Tag: HP assembly

Himachal CM takes lead, tells Kangra MLAs to sense public mood

Does the cash-strapped small hill state of Himachal Pradesh need two Vidhan Sabhas in Shimla and Dharamshala? The question is being discussed officially for the first time- since the then Congress government in 2005 abruptly decided to hold winter session of the HP Assembly in Dharamshala and later made it an annual affair with Chief …

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September 1, 2018

HP Assembly: Congress walks out over minister’s statement

Opposition Congress on Thursday staged a walkout from the State Assembly against the move by MPP and Power Minister Anil Sharma to issue a statement on hydropower policy and his subsequent taunt. As soon as he began to make a statement on power policy with the permission of Speaker Dr Rajiv Bindal and referred to …

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August 31, 2018

Nearly 40% shortage of faculty at HP agriculture university: CAG

Picking holes in the overall performance of Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in Palampur, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said the university is having close to 40 per cent faculty shortage, which is hampering the quality of education and research. Against the total sanctioned strength of 380 members of faculty in …

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April 12, 2018

CAG pulls up Himachal government for plight of private universities

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Himachal Pradesh Government for plight and lapses in private universities. In a report recently tabled in the HP Assembly for the year ended on 31 March, 2017 the CAG pointed out that the state government had not devised any policy for ensuring need-based establishment of …

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April 9, 2018

Congress govt transferred 1,23,652 employees in five years: HP CM

CM Thakur said 29,642 employees were transferred by the previous government in 2013; 16,775 in 2014; 19,457 in 2015; 25,889 in 2016; and 31,879 in 2017

April 4, 2018

Testing time for BJP, Cong in HP Assembly

The first budget session of the 13th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh will be a testing ground for ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition Congress. The session begins on Tuesday and will have 17 sittings in all, till 5 April. Since the two main parties are led by new and younger faces in …

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March 5, 2018

Budget session of HP Assembly to begin tomorrow

The month-long Budget session of the Himachal Assembly would commence here tomorrow, with Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur presenting his first state budget on March 9. The session, which culminates on April 5, would have 17 sittings, including two private members’ days on March 8 and March 30, an official release said. There would be …

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March 5, 2018

HP Guv to preside over Republic Day function

Governor Acharya Devvrat would preside over a state level Republic Day function that will be held at the Ridge, Shimla on 26 January. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Education minister Suresh Bhardwaj will also attend the function at Shimla. Besides this, Republic Day functions will also be organised at the district level. …

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January 16, 2018

Two-time Churah MLA Hans Raj is Deputy Speaker of HP Assembly

Two-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Churah constituency, Hans Raj, was on Thursday unanimously elected the Deputy Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Assembly on the third day of the winter session. Speaker Rajeev Bindal announced to the House that he had received two sets of nominations filed on Wednesday by BJP Parliamentary Affairs minister Suresh …

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January 11, 2018

HP assembly’s budget session adjourned sine die seven days before schedule

The budget session of the state assembly was on Friday adjourned sine die, seven days before schedule, amid opposition by the opposition BJP, however. Parliamentary Affairs minister, Mukesh Agnihotri moved the resolution to adjourn the state assembly after today’s proceedings, mentioning that there was no agenda left for the budget session and that there were …

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March 31, 2017