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Himachal Assembly Winter Session: Opposition targets government over delay in panchayat, urban local body polls

November 26, 2025 12:58 pm

Moving an adjournment motion, the BJP accused the Himachal Pradesh government of ‘mocking the Constitution’ by delaying elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local Bodies.

1st Quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey: At 29.6%, unemployment rate in Himachal highest in country; double the national average

August 25, 2025 11:24 pm

State has highest labour force participation of 70.3%, followed by Punjab at 54.3%, and Haryana at 47.1%

Himachal Assembly passes 3 Bills hiking salaries of CM, ministers, MLAs by nearly 24%

March 28, 2025 7:47 pm

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said the hike in the salaries and allowances of the elected representatives in Himachal Pradesh comes after a gap of nine years.

Himachal Pradesh introduces stricter drug trafficking penalties and enhanced rehabilitation measures in new 2025 drug policy.

Bill to check drug abuse tabled: Life term for selling drugs to minors, jail for carrying narcotics in small quantities: What the bill promises

March 27, 2025 9:34 am

The bill also provides an opportunity for convicted addicts to undergo the medical treatment.

On Day 1 of Himachal Assembly's Winter Session, govt tables Bill to amend land ceiling law

December 19, 2024 9:22 am

LoP Jai Ram opposes the move; have authority to allow the introduction of Bills during discussions under Rule 67: Speaker

Himachal Vidhan Sabha to have its first Zero Hour during winter session starting tomorrow

December 17, 2024 4:46 pm

Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania says 346 questions have been received from MLAs for discussion during the four-day winter session.

How a long story is unfolding in Himachal’s short Assembly sessions

December 17, 2024 10:05 am

As LoP Jai Ram Thakur takes potshots at CM Sukhvinder Sukhu over the coming 4-day Winter Session, his record in power was little better

When BJP MLAs cheered for a Congress minister in Himachal Assembly

September 07, 2024 7:35 am

Minister Anirudh Singh defends protests against a mosque near Shimla, countering own party MLA, says holds on to his stand against “illegal structure”, “outsiders”