Bypolls to 3 Lok Sabha, 29 assembly seats SaturdayThe seats where Lok Sabha bye-elections will be held are Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. O...
29 Oct, 2021, 07.03 PM IST
Webcasting for 50% polling stations in Himachal bypollHe said to conduct free and fair elections and as a confidence-building measure for voters, arrangements for webcasting would be made in al...
18 Oct, 2021, 09.51 AM IST
Virbhadra Singh: Congress leader who had special place in hearts of HimachalisA six-time chief minister of the state, Virbhadra Singh held a special place in the hearts of the people of the state. He was known to take...
08 Jul, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh passes awayThe veteran leader breathed his last at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) here at 3.40 am, senior medical superintendent Indira Gandhi M...
08 Jul, 2021, 08.37 AM IST
Anti-incumbency makes BJP king of Himachal PradeshIn Himachal Pradesh, BJP wins 44 seats and Congress 21as the latter pays for possible tactical errors during ticket distribution, lacklustr...
19 Dec, 2017, 01.36 AM IST
A bittersweet political swansong for Virbhadra SinghThe octogenarian 'Raja sahib' won for the eighth time in a state Assembly election from Arki, defeating Rattan Singh Pal of the BJP by a ma...
18 Dec, 2017, 07.36 PM IST
BJP ahead in Himachal Pradesh electionsThe CPI(M) is ahead in one seat after nearly two hours of counting as trends are available for 43 seats.
18 Dec, 2017, 11.00 AM IST
Anti-incumbency likely to strike again as Himachal goes to pollsAs Himachal Pradesh votes on Thursday, it is expected to stick to its decades-old trend of voting out the ruling party every five years and...
09 Nov, 2017, 07.49 AM IST
At 100, India's first voter to cast vote again; EC to roll out red carpetPost-independence, when parliamentary polls were being held in the country for the first time, the EC had advanced the voting in Kinnaur, k...
29 Oct, 2017, 10.25 AM IST
349 candidates in fray from 68 seats in Himachal pollsThe ruling Congress and opposition BJP have fielded candidates from all the 68 seats while the CPI(M) is contesting 16 seats.
26 Oct, 2017, 10.40 PM IST
479 nominations filed for Himachal Assembly pollsOn the last day of filing of nominations yesterday, 275 candidates, including former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal of the BJP, filed the...
24 Oct, 2017, 11.00 AM IST
Congress fields Virbhadra's son from Shimla Rural in final list of candidatesThe Congress had initially dithered over announcing the candidatures of Vikramaditya Singh and Champa Thakur, but gave in to pressure at th...
22 Oct, 2017, 09.34 PM IST
Congress announces 2nd list of candidates for Himachal Pradesh pollsThe chief minister has moved to the Arki Assembly seat in Solan district and the party has declared his candidature from there.
22 Oct, 2017, 08.42 PM IST
Virbhadra Singh files nomination from Arki constituencySingh had vacated the Shimla (rural) seat for his son Vikramaditya Singh and shifted to Arki.
20 Oct, 2017, 02.59 PM IST
Congress announces 59 candidates for Himachal Pradesh polls; CM to contest from ArkiState Congress chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukkhu has been fielded from the Nadaun seat, which the latter had unsuccessfully contested in the pr...
18 Oct, 2017, 10.24 PM IST
Virbhadra Singh to contest Theog seat, to file nomination on Oct 20The CM had said yesterday that he had offers to contest from many constituencies including Arki, Chopal and Theog and he would win comforta...
13 Oct, 2017, 10.40 PM IST
Himachal Pradesh legislators get wealthier; 44 crorepatisWith the new HP legislators all set to take over the reins of the state, the assets of its legislators have shown an unprecedented rise, in...
23 Dec, 2012, 10.42 PM IST