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Shimla, March 30 Hundreds of pensioners staged a protest at Chaura Maidan near the Vidhan Sabha, demanding their long-delayed payments.The protesters were gathered under the banner of the Himachal Pradesh Pensioners Joint Executive Committee.According to the demonstrators, pensioners who...

Shimla, March 30 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Monday that the state government has not imposed any new entry tax, but has only increased the existing one, which will be rationalized soon."The entry tax has been in effect for the last 30 years, and the recent increase is...

Fatehgarh Sahib, March 28 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Saturday that the state will make stricter laws regarding sacrilege, and anyone found guilty of "beadbi" (sacrilege) of the Guru Granth Sahib will face imprisonment up to life.The Mann government will convene a special...

Shimla, March 27 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu informed the Vidhan Sabha on Friday that any discrepancies in higher electricity bills received after the installation of smart meters will be rectified.Responding to a supplementary question from Congress MLA Ram Kumar, the chief minister...

Mysuru (Karnataka), March 25 Despite the Karnataka government canceling a three-day lecture series on RSS ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay, the KSOU in Mysuru went ahead with the programme, with Vice President C P Radhakrishnan inaugurating it virtually and Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot attending it...

Shimla, March 25 The crisis caused by the conflict in West Asia has led to a 30-35 per cent increase in bookings for LPG refills this month compared to February, a state official said on Wednesday.There were 9,500 LPG bookings on a single day in February, which has increased by 30-35 per cent...

New Delhi, March 25 – The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "U-turn Ustad" tactics, claiming that he now intends to implement the women's reservation law without completing the delimitation and census exercises by holding a "special two-day session" of Parliament in...

New Delhi, March 25 – In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Wednesday accused him of repeatedly changing his stance, now seeking to implement the women's reservation law without completing the delimitation and census operations.The party stated that the prime...

New Delhi, March 24 Hours before Chief Minister Rekha Gupta's scheduled budget presentation, the Delhi Legislative Assembly received a bomb threat on Tuesday morning, police said.Police said nothing suspicious has been found so far after the assembly premises were checked, while adding that...

Shimla, March 23 The LPG shortage has brought back "chulhas" (traditional stoves) even at hotels like Hotel Holiday Home (HHH), which is the official caterer for the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and a subsidiary of the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.This shift hasn't...

New Delhi, March 20 – BJP National Spokesperson C. R. Kesavan praised Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday for his remarks on India's position in the ongoing West Asia conflict, calling it a welcome shift in the Opposition's stance.Responding to Tharoor's comments, Kesavan said, "Senior...

Shimla, March 18 The Himachal Pradesh Assembly Budget Session began on Wednesday on a contentious note with the opposition BJP submitting a notice to the Speaker against Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, accusing him of misleading the House by making false claims about government loans...

Patna, March 16 BJP president Nitin Nabin, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and three other NDA candidates won the Rajya Sabha elections in the state on Monday, an official said.Union Minister Ram Nath Thakur of the JD(U), BJP leader Shivesh Kumar, and Rashtriya Lok Morcha president Upendra...

Panaji, March 16 – Goa's budget session was curtailed on Monday following the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct for the upcoming by-election to an assembly constituency in the state.Before the session was adjourned, the state budget was passed in the House.The session, which began on...

Chandigarh, March 11 – Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema condemned Congress legislator Sukhpal Khaira on Wednesday for derogatory remarks he made on social media, demanding an immediate and unconditional apology.The minister also appealed to the Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative...

Chandigarh, March 10 – The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira over his derogatory comments about women participating in the "Mukh Mantri Mawan Dhian Satkar Yojana," under which the state government will provide Rs 1,000 per month to...

Chandigarh, March 10 – Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema condemned the "derogatory" remarks made by Congress legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira against women on Tuesday.Speaking during proceedings in the Vidhan Sabha and later addressing the media, Cheema demanded that the Congress high...

Shimla, March 9 Congress candidate Anurag Sharma was declared the elected representative for the sole Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh on Monday, which was previously held by Indu Goswami of the BJP.The election officer, the secretary of the Vidhan Sabha, made the announcement after the...

Chandigarh, March 6 – Punjab Cabinet ministers Harpal Singh Cheema, Aman Arora, and Harbhajan Singh ETO launched a scathing attack on the Congress on Friday, condemning the party's decision to boycott the Governor's Address. They said this was "an insult to the House and to the 75-year-old...

Chandigarh, March 6 – Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Friday, saying the conduct of Cabinet ministers during the Governor's address "exposed the hollowness, confusion, and deep...