Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) has promised to restore the old pension scheme for state government employees in the state, give one lakh government jobs to unemployed youths, give support price to all varieties of apples and give Rs 1500 per month to every woman in the state in its

Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the previous Congress government for “alleged scams to get kickbacks in defence deals in the country “. Addressing his first election rally at Sunder Nagar in Himachal Pradesh the PM accused, “The Congress leaders took kickbacks in defence deals and put Indian Defence Forces at

The first voter of Independent India Shiam Saran Negi passed away at his native village Kalpa in Kinnaur district early morning on Saturday at the age of one hundred and six years.   Negi , who had been casting his vote in all General and Assembly elections since 1951 had cast his

A tunnel being constructed to convert Chandigarh – Manali road into four lanes, caved in on Tuesday night at about 10 PM near Malori. Nearly fifty workers working in the tunnel immediately rushed out to safety and no one was injured in the incident. Two tunnels are being built a

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi appealed to people of Himachal Pradesh to carry on good traditions of the state like festival of Shivratri, Kull Dusehra and changing state government after every five years. Addressing an election meeting at Paddal Ground on Monday she said, “The tradition to change government after

In a major political development on the last day of nominations for Himachal Pradesh Assembly election,  BJP has refused to give Form A and B for allotment of party ticket to its Kullu nominee Maheshwar Singh and replaced him with a new candidate Narotam Thakur who  filed his nomination papers on

In another jolt to Congress in poll bound Himachal Pradesh  a senior Congress leader Vijay Singh Mankotia and former Congress MLA  Rakesh Kalia have joined BJP. Mankotia joined BJP in the presence of national president of BJP Jagat Prakash  Nadda and Harsh Mahajan at Bilaspur on Tuesday . Mankotia, who had won five

As many as 38 candidates filed their nomination papers on the fourth day for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election on Thursday. Prominent among those who filed their nomination papers are Congress candidates Kaul Singh Thakur (Darang). Leader of opposition Mukesh Agnihotri (Haroli), Bhawani Singh Pathania (Fatehpur),  Inder Dutt Lakhanpal (Badsar) ,

The BJP leadership has tried to contain further discord in the party witnessed after release of names of 62 candidates to contest Himachal Pradesh Assembly election on Wednesday, through its second list released on Thursday. In the second list the BJP has accommodated former ministers Ramesh Dhwala from Dehra and