Over 60 top international and Indian riders will compete in India's first mountain biking race.
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At 46, on December 31, 2011, Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl did something extraordinary. She scaled her first peak, Mount Kilimanjaro (19,341 feet), the highest mountain in Africa.
Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya, 39, went missing on Friday from camp IV situated at an altitude of 8,400 metres while returning from the Summit, said Mingma Sherpa, chairperson of the Seven Summit Trek, which organised the expedition.
A 43-year-old seasoned Indian mountaineer died in the Himalayas after he fell ill while descending Mount Dhaulagiri in Nepal.
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Mountaineer Bachendri Pal was, on Friday, conferred with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, while Gautam Gambhir, BajranG Punia and Sunil Chhetri, among others, received the Padma Shri.
In the absence of national regulars, the focus will shift on the likes of Rinku, who was surprisingly not picked for the first round despite having an impressive first-class record.
There is a definite attempt to put the landslides on the backburner because news of them and climate change worry Wayanad's tourism and real estate businesses greatly. Whatever I experienced of Wayanad's 2024 by-elections; the July landslides were not a burning issue, observes Shyam G Menon.
Amidst a challenging tour of India, England finds themselves in the serene embrace of Dharamsala for the final Test.
Arjun Vajpai, 24, will attempt Mt Kangchenjunga in April 2018.
The Nation quoted Kasuri as saying in Islamabad that Pakistan welcomed the statement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to make Siachen 'a mountain of peace'.
Anurag Maloo went missing on Monday after he fell from around 6,000 metres while descending from Camp III.
The conditions that lead to landslides, including soil texture, soil moisture and slope are known, and it is important to put all this knowledge into an operational system, he said.
Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal on Monday rubbished media reports here suggesting that he had bid for an iconic mountain range in Britain.
'We need an early warning system in India.'
The fifth and final Test is still two days away but thousands of English fans have flocked to the hill station.
When the armoured vehicles arrive in this 'kill zone', each PALM 400 picks out its target and fires an armour-penetrating projectile, penetrating it from the top where its armour protection is the least.
Several areas of Tamil Nadu remain inundated after hours of heavy to moderate rainfall in the region. Water entered houses and markets in the low-lying residential areas of Erode district due to heavy rainfall throughout the night.
'Unfortunately, I can't bring the boys up here, it is a bit too risky walking on those stones.'
The tragedy occurred when they were descending after conquering the 22,652-feet-high Panchachuli peak.
Anshu Jamsenpa was felicitated by the Nepal government after she climbed three Himalayan peaks in six days. Anurag Kashyap reports.
'The necessity of a Mountain Strike Corps is well understood. The problem is in implementing the intention.'
This star designer who has now found an audience on foreign shores, all thanks to her minimalistic style, and worship of Indian fabrics.
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Operation Meghdoot was launched on April 13, 1984, when the Indian Army and IAF advanced to the Siachen Glacier to secure the heights dominating the northern Ladakh region
Everything happened so quickly that no one could make any sense of it," Kohli was unable to fathom what hit his team, said Kohli after his team were bundled out for 36 - India's lowest score in Test cricket.
The dawn of a new era had begun under Sourav Ganguly's aggressive leadership. With Ganguly and Coach John Wright at the helm India had transitioned into a force to be reckoned with.
Ramoji Rao, who created a sensation in the media industry in undivided Andhra Pradesh with the Eenadu newspaper and ETV group of channels, was a recipient of Padma Vibhushan.
'I think because India is a bigger country and Bollywood is such a well-oiled machine, the star thing has become so much bigger than the actor thing.'
'The Indian gung-ho leadership may like to think about it, there should never ever be a doubt in anyone's mind, friend or foe, that Pakistan's operationally ready nuclear capability enables every Pakistani leader the liberty, the dignity and the courage to look straight into the Indian eye and never blink.'
India's tactical and operational response demonstrated its ability to prosecute tri-service operations, even without a formal tri-service doctrine or the higher command structure needed to coordinate it, points out Ajai Shukla.
'I don't feel like going back to India, to the old Delhi that I grew up in. Because the place doesn't exist anymore.'
Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to go into space in 1984.
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A Nepalese private plane crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Wednesday, killing 18 people aboard, including a child, and seriously injuring the pilot -- the only survivor.
'I've never seen such cooperation before. Problem solving. Everyone working together. And truthful.' 'Someone from the prime minister's office was there the entire time, at the table, one of the team.' 'Now you have to figure out how to get them out. And I'm just gonna sit here patiently.' 'But if you annoy me, I could actually ruin the whole game for you and for the people in here, which is the avalanche'.
The 53-year-old record-holding mountain guide stood atop the 8,848.86 metres-high peak at 8:30 am on Wednesday, the department of tourism of Nepal said.
Taken by surprise when heavily armed men ambushed their convoy but quickly gathering themselves, jawans of the 22 Garhwal regiment fired more than 5,100 rounds to protect their injured colleagues and forced the terrorists to retreat into Kathua's wooded hills, officials said.
On the 25th anniversary of the battle that made his war cry 'Dil Maange More' part of national lore, we republish that feature to salute Captain Batra's ultimate sacrifice for the nation.
