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TopicHimachal assembly polls

Topic: Himachal assembly polls

‘Results in front of us’ — Sushil Modi says not promising Old Pension Scheme cost BJP Himachal

Speaking at PRS Legislative’s annual conference in Delhi, BJP Rajya Sabha MP & Bihar’s ex-deputy CM said it is the public that ultimately bears the cost of such doles.

After much deliberation, Congress chooses Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu as new Himachal chief minister

Sukhu was chosen after a Congress legislative party meeting — the second in 24 hours. Current HPCC chief Pratibha Singh was also a contender.

Buoyant Congress faces task of picking new Himachal CM. Here are 3 main contenders

The three main contenders are MP Pratibha Singh, former state president Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and leader of Opposition in the outgoing assembly Mukesh Agnihotri. 

In Himachal’s Fatehpur, BJP rebel Kripal Parmar, asked by Modi to ‘sit out’, loses to Congress

While Congress' Bhawani Singh Pathania won with 33,238 votes, the BJP’s Rakesh Pathania, who came second, got 25,884 votes. In comparison, Parmar got only 2,811 votes.

Disaster in Gujarat but solace in Himachal: What Congress will take away from assembly polls

While Congress may be used to successive defeats, polls in Gujarat and Himachal came at a time when the party is doing some major organization rejigs under new president Mallikarjun Kharge.

BJP sweeps Gujarat with highest-ever tally for 7th term but loses Himachal to Congress

BJP wins 156 of 182 seats in Gujarat — a massive improvement over its 2017 tally of 99. In Himachal, however, anti-incumbency and infighting took the party down.

Broom sweeps capital, leaves lotus in the (literal) dust & why astrologers hate pollsters

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Himachal polls: ‘Hindutva icon’ UP CM Yogi emerges as star BJP campaigner after PM Modi

While BJP feels its Yogi’s 'charisma' and his image as 'the flag-bearer of Hinduism' that drew large crowds, opposition Congress termed it as an attempt to polarise the voters.

‘If agencies work at BJP govt’s behest, public will lose faith’, says Urdu press after Raut’s bail

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

How Congress is trying to get Himachal DGP who’s ‘close to CM’ transferred before polls

Himachal DGP Sanjay Kundu has come under fire from Congress over 'lack of neutrality' & a police recruitment paper leak 'scam'. EC has asked state govt for report, it is learnt.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.