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Nine BJP candidates including CM Thakur filed nomination papers on Wednesday

Hamirpur (HP): Both the BJP and key opposition party Congress have named four candidates each for the Hamirpur district. Both parties are yet to name their fifth candidates which can take place anytime now. The BJP has named Narendra…

Shimla: Ruling BJP schedule to declare candidates for all 68 Assembly seats on Tuesday relying on the youngsters and is likely to remove many old horses from the fray. The party parliamentary board has deliberated to at least remove five…

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said that he cannot promise to bring back the article 370 but could make efforts for its restoration along with the…

Kangra: Local MLA Pawan Kajal made an election strategy by organizing a meeting with his supporters in Mataur on Tuesday. Kajal said that on October 25, he will file his nomination papers. He said that the Chief Minister Jai Ram…

Panaji: A day after former minister Michael Lobo scoffed at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Goa Congress President Amit Patkar hit back alleging illegally converted lands which are now reverted back to its original status…

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday grilled Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia around nine hours at its headquarters in Delhi in an ongoing probe into alleged irregularities in Delhi excise policy. Sisodia, who…

Shimla: In a major setback to Jai Ram Government and specially his Law and Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj, National Green Tribunal declared Shimla Development Plan 2041 illegal. A twenty paged order passed by the principal…

Chandigarh: Presenting the report card of seven months' performance of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Cabinet Minister Aman Arora on Sunday said Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has ushered a new era of politics in the state by…

Nahan (HP): Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Saturday the era of Kings and Queens is gone and now the public is the real King and custodian of the democratic system. Shah said this while addressing a mammoth rally of Hattis in the Hatti…

Bhubaneswar: Putting an end to the contractual system of recruitment, the Odisha cabinet on Saturday decided to abolish the contractual system of recruitment permanently. In a statement to the people of Odisha after the cabinet, Chief…

New Delhi: Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh will be held in a single phase on November 12, the Election Commission announced on Friday. Counting of votes will be done on December 8. ECI said notification for elections will be issued…

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh High Court Judge Chander Bhushan Barowalia on Friday appointed as new Lokayukta of Himachal Pradesh. A notification approved by Himachal Pradesh Rajbhavan here today said that in in exercise of the powers by the…

Chandigarh: On the Satluj-Yamuna Link Canal (SYL) issue, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) surrounded the BJP-Akali and Congress and said the previous governments in Punjab are responsible for this conundrum today as they deliberately lingered the…

Port Blair: Admiral (Retd.) D K Joshi, Lt. Governor, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Vice-Chairman of Islands Development Agency on Thursday reviewed status of vacancies in Islands along with Senior Officials of Andaman and Nicobar…

Una: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday flagged off the inaugural run of the new Vande Bharat Express from Amb Andaura, Una in Himachal Pradesh to New Delhi that will reduce the travel time between the two stations by two hours. He…

Lucknow: In a bid to reduce air pollution, to reduce dependency on petrol and diesel and to promote electric vehicles, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday announced to implement New Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy…

Chamba/Shimla: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the third phase of the PM Gram Sadak Yojana to gift roads to inaccessible villages of Himachal Pradesh. Addressing a BJP election meeting at Chogan Maidan in Chamba, he said…

Mumbai: The two factions of the erstwhile ‘Shiv Sena’ which split into Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Group and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Group have been allotted new names, which have been trending ever since. The Election…

Srinagar: Jailed Kashmiri leader Altaf Ahmad Shah passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi early on Tuesday, his family said. His daughter Ruwa Shah confirmed the death. “Abu (father) breathed his…