Gandhinagar: As many as 14 Gujarati youths who set out for a motorcycle trek from Manali-Kullu in Himachal Pradesh are safe. The Relief Commissioner of Gujarat, Mr. Alok Pandey, has provided details about this and mentioned that these Gujarat youths embarked on a motorcycle trek in Himachal Pradesh. However, they could not be reached due to the flood conditions resulting from heavy rains in Kullu-Manali over the past two to three days. When this matter was brought to the attention of Chief...Read More

શિમલાઃ  જે લોકો પોતાને કટ્ટર ઈમાનદાર ગણાવે છે એ પોતે જ સૌથી ભ્રષ્ટ હોય છે તેમ વડાપ્રધાન નરેન્દ્રભાઈ મોદીએ આજે હિમાચલ પ્રદેશમાં એક સભાને સંબોધતા કહ્યું હતું. जो लोग खुद को कट्टर ईमानदार कहत�...Read More

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is going to announce the schedule of the next round of assembly polls later today. Polls are due in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. However Jammu & Kashmir is still in the process of revising its electoral rolls. In 2017, ECI had announced the schedule of Himachal Pradesh assembly elections on 13th October in a press conference while Gujarat polls were declared on October 25 in a separate press conference. In 2012 however Gujar...Read More

Dangs: A total of 12 youths of Dang district took Simulated Incident in Flight (SIV) level advanced training of paragliding at Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh' Bilaspur seat MLA Subhash Thakur had organised SIV level advanced training of paragliding adventure activity in Bandla, Himachal Pradesh. The youths from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, and other states participated in the training. The 12 local youths from Dang participated in the training und...Read More

Shimla: At least 20 tourists from Gujarat are injured this morning when a luxury tourist bus GJ 18 AZ 4671 (of Gandhinagar registration) carrying 41 persons turned turtle at Mangrot on Bilaspur-Shimla Highway, about 80 km from Shimnla, on way to Manali. The accident reportedly took place due to over speeding and two cars parked on the roadside were also damaged, police said.Around 16 people were injured in the mishap and were admitted to the civil hospital in Bilaspur. Most of them including ha...Read More

Shimla: Five-time BJP MLA Jairam Thakur will be the new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh after he was elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party on Sunday The decision was taken at a meeting of BJP MLAs. Thakur's name was proposed by Suresh Bharadwaj and Mahender Singh and seconded by other members While former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal had last night opted out of the race, Thakur, a MLA from Seraj in Mandi district, and Union minister J P Nadda were the frontrunners for t...Read More

Ahmedabad/Shimla: The BJP won the Gujarat assembly polls for a record sixth straight victory today, and was set to evict the Congress in Himachal Pradesh, tightening the party's grip over the country's politics with general elections only 18 months away. The Gujarat results turned out to be a seesaw, with BJP and Congress running neck and neck in the morning. At midday, BJP pulled ahead, and by 6.30 p.m., it had won 95 seats while leading in four seats in the 182-member assembly. The resul...Read More

Solan (HP): BJP president Amit Shah today named former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal the party's chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly polls. Shah made the announcement at a public meeting, putting to rest speculation over the party's choice for the top post. "The BJP is going to fight the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls under the leadership of Prem Kumar Dhumal...Dhumal is currently a former CM but after December 18, he will be the new chief minister of...Read More

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah said BJP's victory in the Himachal Pradesh civic polls is "historic" and said the result reflects the mood of the state and trust of its people in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's politics of development. Himachal Pradesh is going to witness general election of assembly later this year. Shah congratulated BJP's state unit chief Satpal Singh Satti and all the party workers for civic poll victory. The BJP today emerged as the single largest party, winning...Read More