"During Congress's rule, there were various groups that had a vested interest in unstable governments. Small states were the target of such self-centred groups. These groups worked only for their own interest. The people of Himachal know that Congress means the guarantee of corruption and
106-year-old Shyam Saran Negi, the first voter of Independent India, exercised his right to franchise for the 34th time for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections through a postal ballot at his residence in Kinnaur district on Wednesday.
Born in July 1917, Shyam Saran Negi voted for the first time in 1951 in the general elections of India and has voted for sixteen times in Lok Sabha Elections. He cast his vote in every Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha and all local bodies right after 1951.
The Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday expelled state party vice-president Ram Singh for six years from party's primary membership for contesting as an independent from Kullu Sadar seat.
During the past 24 hours, cash worth Rs 31,80,800 and around 2109 litres of illicit liquor worth Rs 6,16,832 was seized during the checks carried out by the police department at various places in the state.
Congress has decided to bank on the legacy of former Chief Minister late Virbhadra Singh's legacy in the forthcoming assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 22 (ANI): Sanjay Sood, who runs a tea shop in Shimla, filed his nomination as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Shimla Urban seat for the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections.