From the death of the country's oldest voter to how polling personnel and equipment are mobilised uphill, braving rough terrain and, often, unforgiving weather, here's a look at stories from the poll-bound state that courted headlines ahead of the polling for 68 Assembly constituencies on Sa
The polling will take place on November 12 after a hectic campaign. Himachal Pradesh has seen alternate governments between BJP and Congress over the past few decades and the BJP has expressed confidence of retaining power in the hill state.
The deployment will include over 150 companies each from Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and other CAPFs.
Months of work on the candidates, hours and hours of assessing the work done by them on the ground and winnability are some of the key factors that have been put into effect before the BJP arrived at its list of candidates for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav alleged that a large number of supporters of Samajwadi Party voters were "wrongly removed" from the voter list in the 2022 assembly elections in which the party lost earlier this year.
Addressing a press conference in Shimla on Thursday, Sitharaman said the BJP government not only implemented the flagship schemes of the central government as well as those of the state on same priority so that the people of Himachal Pradesh could derive the targeted benefits of the schemes.
On a visit to the state on Thursday, Shah addressed public rallies in Paonta Sahib town in the Sirmaur and Kangra districts of Himachal Pradesh ahead of the Assembly polls.