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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicHImachal Pradesh elections

Topic: HImachal Pradesh elections

ECI issues notifications for Lok Sabha & Assembly polls in Himachal

Elections to 4 Lok Sabha seats & bypolls to 6 assembly constituencies that fell vacant with disqualification of 6 rebel Congress MLAs & their eventual switch to BJP will be held on 1 June.

Six Congress MLAs who cross voted in RS polls head to Shimla for State Budget Session

The Budget Session is set to convene today with the BJP pressing for division voting on the passing of the Budget after it is introduced in the assembly.

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.

Sidhu named star campaigner for Himachal bypolls, days after he quit as Punjab Congress chief

Congress listed 20 star campaigners for Himachal Pradesh bypolls Friday including new inductee Kanhaiya Kumar, new Punjab CM Charanjit Channi and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel.

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.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.