Himachal in line for more snow, rain

After days of dry weather, the cold may return to Himachal Pradesh with chances of a widespread snow and rain this weekend, weather officials said on Thursday. "There are chances of widespread rainfall and snow as a fresh western disturbance would be active in the western Himalayan region on February 4 and 5," a meteorological department official here told media. The state capital, which saw a low of 5.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday, may be lashed by rain, while Kalpa, some 250 km from here, is likely to experience more snow, the official said. Kalpa saw the night temperature at minus four degrees Celsius.