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Stranded in Tehran, Bengal man plan to cross over Afghanistan or Pak

Forty-year-old Falguni Dey has barely slept during the last six nights. Stuck inside a hotel room in central Tehran, the assistant professor at Women's Christian College in south Kolkata and a......

Bajajs Complete Explorers Grand Slam

IMAGE: Ajeet Bajaj at the South Pole. Photograph: PTI Photo Mountaineer Ajeet Bajaj and his 28-year-old daughter Deeya Bajaj become the first Indians to complete the Explorers Grand Slam.......

Success doesn't require any skill, except passion

At 60, Professor Ray Umashankar, who has an artificial hip, climbed the 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, to honour his son Naren, who killed himself following a bout of......

They took a 500-day honeymoon around the world

Their story is surely going to give us a couple of goals for 2016! Mark and Camille Villaflor’s story is one like no other and that could easily be turned in a movie -- from meeting through......

15 outstanding women honoured with Nari Shakti Puraskar

A lady mason, a centenarian athlete, Jharkhand's lady Tarzan and a "mushroom mahila" were among the 15 women awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar by President Ram Nath Kovind for their contribution in......

Google CFO Patrick Pichette to retire

The US-based firm said it expects to find a replacement for Pichette within six months. Google Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette on Wednesday announced his plans to......

Meet the successful entrepreneur behind India's hottest start-ups

Vani Kola left behind a stellar career as an entrepreneur in the United States to gamble on the startup ecosystem in India. Image: Venture capital pioneer Vani Kola. Photograph, courtesy: Vani......

"I climbed Mount Everest to prove that women can do anything'

'Before I climbed Everest, nobody knew me. But after that, people come to meet me. It's an exciting life!' Meet the real and the reel Poorna girls! IMAGE: Rahul Bose, Aditi Inamdar and Poorna......

Illness halts Navratilova's Kilimanjaro climb

Martina Navratilova said on Friday illness has cut short her attempt to climb Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro on the fourth day of a six-day climb to the summit of Africa's tallest mountain. The......

Haryana mountaineer Sauda scales Mount Elbrus

After scaling Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mamta Sauda has added another feather to her cap having successfully climbed Europe's tallest peak Mount Elbrus recently. Mamta, a......

How Kilimanjaro climb inspires Muguruza in Melbourne

IMAGE: Garbine Muguruza has yet to produce her vintage best in Melbourne but her fighting spirit was enough. Photograph: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images Having scaled Africa's highest mountain......

Leicester's boss reveals he had coronavirus

IMAGE: I had no strength, said Brendan Rodgers. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers said he could hardly walk after contracting the novel......

Now, Everest twins set to scale new heights... Mt Vinson in Antarctica!

'It took us three years to convince mom' 'At the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering boys would joke, 'Shatabdi and Rajdhani Express are here'. That gave us a lot of pride.' Rediff.com's Manu......