Himachal gets season’s first snow amid rains (Lead)
August 13th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 13 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh got the season's first snowfall early Saturday, the weather bureau here said. Keylong town and nearby hills experienced snow while elsewhere in the state ... Read more...
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Two killed in Manali cloudburst, five missing (Lead)
July 21st, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, July 21 (IANS) Two labourers were killed and 22 were injured after a cloudburst near this Himachal Pradesh town, an official said here Thursday. Five labourers are still ... Read more...
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Tourists evacuated from Rohtang Pass
July 11th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, July 11 (IANS) A large number of motorists who were stranded on both sides of the majestic Rohtang Pass near this Himachal Pradesh resort have been evacuated with the ... Read more...
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Stranded tourists rescued from Rohtang Pass (Lead)
June 30th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, June 30 (IANS) Hundreds of people, mainly tourists, have been rescued from near the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, where they were stranded by landslides blocking the ... Read more...
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Rains trigger landslides in Himachal
June 17th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 16 (IANS) Moderate to heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh Thursday triggered landslides, hampering movement of vehicles at several places, officials said.A government spokepserson told IANS here that traffic ... Read more...
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Stuck since December, they await Himalayan road’s reopening
May 24th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Keylong (Himachal Pradesh), May 24 (IANS) Eating just peas and potatoes, over two dozen villages in Lahaul Valley have been cut off since the heavy snowfall in December. But Rohtang ... Read more...
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Caution: Men at work, Himachal highway snowed under (Lead) (With Images)
April 26th, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, April 26 (IANS) Wearing bulky uniforms and armed with shovels, men of the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) are this year finding it difficult to clear the 222-km long ... Read more...
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Caution: Men at work on snow-snapped Himachal highway (With Images)
April 26th, 2011 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Manali, April 26 (IANS) Clad in bulky uniforms and armed with shovels, men of the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) are this year finding it hard to clear the 222-km ... Read more...
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Good Friday weekend drives tourists to Himachal
April 22nd, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla/Manali, April 22 (IANS) With fresh snow on the higher reaches and a long weekend owing to Good Friday, Himachal Pradesh is teeming with tourists.More than one lakh tourists, ... Read more...
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Still snowing tourists in Himachal hills
March 25th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 25 (IANS) As spring slowly melts into summer, tourists from the plains are rushing right into the arms of the Himachal Pradesh hills that are still magically ... Read more...
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Snow clearing work begins on Manali-Leh highway
March 1st, 2011 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Manali, March 1 (IANS) Snow-clearing operations started Tuesday to restore road connectivity between this Himachal Pradesh town and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said here."Snow-clearing operations started on the ... Read more...
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Kashmir still shivers, Gulmarg coldest at minus 10
February 10th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 10 (IANS) The north Kashmir ski resort of Gulmarg witnessed its coldest night of the season with a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius while the strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway ... Read more...
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Helicopter offers the only lifeline in upper Himachal
January 15th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Manali (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 15 (IANS) With the Rohtang tunnel beneath the majestic Rohtang Pass near here a long way yet from its targeted completion in 2015, helicopter remains ... Read more...
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IRT Most Dangerous Roads
November 30th, 2010 - 2:36 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Driving along India’s most dangerous roads in the heart of the Himalayas are American truck drivers from the television series “Ice Road Truckers” on the History Channel. One ... Read more...
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Snowfall ahead, BRO stops operations on Rohtang Pass
November 15th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, Nov 15 (IANS) Anticipating heavy snowfall, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Monday stopped operations on the Rohtang Pass till the onset of summer. The road connects this Himachal Pradesh town to ... Read more...
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Rohtang Pass to be operational till Nov 15
November 1st, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, Nov 1 (IANS) The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Monday said it would operate the majestic Rohtang Pass, which connects this Himachal Pradesh town with Leh in Jammu and Kashmir, for two ... Read more...
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Captain caught selling diesel from army stock
August 21st, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 21 (IANS) An Indian army officer has been caught red-handed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for selling diesel from the Army's stocks in Himachal Pradesh, a CBI official ... Read more...
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Manali-Leh highway closed after landslides
August 6th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, Aug 6 (IANS) The strategic Manali-Leh National Highway 21 was temporarily closed to vehicular traffic following landslides at various locations along the highway, an official said here Friday.
The 475 km highway, ... Read more...
