Manali : The busy Manali-Rohtang pass road in the Kullu valley of Himachal Pradesh has been blocked by mud and rock slides Friday after being opened briefly in the morning. The rock and mudslide is taking place at Rani nalla 40 km from Manali,scores of vehicles have been marooned on [...]

After a heavy bout of rain, a double rainbow lights up Shimla Photo Contributor: Rakesh Kumar Sharma

A 74 year old Israeli national has died in Himachal Pradesh’s tribal district of Kinnaur, reports said Wednesday. David Michael was travelling in Kinnaur’s high altitude Chango area since August 9 with a group of fourteen foreign tourists where he suddenly died on Tuesday. His body was shifted to IGMC [...]

Manali : Heavy rain set of landslides and blocked the busy Manali national highway in Himachal Pradesh Saturday,police said. Pounding rain hit the gateway to Manali early Saturday blocking the road at Pandoh some 16 km from Mandi town. Hundreds of vehicles of weekend tourists have been stranded on the [...]

Shimla : The offices of the Shimla municipal corporation(MC) will soon be vacated to carry out renovation work in this Raj era building on the Ridge. “Rs 2 crore will be spent to renovate the town hall in the MC building,” said the Himachal Pradesh chief minister P.K.Dhumal here Saturday. [...]

Shimla : Having accepted 71,000 applications from all over the country to build flats and houses in the state the Himachal Pradesh Urban Development Authority(HIMUDA) is now finding it hard looking for land to carry out the project. The state run company needs almost 26,000 bighas of land in around [...]

Shimla : Peterhof, a premier and popular hotel of the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) in Shimla owes Rs 5 million as house tax to the Shimla Municipal Corporation(MC),officials say. For a while HPTDC and the General Administration Department(GAD) both state run organisations have been squabbling, asking each other [...]

Shimla: Plans of converting Bantony Castle building in the heart of the city into a luxury hotel by a private entrepreneur has hit a block as the government has moved in to acquire the heritage property. Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has asked principal secretary urban development to initiate steps [...]

Shimla : To attract more tourists during the tourist lean rainy season from all over the country the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation(HPTDC) has floated seven special packages to raise occupancy in its hotels across the state. “These packages are between two to four days long and concentrate in and [...]

Shimla : A cultural troupe from Syria will perform at the forthcoming Kullu Dussehra festival in October this year, the Syrian ambassador said here Friday. Ambassador Riad Kamel Abbas announced this after his meeting with the state chief minister P.K.Dhumal here. Foreign troupes have been regularly performing at the colourful [...]