Singh had vacated the Shimla (rural) seat for his son Vikramaditya Singh and shifted to Arki.
With the induction of seven members, the strength of the cabinet rose to nine.
The water level of the Yamuna in Delhi, which has been hovering around the danger mark of 205.33 metres for the last few days, dropped below the threshold again on Saturday morning.
No matter how smug they sound on the surface about the potential of the dissenters to disturb the proverbial applecart, the Congress and the BJP know that their electoral calculations are precariously hinged in a seemingly tight contest.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 25 seats in the Himachal Pradesh elections, suffered a setback in the assembly segments falling under Shimla, Hamirpur and Kangra parliamentary constituencies in the hill state.
Some of Independents claimed that the Congress and the BJP have been in touch with them.
AAP's presence in both states has complicated the contests for the BJP and its Congress rival.
Hemantkumar Shivsaran compares the number of rallies held by the BJP leadership in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
A gunbattle began early morning in the Dalbhaga-Arki area of the Saraikela-Kharsawan district at about 7 am when a joint team of the 209th battalion of the CoBRA and Jharkhand Police was out for operation.
Adequate security and Covid safety measures have been put in place for the electoral exercise.
The veteran leader breathed his last at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) in Shimla at 3.40 am, senior medical superintendent Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) Dr. Janak Raj said.
Polling for three parliamentary seats and 29 assembly constituencies were held on October 30, an exercise being seen as a barometer of the political mood in the country ahead of assembly elections in politically critical Uttar Pradesh as well as other states.
The move apparently points that rebellion is brewing in the Congress with office bearers of all wings of the party in Arki block resigning in support of Thakur.
As counting is underway in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, we take a look at who's leading and who's trailing.
Around 30,000 personnel have been deputed for poll duty as the state decides its fate today.
The result in Gujarat was not as grand as the saffron party had expected as the party did not even cross its 2012 tally.
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