India's Worst Mountaineering Tragedy

27 mountaineers perished in an avalanche in the mountains of Uttarakhand last week.The mountaineers were returning from a trek to the Draupadi's Danda mountain peak when disaster struck at 8.45 am......

Uttarkashi avalanche: 10 more bodies recovered, toll climbs to 26

Ten more bodies were recovered from the site of an avalanche in Uttarkashi, taking the death toll to 26, the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering said on Friday. IMAGE: Army personnel move towards......

U'khand avalanche: Toll rises to 16 as 12 more bodies retrieved, 15 missing

The death toll in the Uttarkashi avalanche rose to 16 after 12 more mountaineers' bodies were recovered on Thursday, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering said. IMAGE: First group of evacuated......

Uttarkashi avalanche: 10 bodies recovered, 27 mountaineers missing

Twenty-seven mountaineers remained missing on Wednesday after rescue workers brought 14 injured members of their team to safety, a day after an avalanche claimed 10 lives in Uttarkashi. IMAGE:......

India's milkman: A genius who never compromised on quality

Best known as the ‘Father of the White Revolution’, Verghese Kurien started the biggest agricultural development programme in the world. This operation made India the largest milk......

'In India, those who don't vote are happy people'

In the wake of Thomas L Friedman's The World is Flat, and Shashi Tharoor's The Elephant, The Tiger, and The Cell Phone comes Rafiq Dossani's book India Arriving: How This Economic Powerhouse is......

Will India be a global pygmy?

Only recently we celebrated the 57th anniversary of our Independence. Just as the national flag was raised onAugust 15, 1947 with those striking and emotional words ofthen prime minister Jawaharlal......

Ashutosh Gowariker: I love watching Bigg Boss

'Though I am not able to make saas-bahu shows, I like the dynamics between the men and women living under one roof with their insecurities, jealousies and rivalries.' Ashutosh Gowariker gets ready......

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......