PM waived loans of 22 people but couldn’t give Rs 9,000 cr for HP monsoon disaster: Rahul Gandhi | India News

PM waived loans of 22 people but couldn’t give Rs 9,000 cr for HP monsoon disaster: Rahul Gandhi | India News

SHIMLA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi waived loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore of 22 people in the last 10 years but could not give Rs 9,000 crore to deal with the disaster caused by monsoon rains in Himachal Pradesh last year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday. Addressing an election rally at Nahan in … Read more

Rahul Gandhi visits Gurdwara Qila Baba Bedi Sahib in Himachal Pradesh’s Una | India News

Rahul Gandhi visits Gurdwara Qila Baba Bedi Sahib in Himachal Pradesh’s Una | India News

UNA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday reached Gurdwara Qila Baba Bedi Sahib, the residence of Guru Nanak Dev ji’s descendant Baba Sarvjot Singh Bedi.At Gurudwara Qila Baba Bedi Sahib, Congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi paid obeisance and offered prayers. He also accepted Kadah Prasad at the Gurudwara. The visit of Rahul Gandhi to the … Read more

Currying favour with Buddhist voters, BJP & Congress make beeline for the Dalai Lama ahead of polls

Currying favour with Buddhist voters, BJP & Congress make beeline for the Dalai Lama ahead of polls

Shimla: While addressing an election meeting in Mandi Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, accusing the rival Congress of “being afraid to take his name”. “I often talk to the Dalai Lama. He represents our vibrant culture and our government has worked to promote this culture,” Modi said … Read more

Summer Holidays For Punjab Schools Starting From Tuesday Due To Heatwave

Summer Holidays For Punjab Schools Starting From Tuesday Due To Heatwave

Home News Summer Holidays For Punjab Schools Starting From Tuesday Due To Heatwave, Govt Passes Order Several areas in Punjab and Haryana are witnessing maximum temperatures in the 43-45 degrees Celsius range. Students in a jubilant mood on the commencement of their summer vacation. (ANI Photo) Punjab Schools Summer Holidays: In response to the intense … Read more

Tourists heading for cooler climes in Himachal Pradesh run into heatwave | India News

Tourists heading for cooler climes in Himachal Pradesh run into heatwave | India News

SHIMLA: Tourists heading to the hill state of Himachal Pradesh to escape the scorching heat of the plains are disappointed to find a heatwave prevailing in parts of the state.These conditions are likely to continue in isolated pockets of Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Solan, Sirmaur, Kangra, and Shimla districts for the next 4-5 days. There is … Read more

Assets worth Rs 11 cr, including a pistol & a rifle — what Anurag Thakur’s poll affidavit shows

Assets worth Rs 11 cr, including a pistol & a rifle — what Anurag Thakur’s poll affidavit shows

New Delhi: Union minister Anurag Thakur, along with his wife Sheffali, own firearms, with the minister adding a rifle worth Rs 1.3 lakh to his collection during his last term in the Lok Sabha, apart from pre-existing pistols, according to the affidavit filed Monday. The I&B minister has disclosed assets totaling Rs 10.7 crore — … Read more

BJP fields six disqualified ex-Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh, four in Gujarat bypolls

BJP fields six disqualified ex-Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh, four in Gujarat bypolls

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday named its candidates for assembly bypolls in several states, fielding six disqualified MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh assembly in the state days after they joined the party after leaving the Congress. Several Gujarat MLAs, including four from the Congress who joined the BJP recently, have also been fielded by … Read more

2 Devotees Killed, 7 Injured In Stampede At Charan Ganga Holy Spring

2 Devotees Killed, 7 Injured In Stampede At Charan Ganga Holy Spring

The shrine is frequented by a large number of people seeking a cure for people possessed by “evil spirits”. All the injured were rushed to Civil Hospital Amb for treatment. (File) Himachal Pradesh: News coming from Himachal Pradesh say that at least two devotees were killed and seven others were injured following a stampede at … Read more

If I get into politics…: Kangana Ranaut’s tweet from 2021 goes viral as she gears up to contest Lok Sabha elections from Mandi |

If I get into politics…: Kangana Ranaut’s tweet from 2021 goes viral as she gears up to contest Lok Sabha elections from Mandi |

Kangana Ranaut is finally making her journey from the silver screen to the political arena. The actress hit the headlines on Sunday night after she received a BJP ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi constituency. Expressing her gratitude upon being named in the candidate list, Ranaut took to her social … Read more

Bypolls, tickets for Congress rebels & uneasy cadres — Himachal BJP stares at tricky road ahead

Bypolls, tickets for Congress rebels & uneasy cadres — Himachal BJP stares at tricky road ahead

New Delhi: Six Congress MLAs whose rebellion unsettled the boat of the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government in Himachal Pradesh are now knocking on the doors of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for a ticket to contest the byelections necessitated by their disqualification. Bypolls to the six seats, namely Dharamshala, Lahaul & Spiti, Sujanpur, Barsar, … Read more