Shimla: Youth participation has increased in the recently concluded Panchayat and Urban Local Body elections in Himachal Pradesh. However, highly educated leaders are not entering local politics. According to the State Election Commission, 63 percent of the elected representatives who won the elections have an educational qualification of only the 10th grade or lower. In.
Out of a total of 250 District Council wards across the state, BJP-backed candidates have registered victories in 141, while Congress-backed candidates have won 59 seats.
The newly elected members of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile took an oath before the interim speaker on Sunday in the North Indian hill town of Dharamshala.
The principal Opposition BJP in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday won three out of four Municipal Corporations -- Mandi, Dharamsala and Solan -- while the ruling Congress managed to win Palampur alone.
Chamba: Eight people, including two children, died on Friday night after a vehicle met with an accident on the ‘Bairagarh-Sach Pass-Killar’ route in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The vehicle was carrying tourists who had arrived from Bengaluru. Their car plunged approximately 500 meters down into a deep gorge off the road. The police have registered a.
Shimla: The BJP is heading towards a resounding victory in the municipal corporation elections held in Mandi, Dharamshala and Solan in Himachal Pradesh. In the Dharamshala Municipal Corporation results, the BJP has secured 11 seats, the Congress 5, and one independent candidate has won. In Mandi as well, the BJP has won 12 seats, an.
Shimla: A coordinated firefighting operation involving the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force, and the Himachal Pradesh administration has successfully brought the devastating forest fire in Kasauli under control after an extensive day-and-night effort spanning several hours. The region had been grappling with an intense forest fire for the past several days, raising concerns over.
Preparations for the census have begun in Himachal Pradesh. Information about when and how the census will be conducted in the state will be provided by Director of Census Deep Shikha Sharma today (Friday) in Shimla through a press conference. In Shimla, employees will be trained for the census starting from June 1.
