Rains bring down temperatures in Himachal
July 5th, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 5 (IANS) Widespread rains caused a sharp fall in temperatures across Himachal Pradesh Thursday with Gaggal town recording the highest rainfall of 152 mm in the state, ... Read more...
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Fires ravage 20,000 hectares of Himachal forests in two months (With Images)
June 28th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 28 (IANS) Unusually hot and dry conditions this summer have turned the green hills of Himachal Pradesh into a tinderbox - literally. Forest wealth estimated at well over ... Read more...
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Vaishno Devi pilgrimage resumes after forest fire (Lead)
June 23rd, 2012 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 23 (IANS) Pilgrimage to the Hindu shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi near Jammu resumed Saturday morning after it was suspended due to a forest fire.The fire broke out ... Read more...
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Vaishno Devi pilgrimage suspended due to forest fire
June 23rd, 2012 - 3:16 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 23 (IANS): Pilgrimage to the Hindu shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi near Jammu was suspended late Friday due to a forest fire which spread over and reached near ... Read more...
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Rains keep forest fires away in Himachal
June 10th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 10 (IANS) Thanks to heavy rains, Himachal Pradesh has escaped its periodic and often devastating forest fires this time.Forest officials said that plentiful rainfall in the last ... Read more...
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Himachal hopes success of IPL matches would bring international matches
May 13th, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, May 13 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) is eagerly looking towards the successful hosting of three Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to stake its claim for holding ... Read more...
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Temperature plummets in Himachal after rain (Lead)
May 7th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 7 (IANS) Temperatures across Himachal Pradesh fell sharply Friday due to widespread rain with Una town recording the highest rainfall of 42 mm in the state, the met office ... Read more...
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Himachal hills turn into tinderbox (With Images)
May 1st, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, May 1 (IANS) Summer fires in the wooded areas and grasslands of Himachal Pradesh are nothing new, but long dry spells often turn the hills into a tinderbox. ... Read more...
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Not all forests act against global warming
January 22nd, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) The notion that forests remove carbon dioxide from the air and prevent global warming has some complications, says a new study. There's a kind of forest that does ... Read more...
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Myanmar’s Hukuang reserve has less than 100 tigers
October 7th, 2009 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Oct 7 (Xinhua) Myanmar's 22,000 sq km vast Hukuang Tiger Reserve situated in the northern province of Kachin has now less than 100 tigers, a report said Wednesday.
The fall in the ... Read more...
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Thread-like fungi may help high elevation pines grow
July 19th, 2009 - 11:21 am ICT by ANI
Washington, July 19 (ANI): A professor from Montana State University is searching for ways to use thread-like fungi, which grows in soils at high elevations, for restoring whitebark and limber pine forests ... Read more...
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Forest fires ravage Himachal flora, fauna (With Images)
June 29th, 2009 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, June 29 (IANS) Forest fires raging across the parched hills of Himachal Pradesh have scorched huge tracts of wooded areas and grasslands this summer. The state is struggling ... Read more...
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Unabated heat continues in Shimla
June 24th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 24 (IANS) The unabated heat wave continued to parch the hills in the Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla, as the mercury soared to 30.3 degrees Celsius Wednesday.
"The unusual rise in temperature ... Read more...
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Rain douses forest fires in Himachal
June 11th, 2009 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 11 (IANS) Rain in Shimla and other parts of Himachal Pradesh Thursday doused numerous forest fires raging in the state, Forest Minister J.P. Nadda said.
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Forest fires rage as mercury soars in Himachal
May 27th, 2009 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 27 (IANS) Unusually hot and dry conditions have virtually transformed the wooded areas and grasslands of Himachal Pradesh into tinderboxes. The state is now struggling to curb the forest ... Read more...
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Himachal Pradesh to launch plantation drive to combat climate change
July 21st, 2008 - 10:09 am ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, July 21 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh is launching a massive plantation drive next month to increase the state's forest cover as part of its contribution to lowering global warming. The ... Read more...
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Bumper plum crop in Kashmir
July 20th, 2008 - 10:59 am ICT by ANI
By Parvez Butt
Srinagar, July 20 (ANI): Kashmir has a bumper crop of plums this season and farmers hope that the total turnover will be around 500 metric tones.
"Last year it was ... Read more...
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President to spend weekend at Gulmarg
May 24th, 2008 - 8:51 pm ICT by admin
Srinagar, May 24 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, accompanied by members of her family, Saturday left for the picturesque north Kashmir tourist resort of Gulmarg where the family will spend their weekend. Patil ... Read more...
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Pine forests eating into apple belt in Kullu valley
April 28th, 2008 - 9:27 pm ICT by admin
Kullu, April 28 (ANI): Apple growers in the Himachals Kullu valley are a worried lot due to the increased acreage of pine forests in the region that has led to rise ... Read more...
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Winters bring in foreigners to Shimla
November 14th, 2007 - 10:38 am ICT by admin
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Kashmir farmers take to grape cultivation
November 14th, 2007 - 2:27 am ICT by admin
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