The Himachal Pradesh cabinet led by P K Dhumal would be expanded tomorrow with the induction of state BJP chief Khimi Ram to fill the lone vacant berth. Khimi Ram has already resigned as state party president after the BJP central leadership appointed Satpal Singh Satti as new party chief who would formally takeover on [...]
In Himachal Pradesh with the newly appointed BJP President Satpal Satti growing dissidence within the party ensues. Making sure that all goes well in Himachal Pradesh ahead of the Assembly elections, due this year, BJP high command has replaced its state unit president Khimi Ram Sharma with a two-time MLA and chief parliamentary secretary Satpal [...]
Union Minister V.B.Singh today alleged the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh violated land laws for giving a tea estate to a trust reportedly linked to Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan. “A huge chunk of land under tea garden in Palampur has been allowed to be purchased by team Anna member Prashant Bhushan in the name [...]
With assembly elections in the state just a few months away, BJP today appointed a new president for its Himachal Pradesh unit in a bid to check growing rebellion in the party rank and file and fight the polls unitedly. Party president Nitin Gadkari appointed Satpal Satti, a two-time MLA, as BJP Himachal Pradesh unit [...]
Cement companies in Himachal Pradesh have agreed to cut cement prices in the state by Rs 25 per bag, a senior official has said. “Various cement companies located in the state have conveyed the revised and latest cement prices per bag at different locations in the state after cutting the price by Rs 25 per [...]
Himachal Pradesh government has proposed a new Kalka-Baddi-Nalagarh-Bilaspur-Beri broad-gauge railway line instead of already sanctioned Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri broad-gauge railway line, Chief Minister P.K.Dhumal said. Presiding over a high-level meeting on the status of railway projects, he said the new proposal would be beneficial as majority of industrial units have come in Parwanoo-Baddi- Barotiwala-Nalagarh belt. The broad-gauge [...]
Tribal Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh has the highest sex ratio in the country with 1,017 females for every 1,000 males, Chief Minister P K Dhumal said today. Inaugurating a two-day workshop on ‘Rights of Girl Child and Future Impact on Imbalanced Sex Ratio’ organised by the HP State Social Welfare Board, Dhumal [...]
Security is up in the scenic Dharamkot village near McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh, popularly known as Mini Israel; the place is now under the scanner as it is frequently visited by scores of Isreali tourists Dharamkot village near Mcleodganj originally belongs to the Gaddi tribe of Himachal region inhabited by a number of Israelis who [...]
To reduce vehicle congestion in popular hill resort Shimla, the Himachal Pradesh government approved a civic body’s proposal to impose green tax on outside vehicles entering the city. The Urban Development Department issued a notification authorising the Municipal Corporation to impose green taxes on outside vehicles on the pattern of tax levied in Manali. The [...]
Under BJP dissidents’ fire, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today received backing of the party central leadership which said the next assembly polls would be fought under his command and claimed charges corruption of against his government are baseless. BJP General Secretary J.P.Nadda and co-incharge of the party affairs in Himachal Shyam Jaju, [...]
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