Conceding defeating in Himachal Pradesh elections, BJP's PK Dhumal said he would not blame outside factors for the poll debacle and would instead try to find out the internal reasons. ...
04:30 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: Sources in the realty giant DLF have said that anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal's allegations against the company are not going to impact its launch plans. "Nor are they going to impact the company's exercise to pay off its debts," the sources added. DLF hopes to receive Rs 2,227 crore by October-end from the Lodha Group for "Mumbai land sale". Sale Of Aman Resorts is also on track, they...
03:53 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Shimla: Participation of students and teachers in political activities on university campuses may be banned in Himachal Pradesh. An indication to this was given on Thursday by Chief Minister PK Dhumal who said his government is not averse to the proposal, citing incidents of violence on campuses. "Growing incidents of violence is vitiating the academic atmosphere in university campuses. It is a matter of major concern for us and if...
11:47 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Shimla: One person has been killed while nine others are feared dead after being washed away in flash floods triggered by heavy rains at a village in Paonta Sahib area of Sirmaur District. Four vehicles, carrying members of a marriage party, were trapped in the flash flood due to heavy rains at Haripur Khol village in Paonta Sahib, officials said on Saturday. The vehicles got trapped inside a khud (pit),...
01:02 PM, Jul 08, 2012
New Delhi: Faced with a corruption case during his tenure as the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister and Congress MP Virbhadra Singh has resigned from the Union Cabinet following the framing of charges against him and his wife Pratibha Singh. Virbhadra Singh is accused of misusing his office when he was the Himachal Pradesh chief minister in 1989 and granting favours to industrialists....
01:17 PM, Jun 26, 2012
The former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister has offered to resign but Congress President Sonia Gandhi is waiting for the High Court order. ...
12:01 PM, Jun 26, 2012
New Delhi: Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Virbhadra Singh is all set to resign from the Union Cabinet following the framing of corruption charges against him for allegedly misusing his office when he was the Himachal Pradesh chief minister in 1989. He will meet Prime Minister manmohan Singh at 12:30 PM on Tuesday and hand over his resignation letter. Claiming that he was being framed, Virbhadra Singh said,"Nobody...
11:53 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Shimla: After a spat between the Army and the Himachal Pradesh government on control over Annandale ground in Shimla, the BJP on Thursday sought to distance itself from the controversy saying it was a "closed chapter". BJP National General Secretary JP Nadda and Co-incharge of party affairs for Himachal Pradesh Shyam Jaju, who was in Shimla for a meeting of senior leaders, decried the "sinister moves" of some elements to...
04:23 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Army has alleged that the Himachal Pradesh government is colluding with the land mafia in the state to take away the Shimla's Annandale ground from the Army on the pretext of building a cricket stadium and a hotel. The ground has been with the Army since the second world war and rent was being paid by the Army till 2002. The Himachal government now wants the land...
08:08 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Shimla: The row between Himachal Pradesh government and military over ownership of Annandale ground on Sunday escalated with the Army saying national security cannot be ignored for "game and gimmicks" and the Chief Minister alleging the large ground was under its "unlawful occupation". Chief Minister PK Dhumal also threatened to file a defamatory suit against the Army if it did not tender an unconditional apology for allegedly maligning the image...
10:10 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Shimla: Rejecting Union Minister VB Singh's charge that Himachal Pradesh government had violated laws for giving a tea estate to a trust linked to Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan, Chief Minister PK Dhumal on Monday alleged that the previous Congress regime led by Singh had granted dozens of such permissions during 2003 and 2007. Hitting back at Singh, Dhumal said the Congress government headed by Singh had granted "dozens of...
08:28 PM, Feb 27, 2012
