Himachal Pradesh

A day after senior Congress leader Anand Sharma resigned from the post of chairperson of the Steering Committee for Himachal Pradesh, party leaders on Monday reached out to him. Sharma, who is also a signatory of the G23 group of the party, resigned from his post on Sunday, citing continuing “insults”. According to party sources, […]

The Congress slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday, saying they came to power by defaming the late Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government and are now engaging in corruption. In an exclusive interview with The New Indian, Congress spokesperson Alka Lamba also alleged that AAP acts as a B-Team of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). […]

In a massive jolt to the Congress ahead of Assembly elections later this year in Himachal Pradesh, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday said he has resigned as chief of the ‘steering committee’ of the party's state unit citing continuing “insults”

  In a free-wheeling interview, at the backdrop of the captivating Himalayas in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur spoke in length to The New Indian‘s Executive Editor Rohan Dua, Ahead of the state assembly election, later this year, CM Thakur is confident about Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returning to power. CM Thakur […]

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi has announced a two-year master’s programme in electric transportation in view of the growing electrification of the Indian transport eco-system. Classes for the first batch of students will begin next month. IIT Mandi’s School of Computing & Electrical Engineering (SCEE) and School of Engineering (SE) have collaborated to […]

NEW DELHI: One hundred school students from across Himachal Pradesh learnt the principles of robotics and artificial intelligence over a period of 22 days to build a fully automated system at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi. At the summer camp that started on July 1, students were taught applications of robotics, programming, and artificial […]

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today laid foundation stones for a slew of projects that would benefit the people in the state. The timing of the move is also important as the state will go for polls in November this year. CM Thakur laid the foundation stone of Sabzi Mandi worth Rs […]

NEW DELHI: Two Chinese directors of a firm association with mobile maker Vivo fled the country as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) zoomed in with regards to a money laundering case. As ED carried out searches at 44 locations on Wednesday, Zhengshen Ou and Zhang Jie, directors at GPICPL, fled from India via Nepal, sources told […]

SHIMLA: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday threw down the gauntlet to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the home turf of Union minister Anurag Thakur ahead of the Himachal Pradesh polls. Highlighting the education system in Delhi, where his party is in power, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo told the people […]

SHIMLA: A day after he attended a Devi Bhagwad Katha in the temple town of Kangra in Himachal Pradesh, Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain found himself in trouble after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested him on Monday in connection with a money laundering case. According to senior ED officials related […]