Manali: Soon in near future when you will visit Kullu-Manali, you will first see a huge sign of “KULLU” written on the mountain face. After driving for few minutes, you will see another sign “MANALI”. Both the signs would be on the theme of “Hollywood sign“. Kullu administration has planned to build huge structures to

MANALI: Snowfall for the whole day on Thursday thrilled tourists in this town which recorded minimum temperature of minus 5 degrees C, lowest of the season. The residents of Manali woke up to a white sheet of snow on Thursday. This was the coldest morning of the season. After witnessing some sunshine, snowfall restarted in

MANALI: The snowfall and New Year crowd will bring less trouble to the tourists and local residents of Manali this season as authorities are gearing up to cope with the snowfall and its aftereffects. Blocking of the highway after every spell of snowfall is the main problem in Manali. For the first time, Manali will

MANALI: Be it Kufri, Narkanda, Solang or any skiing slope of Himachal, none of them have snow-making machine like ski slopes of developed nations. Despite high demand from skiers, government has failed to buy a single such machine to ensure availability of snow on slopes whenever needed. But, four youth from Manali villages have imported

Problems of mangled tourism industry of Kullu-Manali seems not to be finishing soon as the industry which is already suffering slump is irritating high end tourists with no flight connectivity. Heavy to normal monsoon, cloudbursts, Rohtang pass environment issue, agitations by local traders and taxi operators have already bled the tourism here. Now suspension of

With tourists wandering hotel to hotel in search of rooms and most of the tourists not being able to get cabs for sightseeing, Manali town has come to standstill with unexpected high rush of tourists these days. Last weekend, Manali saw the record increase in arrival of tourists with over 2,000 non-Himachal registered vehicles, including

MANALI: Hills of Manali are once again echoing with sound of light, camera and action as filmmakers have thronged here to take advantage of its snowy backdrop which gives a sense of foreign locations but at desi cost. A Bollywood film unit is camping here for the shooting of Purani Jeans with lead role of

A Kullu based reporter who was working with ANI was killed after an avalanche struck the Rahla Fall area on Manali-Rohtang highway while he was shooting the snow-clearance operation of Border Roads Organization (BRO), about 28 km on Manali-Leh highway on Wednesday. Karan Kumar, assistant cameraman and a BRO jawan had a narrow escape but

Being a political stage for years and having endured tonnes of polluted carbon in recent years on the cost of precious glaciers, flora and fauna, the Rohtang pass has got its substitute as Bhrigu which is likely to connect with Manali by road soon. Bhrigu lake at an altitude of 14,100 feet can be a

Chingu, an item of suspense for customers and part of strategy to earn cash for Kashmiri shopkeepers, is robbing thousands of innocent people for whom it is a souvenir from Manali. Despite complete ban, shopkeepers are selling it uninterrupted for years and the business is at peak point these days. Multi-crore market of chingu and