Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Prem Kumar Dhumal on Tuesday won Hamirpur Lok Sabha by-election defeating Congress candidate Ram Lal Thakur by over 80,000 votes.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has won the Hamirpur Lok Sabha by-election, with its candidate Anurag Thakur drubbing his nearest rival, the Congress's O P Rattan, by over 1,74,000 votes.
The richest candidate in the first phase is from Chevella. The poorest candidate is also contesting from the same constituency in Telengana!
A day after a local lawyer filed a case against Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party leader O P Dhankhar for his alleged remarks 'Bihari bride for Haryana boys', another case was lodged in Patna on Tuesday a police official said.
Speaking to rediff.com, Bedi's counsel S Pradeep Kumar said she could not be released on Tuesday evening as the completion of formalities for her release were delayed.
The absence of Leader of Opposition L K Advani in Sunday's Ram Sethu rally has ruffled the feelings of the Sangh Parivar that seemed to have patched up after he was chosen to lead the BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections.
Appu, alias Krishnasamy, was interrogated in a hotel in Mamallpuram in Kanchipuram district throughout Sunday night.
A case was filed in a Bihar court on Monday against Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party leader O P Dhankhar for his alleged remarks 'Bihari bride for Haryana boys'.
Railways sprinter Merlin K Joseph smashed the 13-year-old national record in women's 100m race in the semi-finals on Sunday, but could manage only a bronze in the finals on the second day of the 53rd National Open Athletics Championships in Ranchi.
Abdul Jalil Mastan caught on camera asking a crowd at a note ban protest to hit with shoes the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sparking condemnation and kicking up a ruckus in the state legislature.
BJP president Amit Shah had said during the campaign that the party was fighting the election under Rupani and Nitin Patel.
'No one will be allowed to stand in the way of the BJP wave,' says Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal.
SC issues notices to the Centre, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on a PIL accusing them of taking no action against trucks that resort to overloading.
'If we win, the semi-finals will be in Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh,' says BJP President Venkaiah Naidu.
The raids were conducted following reports of alleged power theft, official sources said.
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Kumar had blamed the non-performance of the Dhumal government for the defeat of the BJP in the Himachal Pradesh election.
Nayyar was informed of his exclusion on the eve of first Ranji Trophy match against Services last week.
Encouraged by the unprecedented success of the Gujarat Gaurav Yatra of Narendra Modi, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has launched Vishwas Yatra.
BJP backed to the hilt Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as its leader in the state and rebuffed a rebellious Chirag Paswan, while acknowledging his Lok Janshakti Party as an ally 'at the Centre'. At a press conference which was attended by top leaders of the JD-U headed by Kumar and the BJP, it was made clear that 'only those who accept the chief ministers leadership will be deemed to be a part of the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar'.
One of John Allen Muhammad's 10 victims was the Indian cab driver Prem Kumar Walekar.
Agriculture Minister Vidya Sagar had quit the Prem Kumar Dhumal ministry demanding 27% reservation for OBCs in government jobs
Jaswant Rai charged the HPCA chief Anurag Thakur with 'forcing him' to opt out of the team in lieu of money.
"The serial blasts deserve the strongest condemnation in the strongest possible words as the perpetrators targeted the place of religious faith of crores of people with an aim to create fear among them," the Bihar chief minister told reporters after inspecting the blast sites at the Mahabodhi temple and surrounding areas in Gaya district with senior civil and police officials
Ranjan was shot dead by criminals near the Siwan railway station on Friday.
Himachal has a tradition of change in government after every elections and going by the trend, this time it is the turn of the BJP which is upbeat after exit poll results.
Two militants and a soldier were killed on Sunday in a gun battle during infiltration bids by ultras at Keran and Tangdhar sectors along the Line of Control in Kashmir while an army officer lost his life in a mishap during a search operation.
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