Over 200 people remained stranded in rain-ravaged Kinnaur district for the past ten days as rescue operations were today hampered and IAF and state choppers could not take off due to bad weather.

Stressing that an impartial probe will not be possible if Pawan Kumar Bansal remains on his post, the BJP on Sunday sought ouster of the Railway Minister in connection with the Railway Board bribery controversy.

Close on the heels of cancelling the lease deed of land allotted to yoga teacher Ramdev’s trust, the Himachal Pradesh government has started a probe into the alleged illegalities in allotment of land

The alleged phone tapping of about 1,200 persons during the previous BJP regime will be probed by the state vigilance department and the names of those under surveillance made public, Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh said today.

Virbhadra Singh, who steered Congress to power in the Assembly polls, was today sworn-in as Himachal Pradesh chief minister for a record sixth time, heading a ten-member ministry.

Flights to and from Himachal Pradesh have been suspended for over a month now, and this has started impacting the tourism sector - a major source of income for the state, officials said here on Friday

Polling in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh started on a slow note with about 10 per cent of the voters exercising their franchise in the first two hours today.

A moderate 30 per cent polling was recorded till noon today in the election to the 68-member Assembly in hill state of Himachal Pradesh.

India's highest polling booth in Lahaul-Spiti district Sunday recorded 80 per cent turnout for the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, an official said.

At the Hikkim polling station, located at an

Battle lines have been drawn for Sunday’s poll for the 68-member Himachal Assembly where political heavyweights Prem Kumar Dhumal and Virbhadra Singh are jostling for attention of voters for whom the