Ashwani Sharma is a Shimla based journalist and a former correspondent with The Indian Express

May 26, 1998 00:00 IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh has heaved a sigh of relief after the exit of former Union minister and Himachal Vikas ...
Tue, May 26, 1998
May 26, 1998 00:00 IST
May 25: This mountainous tribal Assembly constituency is all set to witness a fierce electoral encounter. The BJP which lost the seat in 199...
Tue, May 26, 1998
May 21, 1998 00:00 IST
May 20: As the dust raised by Lok Sabha and Assembly polls has just settled, two major political parties - the BJP and Congress - are once a...
Thu, May 21, 1998
May 20, 1998 00:00 IST
May 19: Out of the 13 foreign-aided projects worth Rs 895 crore in various stages of implementation or negotiations in Himachal Pradesh, two...
Wed, May 20, 1998
May 16, 1998 00:00 IST
May 15: Sonia Gandhi's invitation to four senior Congress leaders, including known Virbhadra Singh rivals like former minister Ram Lal Thaku...
Sat, May 16, 1998
May 15, 1998 00:00 IST
SHIMLA, May 14: B S THIND, a senior IPS officer, who was shifted from Himachal Pradesh Agro-Packaging India Limited (APIL), a public sector ...
Fri, May 15, 1998
May 05, 1998 00:00 IST
Shimla, May 4: Things are hotting up in the Congress and the ruling BJP camps with the focus now shifting to the June 3 Assembly elections f...
Tue, May 05, 1998
May 04, 1998 00:00 IST
The focus has shifted to the ensuing Assembly elections for three seats in the tribal belt, one of Pragpur in Kangra district and the Mandi ...
Mon, May 04, 1998
April 27, 1998 00:00 IST
CHANDIGARH, April 26:Even as the state BJP and HVC leaders are keeping their fingers crossed over the fate of the chargesheets against state...
Mon, Apr 27, 1998
April 20, 1998 00:00 IST
SHIMLA: With the BJP returning to power in the state, change is visible on the campus of Himachal Pradesh University. Vice-Chancellor C L Ku...
Mon, Apr 20, 1998
March 29, 1998 00:00 IST
SHIMLA, March 28: The no-nonsense protestations of Prem Kumar Dhumal notwithstanding, the way his Government which has the Himachal Vikas Co...
Sun, Mar 29, 1998
March 11, 1998 00:00 IST
SHIMLA, March 10: While the Congress and the BJP are busy drawing up battle strategies for the crucial trial of strength in the state Assemb...
Wed, Mar 11, 1998
March 03, 1998 00:00 IST
March 2: The new government in Himachal Pradesh is likely to face its biggest challenge on the financial front, besides the re-orientation o...
Tue, Mar 03, 1998
January 29, 1998 00:00 IST
SHIMLA, January 28: Himachal Pradesh Government is in the thick of a new controversy over the alleged misuse of official phones and fax-mach...
Thu, Jan 29, 1998
January 22, 1998 00:00 IST
SHIMLA, JAN 21: Alarmed over a revolt in the Himachal Pradesh unit of the party following distribution of tickets, the Bharatiya Janata Part...
Thu, Jan 22, 1998
December 01, 1997 00:00 IST
SHIMLA, NOV 30: The Congress' withdrawal of support to the United Front government at the Centre has unwittingly dashed Himachal Pradesh Ch...
Mon, Dec 01, 1997
November 12, 1997 00:00 IST
SHIMLA, Nov 11: Though the postponement of election for the state BJP president's post following unruly scenes and refusal of the state Ret...
Wed, Nov 12, 1997
August 16, 1997 00:00 IST
CHIRGAON , Aug 15: Screams of women and a trail of death are all that is left behind in Chirgaon. When the cloud burst came on Monday night...
Sat, Aug 16, 1997
July 27, 1997 00:00 IST
SHIMLA, July 26: At last some good news for celebrated Indian born British writer Salman Rushdie. The State government has had a change of ...
Sun, Jul 27, 1997
July 15, 1997 00:00 IST
SHIMLA, July 14: The recent terrorist attacks at Bhatinda, Moga and Pathankot have sounded alarm bells for the Himachal Pradesh police. The...
Tue, Jul 15, 1997
June 25, 1997 00:00 IST
SHIMLA, June 24: In the cold deserts of Spiti and Pooh in Himachal Pradesh, the Desert Development Programme (DDP) has been buried under th...
Wed, Jun 25, 1997




