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Congress picks three names for Himachal assembly by-polls, fields turncoat Ranjit Rana from Sujanpur

Shimla, April 27 -- {Himachal by-polls} After multiple rounds of discussions and surveys, the ruling Congress announced candidates for three of the six assembly seats where by-polls will be held simu... Read More


Congress to lock Himachal picks today

Shimla, April 25 -- The Congress is likely to take a call on candidates for the remaining two Lok Sabha seats in Himachal on Thursday after a meeting of its Central Election Committee, where the party... Read More


Manali-Leh all-weather road: Shinku La tunnel gets forest clearance

Shimla, April 20 -- The Centre has given the Forest (Conservation) Act clearance for construction of another strategic tunnel, one that will bypass the 16,615-ft (5,091 m) high Shinku La, connecting L... Read More


After boycott threat, poll officials meet voters at India's highest polling station in Himachal

Shimla, April 20 -- A team of local administration comprising officers on election duty visited the country's highest polling station, Tashigang in the Spiti valley, after residents threatened to boyc... Read More


War of words between Vikramaditya and Kangana escalates

Shimla, April 18 -- Days after Bollywood actress and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Mandi parliamentary seat Kangana Ranaut called her opponent and Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh "chotta... Read More


Himachal's cancer cases shot up 800% in 10 years

Shimla, April 18 -- The state has recorded an unprecedented 800% increase in cancer cases between 2013 to 2022, data from the health department has shown. The number of cancer patients registered with... Read More


Spiti Valley: Will highest booth, with 52 voters, go from 100% to nil?

Shimla, April 17 -- In 2019, the country's highest polling station of Tashigang in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti valley adjoining the China border saw 100% turnout. This time, if the residents of the remo... Read More


Will not let BJP distract us from Himachal's real issues, says Vikramaditya Singh

Shimla, April 17 -- Three days after the Congress tasked him to take on actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat, public works minister (PWD) Vikramaditya Singh said he was... Read More


Congress should clarify where Centre's disaster aid was spent: Kangana

Shimla, April 16 -- Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut, who is Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha nominee from Mandi, on Monday questioned chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress ... Read More


It's official: Vikramaditya to take on Kangana on Mandi LS seat

Shimla, April 14 -- The Congress party on Saturday announced Himachal Pradesh public works minister Vikramaditya Singh and Kasauli MLA Vinod Sultanpuri as its candidates from the Mandi and Shimla Lok ... Read More