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Anand Sharma’s induction in Union Cabinet a blow to Virbhadra camp

Saturday 23 May '09

The induction of Anand Sharma, a Rajya Sabha member from Himachal Pradesh as a Cabinet-rank minister in the Union ministry today came as a blow to the Virbhadra Singh camp...
Cops in plainclothes to check ragging in HP

Friday 22 May '09

To ensure proper implementation of anti-ragging measures in educational institutions, and alarmed at the spate of bank robberies...
Himachal extends Central Sales Tax concessions for industry

Thursday 21 May '09

In a significant decision to protect the industrial units from effects of the economic downturn, Himachal Pradesh government today extended the Central Sales Tax (CST) concessions for industrial units up to 2013.
To save its fruit crops, Himachal to tame weather with anti-hail guns

Wednesday 20 May '09

The Himachal Pradesh government is getting ready to install 40 anti-hail guns to protect the horticulture crops.
BJP turns tables on Congress

Sunday 17 May '09

The ruling BJP has won three of the four seats in Himachal Pradesh, completely reversing its tally of 2004....
Post poll, Cabinet reshuffle likely in HP

Saturday 16 May '09

In sixteen months of the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal did not go in for Cabinet reshuffle even once.
Dhumal pitched for son, Virbhadra got wife support

Friday 15 May '09

BJP candidate Anurag Thakur and the Congress’s Virbhadra Singh are two most prominent faces in the fray Himachal Pradesh....
Heavy voter turnout in HP pleases both Cong, BJP

Friday 15 May '09

In the 2007 Assembly elections, a heavy voter turnout in the tribal belt of Bharmaur, Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur, which had gone to the polls about a month ahead of the state’s other areas, gave the BJP an indication of change.
Reverse swing, BJP hopes to demolish Cong

Wednesday 13 May '09

The BJP appears to be well-placed to grab three of the four Lok Sabha seats in the state although Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal....
...to counter, Modi reminds Cong of Charar-e-Sharif

Tuesday 12 May '09

On the last day of campaigning, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday countered the Congress’s Kandahar episode attack by raising the issue of Charar-e-Sharif.
Rahul blames Advani for Kandahar episode...

Tuesday 12 May '09

Accusing the BJP of trying to create a divide between rural and urban India and pitting one religious community against the other...
All set for Rahul-Modi showdown in Kullu on last day of campaign

Monday 11 May '09

Campaigning for four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh is set to end with a big political showdown as Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi address rallies here tomorrow at a distance of barely 11 kilometres.
BJP work may bear fruit in Shimla’s apple belt...

Monday 11 May '09

Elections may not be on their mind as they are worried more about their next produce in view of changes in the weather...
... but in Mandi, saffron party has fight on hands

Monday 11 May '09

A parliamentary constituency which takes up almost a third of Himachal Pradesh, Mandi looked like Bharatiya Janata Party’s new bastion in Himachal Pradesh.
Former MLA, 30 other BSP workers join Cong in HP

Saturday 2 May '09

In a big blow to the BSP in Himachal Pradesh, 31 party workers, including two general secretaries, joined the Congress here on Friday....
Behind election din, poppy flowers in Kullu

Saturday 25 April '09

Behind the election din in the state, poppy fields in Kullu valley - known for the supply of international quality of narcotics including charas and opium - are in full bloom.
Aman’s father writes to cops, says principal ‘more at fault’, treat youths with lesser charge

Sunday 19 April '09

Forty days after his son Aman’s death, allegedly due to ragging in a Himachal Pradesh medical college, Raj Kachroo feels the college administration is “more at fault” than the four students arrested for the death.
‘Tainted’ cop files assets complaint against Dhumal

Tuesday 7 April '09

Suspended ADGP B S Thind, arrested by the police in an extortion case, has retaliated by filing a disproportionate assets complaint.....
MP who ‘missed’ all the action

Tuesday 7 April '09

After an unsuccessful run in the 1998 elections, Pratibha Singh, wife of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh won her first Lok Sabha election from Mandi Parliamentary constituency in 2004.
BS Thind files complaint against Chief Minister, three top cops

Tuesday 7 April '09

Suspended ADGP BS Thind, who was arrested by the police in an extortion case, has retaliated by filing a disproportionate assets complaint against Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal before the Himachal Lokayukta.
Saviour of the heritage

Monday 6 April '09

Col Dhani Ram Shandil (retd) first jumped into politics in 1999 Lok Sabha elections as BJP- Himachal Vikas Congress combine candidate and wrested Shimla (reserve) seat, defeating a former minister Gangu Ram Musafir.
Himachal’s suspended top cop held

Sunday 5 April '09

Himachal Pradesh’s Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) B S Thind, who is facing a series of cheating and forgery charges.....
Madan Lal bowled out, Thakur gets Cong ticket

Friday 3 April '09

Former international cricketer Madan Lal will not contest the Parliamentary election from Hamirpur and has decided to make an honourable...
Kachru death: Notices to 40 docs, two ex-principals

Friday 3 April '09

Initiating action on the magisterial inquiry report relating to the death of Aman Satya Kachru, the Himachal Pradesh government today slapped notices on 40 doctors, including two former principals, one of them already retired.
HP notice to 40 docs, ex-principals

Friday 3 April '09

The Himachal Pradesh Government on Thursday slapped notices on 40 doctors, including two former principals, one of them already retired...
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