The entire Kinnaur district and towns in upper Shimla remained cut off due to closure of roads on the fourth day, a government official said. The Met office in Shimla predicted light snowfall and rain in the state till Saturday. “Shimla and its nearby areas have been experiencing snowfall since[Read More…]
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Nearly 200 road links in Himachal reopened after snowfall; tourists rescued
Shimla: Nearly 200 road links in Himachal Pradesh were reopened on Wednesday a day after widespread snow and rain blocked highways and link roads. A majority of commuters, who were stranded across the state, were moved to their destination with the clearing of snow from roads, officials said here. Still,[Read More…]
White hills in Himachal, tourists make merry
Shimla, The Himachal Pradesh capital and picturesque Manali and Dalhousie on Tuesday witnessed more snow that snapped road links, however, tourists made merry by hurling snowballs at one another. “Shimla and its nearby areas have been experiencing snowfall since early Tuesday,” a Meteorological Department official here told IANS. Dharamsala recorded[Read More…]
Himachal sees slight rise in mercury, but snow likely
Shimla, The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday saw a slight rise in the mercury owing to dry weather but the Met Office has forecast chances of snowfall and rain in the coming days. “There are chances of snowfall and rain in the state till January 16,” a Met official[Read More…]
Sunshine in Himachal after widespread snow
Shimla, It was a bright and sunny on Monday morning in most parts of Himachal Pradesh after days of widespread snowfall. “It was bright and sunny after three days of widespread snow and rain,” an official of the Met Office told IANS. The minimum temperature was minus 0.7 degrees Celsius[Read More…]
Manali continues to experience snow, more in Himachal till Jan 9
Shimla, Even as snow continued to elude Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla on Sunday, the picturesque tourist resort of Manali experienced snow on the second day too. There are chances of more rain and snow in the state till Wednesday, weather officials said. “Manali and the hills overlooking it experienced moderate[Read More…]
26 schoolkids among 29 killed in Himachal accident
Shimla: Twenty-nine persons, including 26 students, were killed on Monday when a private school bus fell into a gorge in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, police said. Superintendent of Police Santosh Patyal confirmed the deaths. All the dead students were below the age of 10. The bus driver and two teachers[Read More…]
46 die in massive landslide in Himachal; rescue to resume today
Two Himachal Pradesh roadways buses were buried in a massive landslide, killing at least 46 people and injuring several others at Kotpuri near Padhar on the Mandi–Pathankot national highway, officials said. The toll could increase as more than 50 passengers were traveling in the two buses hit by the landslide.[Read More…]
Landslide in Himachal claims at least five lives
At least five people were killed and around 50 others were feared dead after two HRTC buses got washed away following a massive landslide in Kotroopi area of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh early on Sunday. One bus was travelling to Chamba from Manali, and the other was on its[Read More…]