Author: Gopal Puri

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has a notice to the state government following a petition filed by four persons that seeks to restrain the government from paying the income tax of its ministers and MLAs. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua has sought response from the state. […]

SHIMLA: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Chief Harjinder Singh Dhami has raised objections to a statement by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on not allowing flags carrying the photo or portrait of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in the state. In a communication addressed to the Himachal CM, Dhami said: “As a Chief Minister of […]

SHIMLA: Ahead of the assembly elections in the state, scheduled to be held at the end of this year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to take on the challenge posed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The BJP has planned a public relations campaign to counter the roadshow of AAP in Mandi […]

  CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday allocated portfolios to newly-appointed ministers while keeping the Home department with himself. The chief minister, who took the oath of office on March 16, has given the Finance portfolio to Harpal Cheema, Education to Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, and the Health department to Dr Vijay Singhla. […]

DHARAMSALA: Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama will begin offline discourses for followers for the first time in two years from March 18. The Dalai Lama had taken a hiatus from offline discourses since the onset of the pandemic, limiting his appearances and meetings. The Dalai Lama Temple Administration has stated that followers can avail […]

NAWANSHAHR (PUNJAB): Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, will wear the yellow hues of spring (basant) when Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann takes oath as the new chief minister of Punjab on March 16. Arvind Kejriwal-led party has chosen the yellow colour theme for the swearing-in ceremony in […]

SHIMLA: The four-laning work on the 48-km long stretch of National Highway-21 between Punjab’s Kiratpur and Ner Chowk in Mandi of Himachal Pradesh will be completed by the end of this year, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari said on Monday. In series of tweets, the minister said that the stretch will connect […]

CHANDIGARH: Two days after storming to power in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) withdrew the security cover of all former legislators and former Cabinet ministers on Saturday. Meanwhile, A. Venu Prasad, a 1991 batch IAS officer having a clean image, has been appointed the Principal Secretary to Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann who will take […]

SHIMLA: For the past several decades, never has any political party been able to repeat its government in Himachal Pradesh. Be it the BJP or the Congress, both have had to make way for their rival every five years. With the next Himachal Assembly elections due in December, the BJP and the Congress, traditionally ruling […]

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur reached Delhi on a one-day visit in the midst of the state budget session, sparking speculations of a possible cabinet reshuffle and organisational set-up changes ahead of the assembly elections due in December this year. His visit to the national capital comes a day after the Bharatiya […]