In a boost for the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, the party won two of the three seats on which bypolls were held in the state taking the party's strength in the 68-member state assembly to 40, the number it had before political crisis erupted in the state due to cross-voting in th
With the commencement of polling on the Hamirpur, Nalagarh, and Dehra assembly segments in Himachal Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Dehra, Hoshiyar Singh, arrived on the booth in the Dehra constituency to cast his vote.
Ahead of bypolls in three Assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, Leader of Opposition and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Tuesday exuded confidence over the victory of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in all three Assembly seats and said that the BJP will win all th
The IMD issued an orange alert for 8 districts and a flash flood warning for four districts in Himachal Pradesh on Friday due to continuous rainfall in the last 24 hours. A yellow alert has been issued in most parts of the state on Saturday.
"The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government is just telling lie after lie. It has made a record of lying to the people of the state. For the last one and a half years, the government has only given assurances. This government does not have a single word to tell based on which it can
Sandeep Kumar Sharma, the senior scientist at IMD HP, said, "Between the dates of June 28 to July 1, the plain areas of Una, Bilaspur and Hamirpur and Midhills area of the districts of Chamba, Kangra, Solan Shimla, Sirmaur, Kullu and Mandi and higher reaches of Kinnaur mist of the places wil
"After the withdrawal of nominations, a total of 13 candidates are in the fray from Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh Assembly Constituencies (AC) for the bye-elections," said the official.
The Election Department of Himachal Pradesh on Monday announced that a total of 15 candidates, including Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur, are in the fray for the by-polls to be held in three segments -- Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh.
The Shimla Police on Saturday questioned the former Independent MLA and BJP's candidate for Assembly by-elections in Hamirpur, Ashish Sharma, in an alleged horse-trading case during Rajya Sabha elections.