The six-month apple season, from spring flowering to the last harvest in late September, brings people flooding into Himachal Pradesh.

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Only Tamil Nadu was in the top three then, with Madyha Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh as numbers two and three, respectively.

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She died after falling 80ft (24m) from a viewing point at a steep gorge in Gaura in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.

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The best performers: Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

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The cold snap has also been sweeping through many parts of the northern states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

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The committee, which also included the former chief justice of northern Himachal Pradesh state and a former solicitor general, submitted its report to the government on Wednesday.

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While travelling in a taxi late at night in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, in an area called the Kullu Valley, Mr Stillman was stopped by police.

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