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Rajeev Shukla announced that all 40 MLAs of the party have unanimously passed the proposal to leave the decision to select the chief minister of the state on the party's high command in New Delhi.

After the all-day drama, Congress Himachal Pradesh in-charge Rajeev Shukla, at a late evening press conference on Friday, announced that all 40 MLAs of the party have unanimously passed a resolution to leave the decision to select the chief minister of the state on the party's high command in New Delhi.

“All 40 MLAs took part in the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting today and all have unanimously passed the proposal to leave the decision to select the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh on the party high command,” Shukla said.

In the Gyanvapi mosque case, the counsel representing the Hindu side on Thursday argued that even with the temple's demolition at the site, the land does not lose its nature of being a temple land, and thus the Places of Worship Act does not apply in the case. The submission was made in response to a petition relating to the suit seeking regular worship of Shringar Gauri and other deities in the mosque in Varanasi. The counsel said that the temple existed on the contested land much before the independence of India. The Allahabad High Court will continue to hear on December 13 a civil revision petition of Anjuman Intezamia Masjid (AIM) that has challenged a Varanasi court order turning down its objections to the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women seeking permission to worship in the mosque's compound.

As per the trends in Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress is all set to sweep the state. To celebrate the occasion, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, extended heartfelt thanks to the people of Himachal Pradesh in a tweet that read, "Heartfelt thanks to the people of Himachal Pradesh for this decisive victory. Hearty congratulations to all Congress workers and leaders. Your hard work and dedication are the real deservers of the best wishes for this victory. I assure you again, every promise made to the public will be fulfilled at the earliest."

A week after the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud asserted that Common Law Admission Test, the sole deciding factor for law school admissions, is not evaluating college entrants for their ‘ethos’, members from the legal fraternity came to state how CJI's views were idealistic but couldn't be applied to the exam catering to 77, 000 students

Envisioned as ‘Harvards of East’, National Law Universities were called out by the CJI for laying insufficient emphasis on ‘value-based education’ while granting admission to legal aspirants.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday gave reasons behind the cancellation of the registration licence of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. Following this move, the two organisations cannot receive funds from foreign entities.

According to the ministry, the government found violation of provisions under section 11 and conditions of registration under section 12(4)(a)(vi) of the FCRA, 2010. Section 11 deals with registration of certain persons with the Central Government.