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In wake of Chhattisgarh attack,Charan Das Mahant named PCC president

June 03, 2013 3:55 pm

A stop-gap solution has been adopted by Cong after entire party leadership in state was wiped out.

As Cong prepares for stir,Dhumal dares CM to order judicial probe

April 17, 2014 12:34 pm

As the ruling Congress gears up to launch a public campaign against the BJP on the alleged phone tapping episode,former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Monday dared his successor Virbhadra Singh to order an inquiry by a sitting high court judge into the incident.

Shimla poll fiasco: Virbhadra blames PCC for wrong ticket distribution

June 09, 2012 3:37 am

Just a day after a party rally where the Congress leadership projected a united face,Union Minister Virbhadra Singh attributed the partys Congress loss of power in recent Shimla municipal elections to wrong distribution of tickets and said that such mistakes should not be repeated in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections.

Morale high,well sweep polls: Capt

June 06, 2012 3:47 am

Putting behind the Congress rout in Punjab Assembly elections earlier this year,the state party chief,Capt Amarinder Singh,finally hit the campaign trail on Tuesday and claimed that the party will sweep all the four municipal corporations going to the polls on June 10.

Throw out black sheep from Congress,says Virbhadra

May 20, 2012 12:05 am

Union Minister for Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises Virbhadra Singh on Saturday termed the reported leak of the Congress chargesheet as a shameful act and demanded that the black sheep in the party should be thrown out to avoid further damage.

Put on back-foot,HP Congress says real chargesheet with AICC

May 19, 2012 2:38 am

Having been put on the back foot by the BJP,the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee today claimed that the charge-sheet prepared by a committee set up by the Congress was still pending with the All India Congress Committee for vetting by the legal department of the party and it would be released at an appropriate time,maybe close to the assembly elections.

MC polls: Cong bats for Sood,Virbhadras nominee withdraws

May 06, 2012 12:42 am

Even as the ruling BJP is mum on its options for the Mayors post,the Congress on Saturday decided to field incumbent Mayor Madhu Sood for the post in the Shimla Municipal Corporation elections slated for May 27.

Sonia Gandhi invokes unity whip for top leaders in poll-bound HP

April 25, 2012 12:56 am

With the state going to the polls by year-end and the party being torn in factions,Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday invoked unity whip on top leaders from Himachal Pradesh.

Virbhadra,Kaul Singh share stage,factionalism to the fore

April 23, 2012 3:15 am

The unity or the lack of it among Congress leaders was literally out in the open on Sunday as PCC president Kaul Singh Thakur shared the dias with Union Minister Virbhadra Singh after a long time at a rally in Mandi district.

Detractors reach Delhi,Virbhadra changes stance on CM chair

April 15, 2012 6:33 am

After his detractors,including PCC president Kaul Singh Thakur and others,took their battle to the Congress High Command in Delhi,Union Minister for Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises Virbhadra Singh on Thursday changed his stance on the chief ministerial job and asserted that his rallies in Himachal Pradesh were only aimed at strengthening the party.