By: V Dogra
“Aur phir kisko jitaa rahe ho?” – This was the question, which everyone was asking till yesterday. “Aur phir jitaa diya?” – This is what anyone - a friend or an acquaintance who met me on the Mall, Shimla, was asking today. Barely three months down the line, the question on the [...]

By: Vividhaditya
New Delhi: The Himachal electorate has thrown the ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) Report - ‘Himachal Pradesh Election Watch’ (HPEW) - to the wind and have voted for 21 of the 50 candidates that have criminal cases pending against them.
Of the 21 candidates, 19 belong to BJP and two to Congress and one as [...]

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Shimla: Some good news for the disabled and disability rights activists. After sincere efforts of Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS), HP Chapter, the three major political parties of Himachal Pradesh - BJP, Congress and CPM included disability issues in their election manifesto for assembly elections - 2007. This small event has created a [...]

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Shimla: The weather gods were at their jovial best on Wednesday as voters in Himachal Pradesh sealed the fate of 324 candidates aspiring to be members of the next Vidhan Sabha. Compared to 74.5 per cent voter turnout during the last assembly elections, about 67 per cent electorate exercised their franchise this time.

Scenes of polling [...]

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Shimla: If campaigning for the Vidhan Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh proved a tough job for political parties owing to inclement weather, voters may have to face even extreme conditions when they set out of their homes to decide the fate of 324 candidates on Wednesday. According to the meteorological department, the Western Disturbances may [...]

By: Vividhaditya

Both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are going for assembly elections, yet the national newspapers here in Delhi, have just a small para on Himachal elections, somewhere tugged inside, while Gujarat has a devoted full-page. Why is Himachal not so important for the media or even the national politics? The only noise that Himachal made [...]

By: Vividhaditya
New Delhi: Surprise! The favourite Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on the election poll on HimVani.com has 25 candidates out of 68 candidates it has fielded for elections with pending criminal cases against them. That means a huge 36.76 per cent. The figures have been made public by ‘Himachal Pradesh Election Watch’ (HPEW), a non-partisan [...]

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Shimla: Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS), Himachal Pradesh Chapter, has come out with a People’s Manifesto for the Disabled in connection with the ensuing assembly election in the hill state. Ajai Srivastava, Chairman of the society and a crusader for the rights of the disabled, released the manifesto on the occasion of World [...]

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Shimla: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo, Mayawati arrived in Shimla on Friday. She is expected to address six rallies all over the state in the next eight days, including Shimla, Dharamshala, Sundernagar, Baddi, Una and Nurpur.

BSP supremo Mayawati at Annadale helipad, Shimla on December 7, 2007 (Photo: Lalit Kumar)
She was received at Annadale Helipad here [...]

By: Hema Dogra
Shimla: The BJP’s announcement of developing Himachal Pradesh as a financially sovereign state powered by ‘power (hydel) and tourism’ sectors, has given the voters of the state a new food for thought. Constitution of the Sixth Pay Commission, new transfer policy, employee pension in local bodies and private institutions are the highlights [...]