Himachal Elections News

Opinion

India’s elite institutions are facing a credibility crisis

The events of the last 12 months suggest that we should no longer take the health of India's apex institutionsElection Commission, RBI, Supreme Courtfor granted

8 min read20 Feb 2018
Industry

Gujarat, Himachal election results drive viewership for news channel

While English news channels recorded 1.5 million impressions, Hindi news channels saw a 2.2 times jump from the week-ago period at 245 million impressions, shows data

2 min read3 Jan 2018
Politics

Tasks for new Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur: Development, fight against corruption

BJP had made development, fight against corruption its poll plank in Himachal Pradesh elections, and Jai Ram Thakur's job will now be to deliver on these fronts

2 min read25 Dec 2017
Politics

BJP appoints Jai Ram Thakur as new chief minister of Himachal Pradesh

The nomination of Jai Ram Thakur new Himachal CM marks a generational shift from Congress's Virbhadra Singh and BJP's Prem Kumar Dhumal

2 min read25 Dec 2017
Mint-lounge

What intellectuals who are often wrong teach us about hope

Is hope the wrong reason we do the right things? Is it possible to liberate our reasoning from hope?

4 min read23 Dec 2017
Opinion

Gujarat election results: Too early to call it a Congress comeback

Despite all the positive signs in Gujarat, the party's primary battle, still, is to remain relevant in national politics

4 min read20 Dec 2017
Market

RBI sets rupee reference rate at 64.1205 against US dollar

The rupee rebounded by 20 paise to close at a three-month high of 64.04 against the US dollar, building on the momentum gathered after BJP's win in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh polls

2 min read19 Dec 2017
Politics

BJP win in Gujarat, Himachal elections unsettles equations in West Bengal

Some leaders believe that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) could tone down its shrillness in countering the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

2 min read19 Dec 2017
Politics

News in Numbers: BJP now in power in 19 states post Gujarat, Himachal elections

In other news, the farm loan waivers announced by Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka are likely to widen their combined fiscal deficit by Rs1.1 trillion

3 min read19 Dec 2017
Politics

Results of 2018 assembly polls could set the tone for 2019 general election

Congress's show in Gujarat assembly elections sounds alarm bells for BJP ahead of polls in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh in 2018, feel political functionaries including those from BJP

3 min read19 Dec 2017
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