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…
Elections
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…
Virbhadra Singh: A half-century in politics
byShimla: Congress veteran Virbhadra Singh, in active politics for over 50 years, Tuesday took oath as Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister for a sixth time. He…
New Himachal Government Sworn In
byShimla: A ten member cabinet headed by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was sworn in on a bright Christmas Day, besides the historic Christ Church, on…
BJP unanimously elects Dhumal as party leader in Vidhan Sabha
byShimla: Having ceded power to Congress in the recently held general assembly election, the newly elected BJP legislator, unanimously elected former chief minister Prem…
Young brigade might figure in Himachal cabinet
byShimla: After Congress’s victory in the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s young brigade is all set to figure in the new…