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TopicHImachal Pradesh elections

Topic: HImachal Pradesh elections

BJP keeps track of abusive words used by Congress against Modi. So far, its 18 pages long

From food, clothes to house rent—BJP workers have returned from Gujarat with different expert takes on the state.

Ahead of Himachal polls, Modi to flag off 4th Vande Bharat Express at Una

The train will take 5 hours, 15 minutes to cover the distance against the nearly 7 hours taken by the Shatabdi now.

‘Chhoti Kashi’ — why Modi & Himachal CM spoke of big pilgrimage plans for Mandi

During a visit to Mandi Monday, PM Modi said he was blessed to be in 'Chhoti Kashi', after having been to Kashi Vishwanath earlier this month.

Sympathy for Virbhadra widow, inflation caused bypoll defeat: Himachal BJP chief Suresh Kashyap

BJP is worried in Himachal Pradesh because it is the only party-ruled state where it failed to win a single seat in 30 October bypolls. A review of its poll performance is now under way.

Modi’s going to have a much tougher 2018 than anyone’s expecting

The triumph in the polls should not distract attention from the intriguing subtext that the ruling party is vulnerable.

Prem Kumar Dhumal and other major upsets in the Himachal Pradesh election results

The BJP's chief ministerial candidate wasn't the only major upset in the Himachal Pradesh poll results. Here's a list of the biggest upsets.

For Himachal photo-finish winners, voters are ‘god’

Kasauli BJP candidate Rajeev Saizal won by 24 votes in 2012 assembly polls; the state has seen close contests in 2003 and 2007 as well.

Age no bar for contesting elections in Himachal Pradesh

The state has many elderly politicians who have won back-to-back elections for decades, and still remain their party’s best bet to retain their seat.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.