MANALI: No snowfall on Christmas has certainly disappointed thousands of tourists in Himachal but unexpected snowfall in Manali on Wednesday evening at 8:30pm thrilled them with joy and surprise. While it was sunny day till noon, the black clouds started hovering over the sky in the afternoon. Suddenly it started snowing in the late evening

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

Manali-Rohtang-Leh highway has been blocked for traffic following heavy snowfall in mid and high hills of Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti districts of Himachal and a fresh wave of cold has gripped the entire state on Thursday. Rohtang pass, 51km from here, is covered under 60cm of fresh snow while Baralacha pass in Lahaul valley has received

Thousands of tourists on Monday became witness to the most amazing moment in their life when they saw rare summer snowfall on Rohtang pass after sky started showering snowflakes all over the mountain top in morning time. Snowfall in last week of May sounds a joke but its true and tourists enjoyed every moment of

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

Tourists dancing on the rhythm of fresh snowfall on the famous Ridge of Shimla and The Mall Road of Manali, hoteliers attending unprecedented inquiry phone calls from tourists, traffic moving with snail’s pace on several highways and farmers thanking almighty, this is how Himachal celebrated its first snowfall of the season in lower regions on

Hundreds of tourists on Thursday thronged Gulaba, 22km from Manali towards Rohtang pass, to enjoy the fresh snowfall. Though administration has advised tourists not to go beyond Kothi, but it was tourists’ craziness to see snow that they managed to reach here putting themselves in danger. Gulaba is experiencing snowfall since Thursday morning and over