Shimla: Battlelines have been drawn for Sunday’s poll for the 68-member Himachal Assembly where political heavyweights Prem Kumar Dhumal and Virbhadra Singh are jostling for attention of voters for whom the issue of price rise and corruption seems to have surpassed the anti-incumbency factor. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress are contesting all 68 seats while the Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded 66 candidates followed by the Himachal Lokhit...
02:57 PM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: With an annual turnover of around 3000 crore, apples constitute an important part of Himachal Pradesh's economy, which makes FDI in multibrand retail an important issue among the state's apple-growers. The state's apple belt straddles several districts. No wonder then, that most pre-poll sops are announced keeping this constituency of apple-growers in mind. While the BJP government in the state has said no to FDI, the farmers remain...
08:39 AM, Nov 03, 2012
Hamirpur: Elections in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh will be held on Sunday, November 4. This time nearly 50 per cent of voters are below the age of 40. CNN-IBN found out that lack of jobs is a primary concern among the youth. Bharti, a student, studies at the prestigious Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla. She feels students from Himachal find it hard to compete for better jobs outside...
09:21 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Shimla: Scams under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government have tarnished the image of the country globally and eroded the democratic system, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani alleged on Thursday. Winding up the campaign at Majra in Sirmaur district, just 24 hours before the closing of campaigning for Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls, Advani slammed the UPA government saying surfacing of new scams every day has "tarnished the...
10:30 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh will go for polls on Sunday, November 4. One of the key election issues this time has been land. The state is seeing a construction boom and land prices are soaring. Vinod Sultanpuri, contesting for the Congress from Kasauli, has alleged that illegal benami land deals are rampant. "I live in Sultanpur. In the panchayats there, 18 buildings were found benami. I don't know when, who are...
09:55 AM, Nov 01, 2012
Group C comprises Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Services, Tripura, Goa, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir and Assam. ...
09:46 AM, Nov 01, 2012
Shimla: Accusing the air traffic control (ATC) of being partial, Himachal Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Wednesday its leaders' plans to campaign have been stymied because permission to fly helicopters was denied. The party has now asked Election Commission to extend campaigning by a day, till November 3. "The delay in granting permission by the ATC in the landing and take-off of helicopters of our leaders has...
02:57 AM, Nov 01, 2012
Shimla: Sixty companies of central paramilitary forces, including ITBP and CRPF, will be deployed in Himachal Pradesh to ensure free and fair elections at 7,253 polling booths on November 4. 25 companies of ITBP, 15 companies of SSB, 10 of CRPF and 10 companies of BSF would be deployed at the polling booths the state for 46,08,359 electors including 45,33,713 general electors and 74,646 service electors. All 68 constituencies, including...
10:40 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been criticised for his 'Rs 50 crore girlfriend' comment about MoS HRD Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar. But on Wednesday, he gave himself credit for never attacking the media. "I am proud that although I have been targeted so many times by people, I have never lost my cool and misbehaved with media." ...
03:48 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday put in her first appearance in Himachal Pradesh as it approaches the polls. The state votes on Sunday. Sonia Gandhi told Shimla to vote out the BJP. ...
04:04 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: The outcome of the Gujarat elections could seal Chief Minister Narendra Modi's fate in the race to become the NDA's prime ministerial candidate, the BJP's Bihar unit chief CP Thakur said on Monday. Thakur said that Modi could be a frontrunner if he got a thumping majority in the December Assembly elections. BJP President Nitin Gadkari had earlier said the prime ministerial candidate's name will be decided only...
11:43 AM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari's dubious business dealings are taking their political toll. The BJP President has had to cancel campaigning in Himachal Pradesh amidst reports that the state unit doesn't want him there. With reports that his tour to poll bound Himanchal may affect party's prospects in the state, as some state leaders expressed apprehensions, Gadkari cancelled his two rallies at Solan and Bilaspur. But...
08:58 AM, Oct 30, 2012
Nagpur: BJP President Nitin Gadkari has cancelled his planned trip to poll-bound Himachal Pradesh for working out legal strategies regarding a "villification" campaign against him by a section of the media. Sources close to Gadkari said tonight the cancellation was necessitated since he will be closeted with his legal advisors to discuss the possible legal notice to a section of media over carrying on a "villification" campaign against him based...
11:12 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh has traditionally seen a straight contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress and the 2012 Assembly election are going to be no different with the two involved in a bitter battle. The state will vote in a single phase on November 4, and the counting of the votes will take place weeks later, on December 20 along with Gujarat. Even though the final...
09:05 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Mandi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was at his offensive best on Monday as he continued his attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. This time, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) strongman took on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and newly-appointed Minister of State for Human Resources Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor during an election rally in Himachal Pradesh. While addressing a public rally as part of the campaign for...
04:53 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Taking potshots at MoS Human Resource Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called the latter "a 50 crore girlfriend". "There was a Congress leader who was a minister in Parliament. He was accused of amassing wealth from cricket. He had said in Parliament that he is not connected to the Rs 50 crore that in the lady's name,"...
04:08 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is on an offensive. In Himachal Pradesh to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in the state, Modi took a dig at the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, calling him 'Maun' (which means silence) Mohan Singh, in an apparent reference to his lack of response over issues. "Maun Mohan Singh broke his silence only in Himachal Pradesh yesterday....
12:57 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Shimla: Former deputy prime minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani on Sunday said people of the country will not forgive the UPA government for the "massive corruption" during its tenure and will hand over a defeat to it in next polls. Addressing a poll rally in Una district of Himachal Pradesh, Advani said after the Bofors scam came to light, the voters did not spare the Rajiv Gandhi-led...
10:46 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Una (HP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday alleged that despite all efforts by the Centre, including an increase in funds for the state, the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh has ignored the development of the state. "Himachal has the capacity to become the best state in the country... but I regret to say that in the last five years, the BJP government in the state has neglected development," Singh...
06:50 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Palampur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, charging that he is heading the "most corrupt and insensitive" government of the country. Addressing election rallies at Palampur and Pachhad, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj accused the Prime Minister of shifting the blame for scams on ministers. However, he cannot escape responsibility being the head of the cabinet, she...
11:35 PM, Oct 27, 2012
