Refuting corruption charges against BJP President Nitin Gadkari, senior party leader LK Advani on Wednesday said that allegations against Gadkari were more to neutralise the unprecedented charges against the ruling UPA. Gadkari also got the support of RSS leader MG Vaidya who called it a trial by media. The BJP said that the party chief was ready to face any probe. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat earlier on Wednesday refused to ...
10:09 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Shimla: The Congress on Wednesday expelled 25 'rebel' candidates in Himachal Pradesh, including an MLA, for six years. Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) chief Virbhadra Singh expelled MLA Yograj from Dehra, former minister Ishwar Dass (Ani) and former MLAs Kashmir Singh (Ghumarwin) and Mast Ram (Karsog) and 21 others who are contesting against party candidates in the assembly polls, the party said. The action was taken on the recommendations of...
09:23 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Shimla: Congress chief ministerial candidate Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday lost his temper at the media. However, after a rap from the Congress leadership in Delhi, came the U-turn and an apology. The Congress is no doubt worried. In the small state of Himachal Pradesh, the stakes are big for the party at the Centre. Aware that in Gujarat, it could be a virtual no-show for the party, a win in...
08:40 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress's chief ministerial candidate for Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh, on Wednesday apologised for threatening mediapersons earlier in the day, explaining that he lost his cool amidst the flurry of questions from the press. Virbhadra had threatened to break the cameras of the mediapersons, when questioned about the allegations of corruption against him. Apologising, Virbhadra said, "I respect the media and the press. They are doing their job....
04:25 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday apologised for senior party leader Virbhadra Singh's threat to mediapersons that their cameras would be broken on being questioned about allegations of corruption against him. "If anyone is hurt, we apologise," party spokesperson Sandeep Dikshit said when asked to react to the incident. Terming as "unfortunate" Singh's remarks, the party said such things can sometime happen in the midst of an election campaign. "We...
01:07 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief Virbhadra Singh lost his cool and abused media on Wednesday when questioned on the allegations of corruption against him. ...
12:26 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief Virbhadra Singh lost his cool and abused media on Wednesday when questioned on the allegations of corruption against him. Virbhadra, in fact, threatened to break the cameras of mediapersons. "I will break your cameras. Don't you have any work? The allegations are wrong and baseless," Singh said. BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday alleged that Singh had altered his income tax account books from...
09:13 AM, Oct 24, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday turned the spotlight on the Congress's chief ministerial candidate for Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh and sought an inquiry into Singh's tax returns and alleged land scams ahead of the elections. The BJP also hit back at the Congress by raking up the corruption accusations against Singh. Virbhadra, however, said he was "surprised and shocked" by the allegations. ...
10:40 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday came out in strong defence of Himachal state unit chief Virbhadra Singh, who is facing graft allegations, saying they were "far more political than in substance" and were intended to affect the assembly poll campaign. "The timing of the whole revelation is questionable. I am very suspicious about the timing. When he is busy campaigning, to bind him (with such allegations) in the middle...
06:42 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Congress's chief ministerial candidate for Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh said that he is surprised at the allegations levelled by the BJP. "Surprised and shocked by the news about my income and Income Tax returns. Surprised and shocked by the news about my income and Income Tax returns. First they raised issue of Ispat. Industries pay off. I had demanded a CBI inquiry so that the truth can come...
03:38 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday turned the spotlight on the Congress's chief ministerial candidate for Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh and sought an inquiry into Singh's tax returns and alleged land scams ahead of the elections. The BJP also hit back at the Congress by raking up the corruption accusations against Singh. "Surprised and shocked by the news about my income and Income Tax returns. Surprised and...
12:37 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday kickstarted the partys poll campaign in poll-bounded Himachal Pradesh. Addressing a rally at Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, Sonia focused on the subject of corruption. Sonia said the Congress has acted sternly in dealing with corruption. She said the party is bidding to topple the BJP from office in Himachal Pradesh. Corruption is a cancer, which has spread to our entire system. We...
02:06 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi will kickstart the party's election campaign in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh on Monday with a rally in Mandi at 11 am. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi are expected to join the campaign later this month. Battle lines have been drawn for multi-cornered contests with 459 candidates remaining in the field for 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly going to polls on November...
07:21 AM, Oct 22, 2012
Jaipur: Lawyer-cum-activist Prashant Bhushan on Sunday said he is ready to face any inquiry raised against him regarding irregularities in buying land in Himachal Pradesh. Bhushan, a prominent member of Arvind Kejriwal-led India Against Corruption (IAC), said he has already spoken on the allegation and rejected it, which he said, was aimed at misleading people. "I am open to any inquiry. The allegations were levelled just to mislead people," he...
11:49 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Shimla: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address an election rally on Monday in the historic town of Mandi, becoming the first national-level leader to visit Himachal Pradesh for campaigning in the forthcoming state assembly elections, an official said. "Sonia Gandhi will address her first election rally in Mandi. One more rally has been planned after this one," a Congress leader said in Shimla on Sunday. Former union minister and Congress...
12:56 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Trouble for the Congress ahead of Himachal Pradesh election after bribery charges were levelled against party veteran Virbhadra Singh. The former chief minister was allegedly paid a bribe of Rs 2.28 crore by a private firm when he was the steel minister in 2009-2010. ...
11:36 PM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: Trouble for the Congress ahead of Himachal Pradesh election after bribery charges were levelled against party veteran Virbhadra Singh. The former chief minister was allegedly paid a bribe of Rs 2.28 crore by a private firm when he was the steel minister in 2009-2010. The question was raised after reports of the I-T department seizing documents that suggest a bribe being paid to a certain VBS. Virbhadra, currently...
12:27 PM, Oct 13, 2012
After anti-corruption activists Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan's expose on Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land deals, Congress has counter-attacked the Bhushans for buying land marked for tea gardens in Himachal Pradesh. Shanti Bhushan has replied by asking the government to carry out a probe. "Our land transactions are clean. If the government wants to investigate, they can do so," said Shanti Bhushan. ...
03:59 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Shimla: Cycling through the rugged mountain tracks of Himachal Pradesh is on a roll. And this time, the adventurous mountain bikers are not just foreigners. At a nine-day, 438-km long mountain biking (MTB) expedition here last week, 62 of the 75 cyclists were Indians - most of them with white collar jobs in big cities. "Initially, Hercules MTB Himachal used to see mostly foreigners. But for the past three-four years,...
12:01 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Shimla: The Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday demanded an inquiry into alleged purchase of tea plantation land by a trust linked to activist Arvind Kejriwal's associate Prashant Bhushan in Palampur area of the state. "We want an independent inquiry into the land transferred to Prashant Bhushan in 2010 and want the government to explain that how this land was transferred to him," senior party leader and former minister Harsh...
10:15 PM, Oct 09, 2012
