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Himachal bypolls: BJP yet to send its candidate to Lahaul and Spiti as senior leader Markanda’s rebellion gets stronger

March 29, 2024 5:36 pm

BJP has fielded Ravi Thakur in Markanda’s stronghold of Lahaul and Spiti. Himachal Pradesh Assembly bypolls is scheduled on June 1.

Tourists in HP's Spiti Valley shifted to safer places; 650 roads closed as snow, rain lash state

March 04, 2024 8:58 pm

About 290 roads are blocked in this tribal district and several areas are without electricity for the past two days, the statement said.

It's a goat, it's a pig, it's a serow: Explaining an unusual sighting in Spiti

December 23, 2020 12:14 pm

A Himalayan serow has been sighted for the first time in the Himalayan cold desert region. Why is the sighting significant?

Spiti Valley will not open for tourists before April 2021

November 18, 2020 12:27 pm

Infrastructural limitations and lack of proper healthcare facilities have made the population in Spiti quite vulnerable in the pandemic

No tourism in Himachal's Spiti Valley this year

September 22, 2020 1:20 pm

A circular states that while Spiti is dependent on tourism, this step is important so as to prevent an outbreak of the infection. It requests tourists to "let the valley live through the winters" so that it can continue to remain a safe place to travel in the future

Climate change in Spiti: Water crisis engulfs world’s 'highest' village

November 27, 2019 7:57 pm

Retreating glaciers and inadequate snowfall during peak winter is threatening the livelihoods and food security of people in Himachal Pradesh’s picturesque Spiti mountain valley.

A Travel Show with a personal touch

November 17, 2014 9:42 pm

A spontaneous, soul searching trip to the Himalayas by two travel enthusiasts is now a show on television.

Rain,hailstorm lash HP hills

April 16, 2014 4:49 pm

After a couple of pleasant days,the wintry weather returned to Shimla and several other nearby hill stations with rain,hailstorm and strong wind on Sunday affecting the normal life here.

Cold desert Lahaul & Spiti get record rain,fear worst

August 11, 2010 12:34 am

The exceptionally high rainfall recorded across the cold desert of Lahaul and Spiti district from April to July this year has surprised as well as shocked everyone.

A monastery’s fading colours

July 04, 2010 12:25 am

A thousand years is a long time. But at Tabo Monastery,time had stood still for almost a thousand years,frozen...

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