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Vidya Stokes moves HC against order rejecting nomination, withdraws plea within hours

October 26, 2017 2:27 am

Stokes had suffered a blow on Tuesday when RO (Theog) Tashi Sandup had rejected her nomination paper during scrutiny finding some flaws in the papers that she had filed as Congress candidate before closure of the nominations on October 23.

Himachal Pradesh elections 2017: Cong leader Vidya Stokes withdraws petition after no relief from HC

October 25, 2017 8:53 pm

The petition filed through Bipin Negi, a senior lawyer, was listed before acting Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep Sharma but finding that the court was not inclined to give a relief, she decided to withdraw her petition at end of the day.

Veteran Congress leader Vidya Stokes’s nomination junked, says won’t support candidate

October 25, 2017 3:38 am

During scrutiny of the nomination papers Tuesday morning, RO (Theog) pointed out technical flaws in Stokes’s nomination papers.

Himachal Pradesh elections: Congress veteran Vidya Stokes hospitalised due to election stress

October 21, 2017 8:54 pm

The 89-year-old Congress leader had earlier said she wanted to resign from electoral politics but the Congress high command is yet to take a decsion

Congress veteran Vidya Stokes to retire, wants Virbhadra Singh to contest from Theog

October 12, 2017 7:47 pm

In the 2012 Himachal Pradesh polls, Virbhadra Singh had fought from the Shimla (Rural) constituency, which will now be contested by his son

Flower market to boost Himachal economy

December 12, 2013 12:16 am

There is a target to increase it to 3,000 hectares this financial year.

Phone-tapping: Cong steps up campaign,targets Dhumal

April 17, 2014 12:25 pm

Stepping up its stir for an in depth probe into alleged phone tapping episode,the Himachal Congress on Tuesday asked the government to identify culprits,including politicians and key government functionaries,who infringed upon the citizens’ privacy by illegally tapping their phones during the earlier BJP regime.

Virbhadra: Don’t need the tag of CM candidate

April 17, 2014 2:36 pm

The Congress has betted heavily on five-time chief minister Virbhadra Singh to regain Himachal.

At 84,Vidya Stokes to fight her 10th election on Nov 4

April 17, 2014 2:52 pm

Age has never been an issue with Congress veteran Vidya Stokes,the 84-year-old towering apple woman of Himachal Pradesh is set to contest her 10th election on November 4.

Delimitation,family ties rule Congress final list

October 09, 2012 6:10 am

Walking a tightrope,given the factional feuds in its Himachal Pradesh unit,the Congress on Monday declared the names of all 68 candidates with 21 out of 23 sitting MLAs getting renominated while 22 new faces figure in the list for the November 4 Assembly elections in the hill state.

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