"We must express our gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda for not only granting Himachal an AIIMS but also ensuring that it emerges as a state-of-the-art medical institution in record time," Bindal said while addressing the media.
Rekha Gupta will take the oath as Delhi CM at a swearing-in ceremony at Delhi's Ramilila Maidan. Six other ministers, including Parvesh Sahib Singh, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra, and Pankaj Kumar Singh, will also take the oath.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday staged district-level protests across Himachal Pradesh and accused the Congress of disrespecting Dr B R Ambedkar, the principal architect of the Indian Constitution.
Addressing a large gathering in the state capital, senior BJP leaders accused the Congress government of failing to deliver on its promises and indulging in misgovernance.
Speaking at a press conference in Shimla, Sharma pointed to recent arrests by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in Hamirpur, alleging that these revealed a nexus between Chief Minister Shukhvinder Singh Sukhu and the mining mafia.
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Jairam Thakur on Tuesday criticized the Congress government led by Sukhwinder Sukhu and accused it of "destroying" the state.
In a sharp attack on the government led by Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur criticized the Congress government's tax policies in Himachal Pradesh and remarked that the state government seems to be taxing everything except air.
An FIR had been filed at Kotkhai police station on Sunday by Himachal Pradesh BJP Spokesperson Chetan Singh Bragta against the social media account "@TeamSaath" for an objectionable post, labelling the people performing the traditional 'Nati' dance during the festival of "Jagra" as terrorist
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
Himachal Pradesh BJP on Saturday expelled Harpreet Singh Saini, BJP's state co-media Incharge, for six years for contesting by-elections against the party's authorized candidate