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 Shimla: The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party are locked in a direct contest for the four Lok Sabha seats in this hill State. At stake is the pride of Congress stalwart and former Chief Minister, Virbhadra Singh, who has entered the fray from the prestigious Mandi constituency. Also on test is the […]

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697 of them declared “hyper-sensitive”, 1,263 “sensitive”

7,251 polling stations will facilitate about 4,604,830 voters using their franchise
About 16,000 police and para-military personnel will be deployed in the State

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh Election Commission has set up more than 7,000 polling stations across the hill State for the upcoming fourth phase of Lok Sabha […]

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Poll officials here are awaiting the Election Commission’s response to a complaint against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) candidate from Mandi parliamentary constituency Maheshwar Singh for using the term “raja” (king) as a prefix to his name in his nomination papers.
Maheshwar Singh, scion of the erstwhile Kullu royal family, has written his name in the […]

Shimla: Biting cold in the highlands of Himachal Pradesh, which was the first to go to polls in independent India, has kept political parties away from campaigning in these parts where polling will be held in the last phase on May 13.
Campaigning is yet to pick up in the high altitude districts of Chamba, Lahual […]

Shimla: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati will start her party’s Lok Sabha election campaign in Himachal Pradesh with a rally at Una town on Thursday.
BSP Shimla district president K.C. Bhatia told said on Wednesday that Ms. Mayawati would also officially announce the party candidates for all the four seats in […]

Shimla: All set to launch a new innings in politics, former cricketer Madan Lal, the Congress nominee for Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh, on Sunday rubbished allegations of being an outsider saying his family had its roots in the constituency.
“I am son of Himachal Pradesh and have remained in touch with the hill […]

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NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday announced six candidates for the Lok Sabha elections from Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Chander Kumar has been given the Kangra Parliamentary constituency in Himachal, while Virbhadra Singh will contest from Mandi constituency. Col. Dhani Ram Shandi will contest from Shimla.
In Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna will contest from Tehri Garhwal seat, […]