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Rescue operations in Kinnaur district hampered by bad weather

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 15:48

Rescue operations in the rain-ravaged tribal Kinnaur district were hampered with the state choppers and two IAF helicopters had to wait till noon to begin sorties to Nako, Pooh and other remote areas.

Choppers evacuating stranded tourists, locals in Kinnaur

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 13:26

Rescue operations to evacuate stranded people in HP`s Kinnaur district were on today with two dedicated choppers pressed into service even as reports of more people stuck in interior Pooh, Nako and Kaza areas poured in.

Choppers evacuating stranded tourists, locals in Kinnaur

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 13:24

Rescue operations to evacuate stranded people in Himachal Pradesh`s Kinnaur district were underway on Friday.

Avoid landslide-hit Kinnaur, Himachal advises visitors

Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 21:51

Himachal Pradesh issued an advisory asking the tourists not to visit landslide-hit Kinnaur district.

Himachal CM evacuated from Kinnaur; 1,700 still stranded

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 11:24

Kinnaur district received 204 mm of rains on Monday, which is unprecedented in the history of the tribal district.

NJPC hydropower projects shut down due to heavy silt

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 00:15

1500 MW Nathpa-Jhakri hydropower project of Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) and 1200 Mw Karchham-Wangtoo projects in tribal Kinnaur were shut down due to heavy silt, following incessant rains.

Himachal town gets highest precipitation in 15 years

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 17:50

The picturesque town Kalpa in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, where incessant heavy rain wreaked havoc, Monday recorded the highest precipitation on a single day in the past 15 years.

Five of family buried in Himachal landslide

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 13:47

Five members of a family, including three children, were buried early Monday when boulders fell on their house in Himachal Pradesh`s Kinnaur district, police said.

Rains wreak havoc in Kinnaur district, HP CM stranded

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 11:54

Heavy rains wreaked havoc in tribal Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh where eight persons were feared dead in landslides that blocked important roads leaving Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh stranded in Sangla Valley

Avalanche hits Kinnaur in HP, seven missing

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 10:41

At least seven people were missing after an avalanche hit their homes in Himachal Pradesh`s Kinnaur district early Wednesday, an official said.

Marginal relief from cold in Himachal Pradesh

Last Updated: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 18:54

The intense cold wave conditions eased marginally in Himachal Pradesh as minimum and maximum temperatures soared in most parts of state, despite warning of rains and snowfall between February 4 to 6.

Four officials taken hostage by villagers freed

Last Updated: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 09:50

Four government functionaries associated with a mega hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh`s Kinnaur district were taken hostage by villagers protesting over environmental issues and released after a day in captivity on Wednesday