Shimla: Tax exempted donations to Congress party made solely for the purpose of carrying out political activities having been misused for commercial purpose is in gross violation of law and the tax exemption permitted to the party should be revoked, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley stated here today.  Jaitley told [...]

Shimla: Congress would elect its chief ministerial candidate in a democratic manner after the polls by holding a legislature party meeting that would be approved by party president Sonia Gandhi, former Punjab chief minister Cpt. Amarinder Singh stated here as he rubbished reports about the party having declared its nominee [...]

Dharamsala: Come Sunday (November 4, 2012) around  45.16 lakh voters, which include 22 lakh female voters, are to decide the fate of 459 candidates in in the fray for the Himachal assembly poll. Carpet bombing campaign of central leaders has aroused heated debates over national and local issues in this election [...]

Shimla: Election campaigning at its peak in Himachal will end at 5 p.m. on November 2, and no party would be allowed to campaign and any political functionary, party worker or campaign functionary brought from outside would not be allowed to remain in any constituency, chief electoral officer Narinder Chauhan [...]

Shimla: Questioning the silence of civil society activists about BJP president’s dubious business dealings, AICC member Digvijay Singh said that with directors of Nitin Gadkari’s shell companies having residential addresses in slums, it made for a compelling Slumdogs Millionare Part II sequel story.   Speaking to reporters here he said [...]

Theog: Nursing her ambition of still becoming Himachal Pradesh’s chief minister, Congress’ most enduring and much loved veteran Vidya Stokes – who says she has lived on a non-cereal diet for 50 years – hopes to finally achieve the goal in what could be the last fight of her over [...]

Shimla: In what is a bizarre truth to know, about 10 of the wealthiest candidates contesting in Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections have never paid a rupee in tax. 445 candidates contesting for the elections on November 4 were analyzed for their IT declarations by the Association for Democratic Reforms, and [...]

Please carefully study the educational, financial and criminal background of all the candidates. This information is available to the public on the Election Commission’s website. If you are convinced that no candidate is acceptable, kindly do NOT abstain from voting or work on a mass poll boycott. Best is to [...]

“Like in every election season, many of us are finding ourselves confused. Questions like, whom should we vote for? All politicians are the same; do they even deserve our vote? Would my one vote make a difference? Should I just vote for the same party for which my parents have [...]

 Shimla: Businesses of BJP President Nitin Gadkari’s being clouded for using dubious means, Congress President Sonia Gandhi lashed out at the opposition for inaction against tainted and corrupt leaders. While Gadkari’s second round of election campaign in Himachal stands cancelled today, Gandhi at a rally here said, “I want to [...]