Under attack from the opposition on charges of corruption and forgery, former Union minister Virbhadra Singh today threatened to file defamation suit against those indulging in his "character assassination".
Congress leader and five-time Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday denied the allegation that he violated land laws to enable his brother-in-law to sell land parcels to realty major DLF for an ultra-luxury housing project in the state.
The Congress’s central election committee which met in New Delhi decided nominees for as many as 52 constituencies of total 68 in Vidhan Sabha.

Private bus rolls into 275-foot-deep gorge, victims include 18 women and 2 kids.
The promptness with which five-time Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh tendered his resignation as union cabinet minister has apparently betrayed his eagerness to return to state politics.
Union minister Virbhadra Singh on Saturday sought a review of decades-old Congress policy of not announcing its chief ministerial candidate in advance in any election going state, a demand that is bound to cause some unease in the party.

In a relief to Tibetan religious leader Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to drop his name from the charge sheet in the foreign and Indian currency recovery case.
Rajesh Sharma reports.
Ten people were killed and property worth Rs.55 was damaged in the recent heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, public works minister Gulab Singh said on Wednesday.

In the second incident of its kind in four months, Chinese helicopters violated Indian airspace along the international border at Kaurik in the tribal Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.
Gaurav Bisht reports.