Roofs of three houses in Malana village have collapsed while many other roofs in Kullu villages are reported to have damaged with heavy snowfall in recent days, an official said. According to Kullu sub-divisional magistrate Vinay Dhiman, a local resident from Malana has informed administration that three roofs in village have been collapsed due to

Fresh snowfall in Shimla, Manali and Dalhousie seems to have worked well for tourism industry as hoteliers and travel agents have flooded with inquiries regarding winter holiday tours in February which is termed as off-season month in Himachal. Hotel occupancy is also likely to double during Republic Day and ODI cricket match in Dharamshala. Hills

Nine villages of Manali have maintained a complete silence for 42 days as their deities — Rishi Gautam, Rishi Vyas and Kanchan Nag — are attending the annual assembly in heaven and a little noise can disturb them. Villagers believe the deities are deciding the fate of the world and maintaining silence is necessary for

Adorned with traditional attire and jewelry, women of mahila mandals from Kullu villages would present their skills of catwalk on the ramp of first national level Winter Carnival, which is going to be held in Manali in second week of February. To make the carnival more interesting, chosen women from villages would get a chance

Upset with the deteriorating condition of tourism industry of Manali due to weak infrastructure, a group of representative from Manali hoteliers association met with chief minister Virbhadra Singh at Dharamshala and begged for better facilities to the tourist town, on Tuesday. President of association, Anup Ram Thakur, said chief minister has assured that flight service

With over 500 skiers including experts and amateurs presenting their skiing abilities on ski slopes of Manali everyday, Manali has turned ski resort where most of the shops who rent out skis are hanging ‘sold out’ notice outside their shops. All ski slopes of Manali at Solang, Fataru, Kothi and Gulaba have been crowded with skiers