Modi discusses 2014 polls with new BJP chief
byNew Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra ModI, a top contender in the BJP for the post of prime minister, met the partys’s new president,…
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Punjab by-poll, Congress to take on deserter
byChandigarh: Till last month, Joginder Pal Jain was a Congress legislator in Punjab. He then quit the party and joined the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal….
Butail to be new Speaker of Himachal Assembly
byShimla: The Himachal assembly unanimously proposed Brij Bihari Butail of the congress as the Speaker of the state assembly at the opening session being…
Haryana announces Rs.2 lakh reward on runaway Himachal lawmaker
byChandigarh (IANS) The Haryana Police yesterday announced a reward of Rs.2 lakh on a newly-elected Himachal Pradesh legislator, wanted in the murder case of a…
Virbhadra’s endgame – rewarding loyalists with plum posts (Himachal Newsletter)
byShimla: After the “coronation” – his sixth as chief minister of Himachal Pradesh – the benevolent Raja is now bestowing plum posts on his political…
Chawla elected Chandigarh mayor
byChandigarh: Congress councillor Subhash Chawla was Tuesday elected mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. The Congress party also bagged the posts of the senior deputy…
ECI team to visit Tripura to review poll readiness
byAgartala: The full Election Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath will visit Tripura next week to review preparations for assembly elections in the…
Abe becomes Japan’s new prime minister
byTokyo: Shinzo Abe, the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected Japan’s new prime minister in the lower house of parliament today….
Modi takes oath as Gujarat CM
byAhemdabad: Cheered by hundreds of thousands, Narendra Modi today took oath as Gujarat’s chief minister for the fourth time, after leading the BJP to…
Dhumal regime decisions to be reviewed: Himachal government
byShimla: The newly-constituted Congress government in Himachal Pradesh today said all the decisions taken by the previous BJP government in the past six months would…