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Valentine Day 2026: Love is getting costlier this Valentine’s season with red roses -the quintessential symbol of romance – selling for as high as Rs 100 per piece in Shimla markets amid strong seasonal demand linked to Valentine’s Day and the ongoing wedding season.During the off-season, red roses typically retail between Rs 20 and Rs…
Have you been to Chhattisgarh before? If not, here we give you reasons to plan a trip soon. Tucked away in the northern hills of Chhattisgarh, there is a small hill station, known as Mainpa, which feels strikingly different from the state’s largely forested and plateau landscapes. It lies around 55 km by road from…
KULLU: A tourist from Mumbai visiting Manali in Himachal Pradesh with relatives died suddenly Tuesday night, apparently from cold exposure. Police identified her as 38-year-old Priyanka Vishnu Dukhande, a resident of Kalachowki, Mumbai. Manali has been freezing in below-zero temperatures for the past few days.Police said Priyanka had gone to the picturesque Solang Valley, 15km…
Chamba: For four days, paws buried in snow, Jonu stood guarding his buddies Viksit and Piyush. Neither hunger and thirst, nor the freezing temperatures could budge the pitbull from its vigil.On Monday, when IAF pilots and mountain rescue teams came looking for cousins Viksit, 19, and Piyush, 13, they found them frozen to death atop…
Loyal pitbull guarding bodies CHAMBA: Two young relatives died after getting trapped in heavy snowfall in the upper reaches of the Barmani range while filming social media reels, in one of the most tragic incidents reported from the region this winter.On January 22, the duo travelled to the Barmani Temple and then moved into higher…
MANALI: Heavy snowfall over the past 48 hours has paralysed life in Manali, blocking national highways and leaving hundreds of tourists stranded amid freezing conditions.Nearly one to two feet of continuous snow accumulation, coupled with hazardous black ice on roads, has brought traffic to a complete halt on key highway stretches. About 7–8 kilometres of…
After weeks of anticipation, winter has finally announced its arrival in Himachal Pradesh, with a western disturbance bringing the season’s first spell of widespread and heavy snowfall across the hill state. The change in weather has been dramatic. Snow has blanketed high-altitude and tribal regions since last night, while lower-lying areas have seen rain accompanied…
SHIMLA: The death toll in the fire at Arki market in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district was revised to 10 on Tuesday.Rahul Jain, additional deputy commissioner, Solan, said nine Nepalese nationals and an eight-year-old child from Bihar had died in the blaze that broke out in an old wooden residential building and spread to nearby shops…
SHIMLA: A 26‑year‑old merchant navy officer from Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district was among three Indians on board a Russian‑flagged tanker recently seized by the United States, his family said on Sunday, appealing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure his safe return to India.Rakshit Chauhan, who was sent to Venezuela on his first sea assignment…
Good news for all those who can’t afford to give more time to travel, and visit more places in less time. As per the latest PTI reports, daily helicopter services connecting Shimla with Bhunter in Kullu and Reckong Peo in Kinnaur will begin from January 14, offering travellers a faster and more scenic way to…
