MANDI: Coming out of an election gathering on a hot May afternoon in Takoli village of Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district, Krishna Vaidya is all smiles. “I had seen her in movies but never in real life. Today, my wish came true,” says Vaidya, who is in her late 50s and a resident of a nearby … Read more
Shimla: Mandi Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh is witnessing a high-octane electoral contest with the ‘beef-eating’ controversy involving two high profile candidates, BJP’s Kangana Ranaut and state minister Vikramaditya Singh of the Congress, refusing to die down. The latest round of this verbal duel was spurred by Singh’s remark that temples Ranaut visited on … Read more
Home News All Is Well: DK Shivakumar After Meeting HP Congress Leader Vikramaditya Singh Congress observer DK Shivakumar on Thursday meet Himachal Pradesh party leaders Vikramaditya Singh and Pratibha Singh in Shimla. Shimla: Congress observer DK Shivakumar on Thursday meet Himachal Pradesh party leaders Vikramaditya Singh and Pratibha Singh in Shimla. After meeting the disgruntled … Read more
Shimla: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ability to engineer defections in opposition parties, discontent among Congress MLAs, and the ambitions of family members of former chief minister late Virbhadra Singh — multiple factors have fuelled the Congress-led government’s crisis in Himachal Pradesh. But the root cause of all this seems to have been Chief Minister … Read more
Shimla: In a measure of relief to the ruling Congress amid fears of a churn at the helm following the cross-voting by 6 Congress MLAs during the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal on Tuesday, state minister Vikramaditya Singh on Wednesday said he would not press his resignation from the cabinet until the final outcome of … Read more
Home News Meet Vikramaditya Singh, Who Resigns From Himachal Cabinet – Know All About Him Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh has resigned from the State Cabinet amid the Himachal Political Crisis. Here’s all you need to know about Vikramaditya Singh… Vikramaditya Singh New Delhi: After the Bihar Political Crisis and the turmoil in Maharashtra Politics, there is new … Read more
Shimla: After having six of its MLAs aligning with the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections and the Opposition pressing for a division of votes to pass the state budget, the crisis within the Congress party in Himachal Pradesh has deepened with Vikramaditya Singh, the public works department (PWD) minister and son of former chief minister … Read more
Himachal Political Crisis: Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh said under the current circumstances in the state, it is not correct for him to continue as a part of the government. Himachal Minister Vikramaditya Singh on Wednesday stepped down from his position. Shimla: Himachal Pradesh minister & Congress MLA Vikramaditya Singh on Wednesday stepped down from … Read more
Shimla: The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh has declared Monday, 22 January — the day of the pran pratishtha at the Ram temple in Ayodhya — a public holiday. The state government issued a notification Sunday announcing a public holiday in all departments, boards, schools, colleges, universities and other institutions of the state on the … Read more
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh, son of the late former chief minister Virbhadra Singh, will attend Ram Lalla’s pran pratishtha ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on 22 January, even as the central leadership of the Congress is yet to take a call on the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust’s invitation to … Read more