress will be looking at a repeat performance in another north Indian state Himachal Pradesh where the party will be contesting on its own in the November 4 Assembly polls, a party leader said on Monday. "Trinamool Congress has decided to contest in some seats on its own strengh and symbol in the election to the 68-member Himachal Pradesh...
03:38 AM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: Activist Arvind Kejriwal on Monday attacked BJP leader Shanta Kumar for asking them to include Priyanka Vadra's property in their fight on DLF-Robert Vadra issue, saying the party-led Himachal Pradesh government has the details and it should make the details public. Kumar wrote the letter on Sunday, two days after Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan alleged that Vadra has business links with DLF and the realty major was benefited...
05:01 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh PCC President Virbhadra Singh, CLP leader Vidya Stokes and former state party chief Kaul Singh Thakur figure in the list of 68 Congress candidates released by AICC on Monday for the November 4 Assembly elections in the state. Virbhadra Singh, a five-time Chief Minister, has been nominated from Shimla Rural constituency. A member of Lok Sabha, Singh had resigned as Union Minister in June, a day...
03:08 PM, Oct 08, 2012
Shimla: The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday stopped the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh from distributing free PDS bags carrying photographs of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "Henceforth, no bags will be issued to the consumers of public distribution system (PDS) with a picture of any political leader, of whatever stature he/she is," Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath told reporters in Shimla. Sampath was in Shimla with other EC...
09:36 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Shimla: With the model code of conduct in force in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, the Election Commission on Sunday asked the state government to stop distribution of carry bags, free of cost, to PDS consumers with picture of former prime minister AB Vajpayee inscribed on them. The scheme to distribute free carry bags to 16 lakh PDS card holders, launched on August 15 last, had been put on hold till the...
06:49 PM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: In a clear signal that he will be the chief ministerial candidate for his party during the upcoming Assembly elections in his state, Congress leader from Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh is set to contest the polls this November. With this, the Congress has also broken the practice of not allowing sitting MPs to contest in state elections. The Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced that the Assembly...
02:35 PM, Oct 06, 2012
New Delhi: A day after elections were announced to the Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat state assembles, both the Congress and the BJP on Thursday exuded confidence and said they were sure of victory. While Himachal will go to polls on Nov 4, Gujarat will vote on Dec 13 and 17. Results will be out on Dec 20. Both the states are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the...
06:08 PM, Oct 04, 2012
The Election Commission declared dates for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections amidst a bitter war of words between Narendra Modi and Sonia Gandhi. Kingfisher crisis deepens after talks between the management and striking employees fail over unpaid salaries.. the DGCA report says safety is a serious concern. ...
11:12 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: The poll bugle has been sounded by the Election Commission of India for the states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. While the polling will be done in Himachal Pradesh in a single phase, Gujarat will witness a two-phase assembly election. According to the dates announced by the Election Commission, Himachal Pradesh will vote on November 4 and Gujarat will go to polls on December 13 and December 17....
10:44 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Himachal Pradesh will vote on November 4 while elections in Gujarat will be held on December 13 and December 17. ...
10:26 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced that the Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh would be held in single phase on November 4 and the counting of the votes would be done on December 20. Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath, in a press conference in New Delhi, said that as many as 45 lakh voters will cast their votes in Himachal Pradesh for the 68 Assembly seats...
05:25 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced dates for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. While Gujarat will have elections in two phases - December 13 and 17, Himachal Pradesh will vote on November 4. The counting for both the Assembly elections will take place on December 20. The dates were announcements by Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath. He said that the model code of conduct has come into...
04:36 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly election dates will be announced by the Election Commission at 4 PM on Wednesday. Campaigning has already started in the two states with Gujarat seeing a lot of action as both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as well as the Congress are leaving no stones unturned to mobilise their supporters. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is already touring the state while Congress President...
02:10 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh on Saturday signed a $100 million loan agreement with the government of India and the World Bank to support green initiatives in the state. The agreement would focus on climate-smart development in energy, watershed management, industry and tourism, an official statement said. The loan agreement was signed by Chief Secretary Sudripta Roy, joint secretary with the Ministry of Finance Prabodh Saxena and World Bank (India) Governance Adviser...
06:03 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Shimla: Eight people have died due to scrub typhus at a hospital in Shimla, the disease caused by infected mites. Other than the 8 dead, 117 tested positive for the disease in Himachal Pradesh. The patients were referred to Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital (IGMC)her from Solan and Shimla, doctors said. More cases of scrub typhus, a zonotic disease which can be transmitted from animals to humans, were pouring in...
05:21 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Shimla: The death toll in a hospital in Shimla from a disease caused by infected mites has risen to 10, a doctor said on Saturday. Two more people have died due to scrub typhus at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, the doctor said. One patient belonged to Bilaspur district and the other to Solan. Scrub typhus is a disease caused by the bite of an infected mite. Its...
03:44 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Palampur: At least 14 people were killed and over 20 went missing when a state-run bus skidded off the road and fell into a 1,000-metre-deep gorge near Mallu area in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Monday. The Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus carrying about 45 people was on its way from Palampur to Ashapuri temple when it fell down from a place 40 km from Palampur, police said. Fourteen bodies...
08:47 AM, Sep 11, 2012
The success story of IPL 4 has returned home after an unproductive stint with Himachal Pradesh. ...
05:50 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Shimla: All vehicles, registered outside Himachal Pradesh, will have to pay "green tax" from September 15 for entering the state capital. The National Highways Authority of India has given its nod to the Shimla Municipal Corporation to impose the tax on all vehicles bearing non-Himachal numbers. The contract for collecting the tax has been given to a private company which was selected after an open bidding, a senior SMC official...
10:57 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday announced a fresh agitation targeting Congress from October 2 that will last till next Lok Sabha elections with immediate attention on upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Addressing a press conference, Ramdev said he will continue his work despite the Congress targeting him and his fight will be for a change in power and system. "People will give a suitable answer...
05:59 PM, Sep 01, 2012
