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Nahan (HP), March 8 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu honored several women on Sunday for their outstanding contributions to various fields at a program organized here to mark International Women's Day.He praised the efforts of women across the state and said their...

Nahan (HP), March 8 The Himachal Pradesh government will introduce a law to provide 25 percent reservation for women in recruitment for Class-III posts in government departments, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced on Sunday.Addressing a state-level International Women's Day...

Mandi/Shimla (HP), March 6 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Friday that Himachal Pradesh could have been debt-free if the previous BJP government had maintained financial discipline.Addressing a public gathering at Diyargi in the Nachan Assembly constituency of Mandi district, the...

Shimla, March 6 – Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated a robotic surgery facility at Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College in Nerchowk, in the Mandi district, on Friday.The facility, established with an investment of ₹28.44 crore, marked another step...

Shimla, March 5 Upset over the Congress's decision to nominate its Kangra district unit chief, Anurag Sharma, for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh, party leader Anand Sharma said on Thursday that "telling the truth has become a punishable political crime".Anand Sharma, a former...

Shimla, March 5 Anurag Sharma, president of the Kangra District Congress Committee, is set to be unopposed elected from the sole Rajya Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh, as the BJP has not fielded any candidate this year.Sharma submitted his nomination papers on the last day on Thursday.He was...

Shimla, March 5 Kangra District Congress Committee president Anurag Sharma filed his nomination for the sole Rajya Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.He was accompanied by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Singh...

Hamirpur (HP), March 5 A four-day national-level Holi festival concluded at Sujanpurtira here, after which Himachal Pradesh Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania encouraged people to actively participate in such fairs and festivals, officials said.Speaking at the festival's conclusion on Wednesday...

Shimla, March 5 The Congress has chosen an unexpected candidate for the single Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh: the president of the Kangra District Congress Committee, Anurag Sharma.Union Minister Anand Sharma and former state Congress president Pratibha Singh, along with other...

Shimla, March 4 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday appealed to the Central government to grant 50 per cent royalty on water used by hydroelectric power plants in the state, so that it can become self-sufficient in the absence of the Revenue Deficit Grant.The...

Shimla, March 4 The name of the Congress candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat will be announced at the time of filing the nomination on Thursday, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday.The candidate will be from Himachal Pradesh, he said while interacting with the media...

Shimla, March 3 A meeting of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Legislative Party has been convened on March 5, the last day for filing nominations for the election to the sole Rajya Sabha seat in the state.The main opposition, the BJP, has not yet announced its entry into the fray for the March 16...

New Delhi, March 2 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu met with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Monday and requested a financial package under special central assistance to cover the revenue deficit for the 2026-27 fiscal year.This development comes nearly...

Shimla, February 27 Two days after a Delhi Police team was detained by the Himachal Pradesh Police near Shimla and booked for "kidnapping," Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu defended the state police's action on Friday, stating that the Constitution grants rights to every state, and Himachal...

Shimla, February 26 A day after the Himachal Pradesh Police detained a Delhi Police team near Shimla and booked them for "kidnapping", the BJP in the hill state on Thursday demanded a thorough investigation into the incident by the Centre and an independent investigation into the role of the...

Shimla, February 25 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday directed officials not to stop the social security pension of any eligible individuals, according to a statement.Presiding over a meeting of the Social Justice and Empowerment Department here, he said that all eligible...

Hamirpur, February 25 The Hamirpur district administration issued an order on Wednesday imposing a ban on the carrying of all types of weapons during the national-level Holi celebrations scheduled in Sujanpur from March 1 to 4.Hamirpur Deputy Commissioner Gandharva Rathore, however, stated...

Shimla, February 25 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu directed the Finance Department on Wednesday to clear all pending bills of contractors up to Rs 20 lakh related to various departments, including the Public Works Department and the Jal Shakti Vibhag.A spokesperson for the Finance...

Shimla, February 24 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presided over the signing of two agreements on Tuesday to scale up the cultivation of medicinal plants across the state and released a report outlining strategies to tackle greenhouse gases beyond carbon dioxide.Titled...

Shimla, February 24 Despite receiving the highest amount of Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), the previous BJP-led government in Himachal Pradesh did not reduce its debt and liabilities, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Tuesday, accusing the saffron party of "playing politics" over the...