Shimla: With winter settling in Himachal Pradesh, the met office today said the high  altitude lakes have started to freeze as the recent snowfall has sharply brought down the temperature. In the high-altitude areas of Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Chamba and Kullu districts, the night temperature has been...

Shimla: A team of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) visited Kinnaur on Saturday where the Kashang hydro-power project is coming up and heard grievances of the local people against the project authorities. The team, comprising NEAA chairman J.C. Kala visited the site of the run-of-the-river...

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh was rocked with tremors on early Saturday after an earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, the met office said. The quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit the region at 12.51 a.m. However, there are no reports of any loss of life or damage to property in...

Shimla: This monsoon season, Himachal Pradesh received 9% excess rainfall from June 1 to September 14 which was the highest for the corresponding period since 1995 as per local met office. The state received 810 mm of rains during the period against 1483 mm and 1505.4 mm of rains received in 1995 and 1971...