"We are seeing beautiful snowfall. I am told that this is the first snowfall of 2024. This is like heaven for us. We hope to get more now. It is said that this weather is good for apples and farming." Shreesh, a tourist from Gujarat, told ANI at the Kufri resort.
After a lean and dry spell, which deepened fears of a downturn in the state's tourism prospects in peak winter, the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh received fresh snowfall on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said that the government is mulling bringing a law to curb corruption thereby ensuring transparency in the system.
Temperatures in the valley plummeted to a bone-chilling -15°C over the weekend, painting the landscape in shades of white and silver. Sissu Lake, nestled at an altitude of over 12,000 feet, bore the brunt of this frigid onslaught. Its crystal-clear waters, usually teeming with trout, ha
"Recently, a video went viral in which a Thar was crossing the river Chandra in District Lahaul Spiti. The said vehicle has been challenged under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988," SP Mayank Chaudhry said.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday announced to give Rs 1,500 every month to all the women above 18 years of age in Lahaul-Spiti district from January 2024.
"From November 26-27, the higher reaches of Chamba, Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti, Kullu, Kangra and Shimla districts will receive snowfall and the lower areas of Sirmaur, Solan, Mandi, and Kangra will receive light rainfall. From November 28-29, the snowfall will be reduced and the weather will cle
As part of India's national initiative to promote the development of the drone ecosystem, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is currently undertaking a feasibility assessment in the Lahaul and Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the present state government was giving priority to solving the problems of the people of tribal areas and that important suggestions are received in the council's meeting which paves the way for devising policies and pr
The scenic heights of Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh were shrouded in white after the dostrict, along with neighbouring Kullu, received snowfall ahead of the approaching winter.
According to the data by the State Disaster Management Authority, "16 roads remain blocked in Lahaul-Spiti district, 4 in Shimla, 2 in Kullu and 1 each in Kangra and Kinnaur districts."
After a landslide was triggered in the National Highway at Nigulsari in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, a long stretch of the highway was broken on Friday, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said.