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Tunnel may be blessing for Rohtang eco-system
August 2nd, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Manali (Himachal Pradesh), Aug 2 (IANS) The fragile ecosystem of the Rohtang Pass is likely to get some respite from heavy pollution from vehicles once the 8.8-km-long tunnel being ... Read more...
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Rohtang tunnel: Sonia launches Rajiv’s dream project (Roundup)
June 28th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Solang (Himachal Pradesh), June 28 (IANS) A giant excavator sprang to life as Congress president Sonia Gandhi pressed a remote control to launch the building of a strategic 8.8 ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi lays foundation stone for Rohtang tunnel
June 28th, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravi ShankarDhundi (Himachal Pradesh), June 28 (ANI): United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chief Sonia Gandhi laid foundation stone for the much-awaited 8.8 kilometres Rohtang tunnel in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu District ... Read more...
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Rohtang Tunnel work launched by Sonia Gandhi
June 28th, 2010 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Solang (Himachal Pradesh), June 28 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday laid the foundation stone for the world's longest tunnel at an altitude of over 13,300 feet under the Rohtang Pass ... Read more...
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Manali-Leh road link may be used round-the-year
June 26th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, June 26 (IANS) The proposed Rohtang Tunnel is a key element in the defence ministry's attempts to make the 475-km-long Manali-Keylong-Leh highway, used by the armed forces to ... Read more...
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Tight security ahead of Gandhi’s visit
June 25th, 2010 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 25 (IANS) Security has been tightened in Himachal Pradesh ahead of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi's trip to Kullu district Monday.
Gandhi, who also heads the Congress party, ... Read more...
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Manali-Leh highway to shut June 28
June 24th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 24 (IANS) The Manali-Leh highway will be closed June 28 when United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi visits Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, an official said Thursday.
"Sonia Gandhi is ... Read more...
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Manali-Keylong highway reopens
June 11th, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 11 (IANS) Over 150 people, mostly tourists, stranded on the Manali-Keylong National Highway 21 in Himachal Pradesh since Tuesday owing to heavy snowfall started leaving as the highway reopened, police ... Read more...
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Over 150 stranded in Himachal hills
June 10th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 10 (IANS) Over 150 people, mostly tourists, have been stranded on the Manali-Keylong National Highway 21 since June 8 owing to heavy snowfall in the region, police said Thursday.
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Rohtang tunnel work in Himachal to begin June
May 5th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 5 (IANS) Work on Himachal Pradesh's nine-km long Rohtang tunnel, close to the China border, will start early next month, an official said here Wednesday.
The horseshoe shaped tunnel, under the ... Read more...
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Fresh snowfall in Rohtang Pass forces closure of Manali-Leh highway
April 19th, 2010 - 11:34 pm ICT by ANI
Rohtang Pass (Himachal Pradesh), Apr 19 (ANI): The Rohtang Pass, the crucial road link between Manali in Kullu district and Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh received untimely snowfall ... Read more...
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Rohtang Pass re-opens for traffic
April 14th, 2010 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 14 (IANS) The Rohtang Pass, the crucial road link between Manali in Kullu district and Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh, re-opened Wednesday for vehicular traffic, an ... Read more...
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Why Lahaul Lamas pray for Minister M.S. Gill (IANS Book Review, With Images)
March 8th, 2010 - 10:53 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Book: "Himalayan Wonderland, Travels in Lahaul and Spiti"; Publisher: Penguin/Viking; Author: Manohar Singh Gill (union sports minister); Price: Rs.599In the summer of 1962, a restless young Indian administrator, Manohar ... Read more...
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Snow clearing work begins on Manali-Leh highway
March 3rd, 2010 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 3 (IANS) The snow clearing work on the strategic 475-km National Highway-21 that connects Manali in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir has started, an official said Wednesday.
The ... Read more...
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Deadly cold kills 41 in north, it’s -15.8 in Kargil (Intro Roundup)
January 4th, 2010 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Temperatures plummeted to a freezing -15.8 degrees Celsius in Kargil Monday as a bone-chilling cold wave gripped northern and parts of eastern India leaving about 41 people ... Read more...
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Rohtang tunnel will be completed by 2014: Dhumal
December 14th, 2009 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Dec 14 (IANS) The Rohtang tunnel located beneath the majestic Rohtang Pass in Kullu district will be completed by 2014, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Monday.
"The work on ... Read more...
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Centre evaluating technical, commercial bids for Rohtang tunnel: Antony
December 14th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 14 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony said here on Monday that technical and commercial bids for the construction of the Rohtang tunnel are being evaluated.The construction is being ... Read more...
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