UP to introduce 6,000 additional buses for Kumbh
byLucknow (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh State Roadways Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) will mobilize around 6,000 additional buses to facilitate hassle-free travel of pilgrims to the Kumbh…
Tourism
Helicopter services for snow cut off Lahaul valley in Himachal started
byTandi (Lahaul-Spiti Himachal Pradesh): Heavy snow having cut off Lahaul & Spiti valley across Rohtang Pass, helicopter services for meeting emergency and movement needs…
Over 27,000 bar headed geese winter in Pong Dam backwaters
byPong Dam (Himachal Pradesh): Over 27,000 bar-headed geese, the world’s highest-altitude migrant bird species, are “holidaying” in Himachal Pradesh’s Pong Dam wetlands along with around…
Peace dividends: Tourist numbers up in Nepal
byKathmandu: Nepal has welcomed more than 598,200 tourists in 2012, a 10 percent increase over 2011, making tourism one of the largest sources of revenue….
Winter casts sombre silence on Valley (Postcard from Kashmir)
bySrinagar: The cackle of the migratory graylag geese or the occasional howl of a jackal waiting in ambush for its prey are the only distractions…
Himachal resorts chock-a-block with revellers
byShimla/Manali: The December chill has failed to freeze the thrill in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, where hotels were chock-a-block with revellers for the New…
Sunny but chilly weather in Himachal
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh saw a sunny Sunday morning but temperatures remained below the freezing point in many places. The Met Office here said such conditions…
Srinagar – Jammu highway closed due to snowfall
bySrinagar: Fresh snowfall today forced closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway. Around two feet of fresh snow fell in the Jawahar Tunnel area in the…
No fog, no snow; sunshine on offer for New Year eve in Himachal
byShimla: Don’t let the weather fog your New Year celebrations. Catch the sun, which is giving northern India’s plains a miss these days, in the…
Kashmir train’s trial run through Pir Panjal tunnel successful
bySrinagar: The trial run of a train through the 11.2 km-long tunnel – India’s longest – across the Pir Panjal Mountain range in the Kashmir…