Himachal panchayat polls: 80.5% turnout in final phase, rain fails to dampen spirit

Shimla, May 31 -- Polling for the third and final phase of panchayati raj institutions in Himachal Pradesh registered a 80.59% voter turnout on Saturday despite widespread rainfall in the state. Long... Read More

Teacher gets seven-year jail for sexually assaulting students

Shimla, May 31 -- A local court in Kinnaur sentenced an arts teacher to 7 years in prison for sexual assault on 12 schoolgirls. The court said, "Child sexual abuse is a social crisis of significant ma... Read More

Himachal: Panel seeks report as BJP says CM violated poll code

Shimla, May 29 -- The Himachal Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has filed a complaint with the State Election Commission accusing chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of violating the... Read More

80% turnout in Himachal panchayat phase 2 polls; women outnumber men

Shimla, May 29 -- A turnout of 80% was recorded as polling for the second phase of rural body elections across 1,276 panchayats in Himachal Pradesh took place on Thursday. The polling process remained... Read More

Phase 1 HP panchayat elections: Stage set for phase 2 polls amid Congress-BJP victory claims

Shimla, May 28 -- Even as the state gears up for the second phase of polling for 1,276 panchayats scheduled on Thursday, both Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) engage in claims to have out... Read More

Himachal entering critical phase of urban transformation, climate vulnerability: Sukhu

Shimla, May 28 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu called for urgent reforms in planning, infrastructure, and environmental governance while warning that Himachal Pradesh was entering a critical ... Read More

78% turnout in peaceful Phase 1 of Himachal panchayat polls

Shimla, May 27 -- Barring minor skirmishes at the Haroli polling booth in Una and Sheetalpur in Solan districts, the first phase of panchayati raj elections concluded peacefully on Tuesday with a turn... Read More

'Where do you live?' Class 8 boy's innocent query to Himachal CM evokes smiles

Shimla, May 26 -- "Sir, where do you live?" asked a Class 8 student while interacting with chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, leaving the gathering in splits at the newly upgraded CBSE Government ... Read More

Himachal govt interfering in polls, BJP tells governor; Congress hits back

Shimla, May 26 -- A delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday submitted a memorandum to state Governor Kavinder Gupta, accusing the Congress of interfering in the elections, using poll ... Read More

HPU partners with Cosmo Ferrites Limited for green energy research

Shimla, May 24 -- Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) has collaborated with Cosmo Ferrites in an ongoing joint research initiative to develop sustainable, ferrite-based alternatives to rare-earth magnet... Read More

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