Himachal Pradesh Governor Prabha Rau and Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal have expressed grief over the death of eight labourers, who died after being caught in a high velocity 'snow storm' (spin drift) at Rani Nalla near Rohtang Pass (13,050 ft) in Kullu district today.State BJP President Khimi Ram and loal MLA Govind Thakur and Kishori Lal have also expressed grief over the sad incident. B M Nanta,...
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Kullu Forest Circle bagged over all championship trophy on the closing day of four-day State-Level 15TH forest sports and duty meet competition while in Marchpast, Nahan Circle was adjudged best.Shimla Circle was winner and Rampur runners up in volleyball, Bilaspur was declared winner in Kabaddi and tug of war while Mandi circle was in second spot in Kabaddi and Kullu in tug of war. Nahan circle bagged...
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Keylong , Nov 19 /--/ Sixteen people, out of over 350 stranded in high altitude Lahaul and Spiti for the past ten days due to heavy snowfall, were airlifted today in a small chopper. A small four-seater chopper of the state government made four sorties today from Bhuntar in Kullu to Sissu and Tandi in Lahaul and Spiti, sub-divisional magistrate of Keylong Birendra Sharma told PTI. Sixteen people were...
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KULLU: Eight people crossing theRohtang Pass on foot were killed on Friday when they were hit by a snow storm.Officials said they were labourers from Bihar who didn’t have sufficientprotection in sub-zero temperatures. The Pass was closed to traffic on November9 after heavy snowfall.Kullu deputy commissioner B M Nanta said agroup of 75 labourers coming from Lahul valley was caught in the high velocityicy...
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Falling water level in the Beas River has resulted in lesser number of tourists arriving in Kullu.River rafting is organised along 60 Kilometre long river stretch from Manali to Jirhi in Kullu valley.Though emerging as a favorite destination for the adventure sports lovers till recently, the valley is suddenly off tourist map due to shortage of water in river Beas. It has affected the prospects of...
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people were killed as they got caught in a snowstorm that hit the 13,500-foot high Rohtang Pass in Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh this afternoon, an official said here today.Kullu DC B M Nanta told UNI about 70 people were caught in the snowstorm as icy winds swept across the mighty Rohtang at about 1330 hrs.He said eight people, all of whom were not physically fit to scale such heights, died on...
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KULLU: Manali experienced its firstsnowfall of the season on Monday - making it first in the month of Novemberafter a decade. Due to sudden change in weather, mercury went down in the entirevalley settling at one degree Celsius at Kullu. Rohtang Pass till now hasreceived more than two feet snowfall and it’s still snowing.Meanwhile, as Lahaul valley got cut off from the rest of the world,sources said...
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Physical Education Teacher (PET) was today placed under suspension on the charges of sexual harassment of a girl student of seventh class in a bus while the students were on way to Kullu to participate in a State level Tournament.Deputy Director, District Education office (Elementary) K S Rana said that PET Jaspal Singh, who was deputed to take six girls of Sirmour District to Kullu for participation...
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decision of MDLR Airline authorities to suspend their operations in Himachal Pradesh without any notice has left many passengers, including foreign tourists, stranded.The airline announced today that its scheduled operations would be suspended till November 14. President of the Travel Agents Association of Kullu, Subhash Sharma, told UNI that the decision of the airline to suspend its operation without...
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least eight people were killed Friday as high velocity icy winds lashed Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, an official said.Over 75 people were caught in strong icy winds at around 1.30 p.m. after crossing the Rohtang Pass (13,050 feet) on foot, Deputy Commissioner (Kullu) B.M. Nanta told IANS."Eight people died on the spot and others managed to escape. They were coming from the Lahaul valley (in Lahaul...
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