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August 21, 2026, 01:42 PM - 2 min read
As soon as the national anthem concluded, BJP members demanded that Vande Mataram also be sung and remained adamant about their demand.
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August 20, 2026, 05:55 PM - 5 min read
The BJP is particularly agitated over the state government’s move to register vigilance cases of different kinds against its leaders, including MLA Sudhir Sharma, who is facing a disproportionate assets case. The government, led by Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, is, however, strategically pushing ahead with its decisions on various matters.
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April 2, 2026, 07:10 PM - 3 min read
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Thursday passed the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Amendment Bill, 2026, to debar those members who are elected to the 14th Assembly or thereafter and are disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India from receiving pension benefits.
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March 27, 2026, 02:43 PM - 4 min read
The Himcare Scheme echoed in the State Assembly on Friday, with the opposition BJP accusing Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of trying to defame the scheme, launched by the previous BJP government for the benefit of the common people in Himachal Pradesh, as a pretext to stop it.
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March 24, 2026, 03:23 PM - 3 min read
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly passed an amendment to the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, allowing the state government to impose a cess of up to ₹5 per litre on petrol and diesel, a move that sparked intense debate between the ruling side and the Opposition in Shimla on Tuesday.
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March 17, 2026, 05:13 PM - 4 min read
The session may turn stormy, as the opposition BJP is aggressively preparing to corner the Congress government over alleged financial mismanagement and unfulfilled announcements made in the previous three budgets presented by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who holds the finance portfolio also.
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December 4, 2025, 06:29 PM - 3 min read
The Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation (2nd Amendment Bill), 2025, which extends their tenure from two-and-a-half years to five, was taken up for discussion and cleared by voice vote. This happened in the absence of opposition members in the House.
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November 28, 2025, 06:40 PM - 2 min read
Members of both parties raised slogans against each other, creating a tense and charged atmosphere even before the House began its proceedings.
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November 27, 2025, 05:05 PM - 3 min read
The opposition MLAs entered the House carrying placards and raising slogans against the government on the second day of the 10-day Winter session of the Himachal assembly.
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November 25, 2025, 06:47 PM - 4 min read
BJP has already planned a protest rally against the government, which it says has fooled people with its poll guarantees to come into power, on December 4.
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November 19, 2025, 06:22 PM - 3 min read
The winter session of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly will be organised from November 26 to December 5 at Tapovan in Dharamsala. The session will include eight sittings, spread across the 10-day schedule.
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October 17, 2025, 01:00 PM - 3 min read
A key feature of the new amendment is that it allows an automatic increase in the salaries and allowances of MLAs every five years, linked to the cost inflation index under the Income Tax Act, 1961. This will remove the need to bring new amendments each time salaries are revised for the Chief Minister, ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and MLAs.
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