Ram Swaroop Sharma

The opposition Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Friday sought a high-level probe into the death of BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma, who was found hanging from the ceiling at his official residence in New Delhi.

BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh Ram Swaroop Sharma, who was found dead in his official residence in New Delhi, was cremated with full state honours in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. Ram Swaroop Sharma was a two-time Member of Parliament from Mandi parliamentary constituency

A BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh, Ram Swaroop Sharma, was found dead at his residence in Delhi today, the police said, adding they are investigating whether it was a case of suicide.

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Rajeev Bindal resigned on Thursday amid reports that he will be the new chief of the BJP's state unit.

Fearing rejection of nomination, Brigadier Khushal Thakur (Retired), a decorated officer who played a crucial in the 1999 Kargil war, on Friday filed nomination papers as the substitute candidate for BJP's Ram Swaroop Sharma for Mandi seat in Himachal Pradesh.

BJP's first-time MP Ram Swaroop Sharma, who defeated six-time Congress Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's wife Pratibha Singh from Mandi in 2014, has topped among the state's four lawmakers with fund utilisation over the allocated amount as high as 103.25 per cent under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).

Ram Swaroop Lamba appeared to be the perfect choice. Son of the BJP's popular Jat leader and sitting Lok Sabha whose death had necessitated the Ajmer by-election, 45-year-old Mr Lamba was expected to ride a sympathy wave and command the powerful Jat vote that makes for 12 per cent of the vote share in the constituency. But the Congress fielded Ragh...

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of five students from the River Beas in Himachal Pradesh who were swept away along with 19 classmates on Sunday evening in a sudden surge of water released from a dam.

Rescuers have recovered five bodies today from the River Beas in Himachal Pradesh in a search for 24 students from Telangana who were washed away in a sudden surge of water released from a dam.

Twenty four students from an engineering college in Hyderabad are feared to have been washed away in the Beas river near Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Six of them are girls.

As the political temperature rises in the cool climes of Himachal Pradesh, corruption charges against top leaders of the principal parties - Congress and BJP - are heating up the campaign in the battle for the four Lok Sabha seats going to polls on May 7.

The opposition Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Friday sought a high-level probe into the death of BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma, who was found hanging from the ceiling at his official residence in New Delhi.

BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh Ram Swaroop Sharma, who was found dead in his official residence in New Delhi, was cremated with full state honours in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. Ram Swaroop Sharma was a two-time Member of Parliament from Mandi parliamentary constituency

A BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh, Ram Swaroop Sharma, was found dead at his residence in Delhi today, the police said, adding they are investigating whether it was a case of suicide.

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Rajeev Bindal resigned on Thursday amid reports that he will be the new chief of the BJP's state unit.

Fearing rejection of nomination, Brigadier Khushal Thakur (Retired), a decorated officer who played a crucial in the 1999 Kargil war, on Friday filed nomination papers as the substitute candidate for BJP's Ram Swaroop Sharma for Mandi seat in Himachal Pradesh.

BJP's first-time MP Ram Swaroop Sharma, who defeated six-time Congress Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's wife Pratibha Singh from Mandi in 2014, has topped among the state's four lawmakers with fund utilisation over the allocated amount as high as 103.25 per cent under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).

Ram Swaroop Lamba appeared to be the perfect choice. Son of the BJP's popular Jat leader and sitting Lok Sabha whose death had necessitated the Ajmer by-election, 45-year-old Mr Lamba was expected to ride a sympathy wave and command the powerful Jat vote that makes for 12 per cent of the vote share in the constituency. But the Congress fielded Ragh...

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of five students from the River Beas in Himachal Pradesh who were swept away along with 19 classmates on Sunday evening in a sudden surge of water released from a dam.

Rescuers have recovered five bodies today from the River Beas in Himachal Pradesh in a search for 24 students from Telangana who were washed away in a sudden surge of water released from a dam.

Twenty four students from an engineering college in Hyderabad are feared to have been washed away in the Beas river near Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Six of them are girls.

As the political temperature rises in the cool climes of Himachal Pradesh, corruption charges against top leaders of the principal parties - Congress and BJP - are heating up the campaign in the battle for the four Lok Sabha seats going to polls on May 7.