In poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, the recent announcement by the Centre to bring the Hatti community under the Scheduled Tribes list in Sirmaur district is spreading resentment among some sections. Now, if the government wants to bring 1.6 lakh Hatti members in the ST list, our share of job reservations will be wiped out,” Mr. Bhatia told The Hindu, as he …
Grappling with dissidence in Pachhad and Dharamshala, the two constituencies where byelection is slated for October 21, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has pressed troubleshooters to placate the rebels. With less than 24 hours left for withdrawing names from the fray, the saffron party has pressed irrigation and public health minister Mahender Singh Thakur and education minister Suresh Bhardwaj into …
