On This Day in History, June 3: Muhammad Ali’s death, Tiananmen Square crackdown, Tagore’s knighthood, Partition plan and first American spacewalkOn This Day in History, June 3 witnessed several landmark events that shaped the modern world. From Muhammad Ali’s death in 2016 and the Ti...
02 Jun, 2026, 10.54 PM IST
13 nations, 400 personnel take part in Exercise PRAGATI 2026 in MeghalayaMultilateral Exercise PRAGATI 2026 concluded successfully in Meghalaya. Over 400 military personnel from 13 nations participated. The exerc...
30 May, 2026, 09.04 PM IST
US-born teen Buddhist lama balances monastic life and pop culture in Himalayan foothillsA young American teen, Jalue Dorje, embraces his destiny as a reincarnated lama. He navigates a dual life, blending his love for video game...
15 May, 2026, 11.32 AM IST
The alchemist of Bengaluru: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw began from a garageKiran Mazumdar-Shaw has named her niece Claire Mazumdar as successor, setting up a gradual leadership transition at Biocon. A pioneer who b...
05 May, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
Actor Madhavan’s son Vedaant becomes the most-followed athlete in West Virginia. Here’s all you need to know about swimming championVedaant Madhavan, son of R. Madhavan, has become the most-followed student athlete in West Virginia, going ahead of players from more popul...
26 Apr, 2026, 10.29 AM IST
Uttarakhand: Two stranded foreign mountaineers safely rescued after three-day ordealTwo foreign women mountaineers, Michelle Theresa Dvorak from the USA and Fay Jane Manners from the UK, were rescued after being stranded fo...
06 Oct, 2024, 10.43 AM IST
Indian mountaineers can now trek Uttarakhand peaks for freeThe Uttarakhand's tourism department has waived fees previously imposed on Indian mountaineers to boost adventure tourism. For mountaineers...
03 Aug, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
IIT Delhi alumnus scales Mt Everest within seven weeks of recovering from COVID-19Neeraj Chaudhary, 37, did his MTech in Environmental Sciences and Management at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi during 2009-11 ...
11 Jul, 2021, 02.48 PM IST
ITBP team brings 7 bodies of mountaineers to lower base in UttarakhandITBP spokesman Vivek Kumar Pandey said the team is trying to move the bodies to a base camp further down the mountain so that they can be a...
02 Jul, 2019, 09.01 PM IST
7 bodies recovered from western ridge of Nanda Devi EastA 10-member ITBP team of climbers dug out the seven bodies, including a woman mountaineer, which were buried under the snow.
24 Jun, 2019, 02.58 PM IST
Noida's Arjun Vajpai summits a 'six-thousander' peak, names it Mount KalamHe and his mountaineering partner Bhupesh Kumar have become the first to etch their names on a 'six-thousander' peak.
22 Oct, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
Noida boy scales virgin peak, names it Mt KalamThey have named the peak Mount Kalam in the memory of the former Indian President.
22 Oct, 2015, 11.24 AM IST
ONGC takes PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat drive to HimalayasOil producers usually prefer to bake Earth for profit. But ONGC is bucking that trend by using some of its profit to nurse the ground and c...
13 Aug, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
Himalayan peak 5260 set to be named after mountaineer Nalini SenguptaTrekkers of Giripremi, a noted mountaineering institute in the city, conquered peak 5260 in Himalayas and decided to name it as "Mount Nali...
25 Jul, 2015, 12.50 PM IST
J&K CM MM Sayeed pitches for promoting J&K for trekkers, mountaineersChief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said his government plans to showcase the wealth of unexplored peaks in the state for adventure lovers.
06 Jun, 2015, 12.05 PM IST
Uttarakhand: India Inc rushes in for help, but struggles to plug relief gaps due to inaccesibilityContinuing landslides and lack of roads make it difficult for organisations to reach out to the worst-affected people.
03 Jul, 2013, 05.50 AM IST
Why India lost out to Nepal, Pakistan, China in mountain adventureLack of 8,000-m-plus peaks and red tape are some of the reasons why mountaineers are giving India the go-by. But plans are afoot to make In...
22 Apr, 2012, 02.49 AM IST