Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has asked the media not to put any pressure on Sachin Tendulkar for his 100th international century which was "around the corner".
Arunima Sinha, who lost her left leg after being thrown off a moving train two years ago, is determined to conquer he world's highest peak -- Mt Everest.
Chhewang Nima, a Nepalese Sherpa famous in mountaineering circles for climbing the Mount Everest 19 times, has gone missing after being struck by an avalanche while nearing the peak of Mount Baruntse in Nepal. Chhewang was leading an expedition of seven people when he went missing on Saturday, said Sherpa Shangri-la Treks and Expedition, the company for which he worked.He was fixing ropes at an elevation of 7,045 metres while guiding the expedition.
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Sixteen-year-old Arjun Vajpai, who became the youngest Indian to conquer Mount Everest on May 21, 2010, is being rushed to Delhi after he fell ill during an expedition. "Arjun Vajpai's expedition to Mount Cho Oyu and Mount Shishamangma has been called off due to Arjun's ill health. Arjun has returned to the advance base camp and he is being attended by the doctor," said his mother Priya Vajpai.
When in Landour, discovers Supriya Newar, one of the most important things to do and that too in large measures, is to do nothing at all.
A London-based entrepreneur has offered to fund the training of Sukhwinder Kaur, an amateur Indian mountaineer, in one of the mountaineering schools in Switzerland or Austria.
THar Shikhar Tiranga is a campaign that involves hoisting the national flag on the highest peak in every state in India.
Run by a former cricketer and son of India's military heroes, Mike's Forest Retreat is an ode to all that we hold dear.
The Russian-built MI-17, owned by private Simrik Airlines, was carrying nine people, to the base camp when it crashed.
More than a dozen Mountain Rescue Teams assisted thousands of pilgrims during this year's Amarnath pilgrimage in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Monday, as the annual yatra concluded with more than 5.10 lakh pilgrims offering prayers at the cave shrine.
Ask Tapi Mra, the first Arunachalee to step on the top of the world last month, and he will vouch for it. Mra tried for a visa from the Chinese government as they charge much less royalty from a climber than the Nepalese counterpart.
Savita Kanswal, 26, was posthumously awarded the highest adventure award at Rashtrapati Bhavan this month. She died heroically, as she had lived, doing what no woman had done before her.
The government is formulating guidelines on the use of ethylene oxide (ETO) in samples of spices for the domestic market and exports, people aware of the matter said, as it plans to step up efforts to make quality checks more stringent. ETO, a flammable, colourless gas, is typically used as a disinfectant. It is also used as a sterilising agent and an insecticide to reduce microbial contamination in spices. However, its use is considered carcinogenic, beyond permissible limits.
The bodies of Havildar Rohit Kumar, Havildar Thakur Bahadur Ale and Naik Gautam Rajbanshi were trapped deep within a crevasse and lay buried under thick layers of ice and large volumes of snow for the past nearly nine months.
For all the livelong years it has been around, beer has been associated with leisure and relaxation. Of late, it has become more than just a beverage. Both amateurs and aficionados prefer an uncorked chilled beer to unwind on a sweltering hot day. As the temperature rises, the breweries gear up to capitalise on this growing trend.
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Chinese rescue teams on Monday stepped up efforts to reach 78 tourists, including 13 foreigners, trapped in heavy snow at the base camp of Mt Everest.
In a unique tribute to Phillip Hughes, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is planning to place a bat belonging to the late Australian cricketer on top of the Mount Everest.
Baljeet Kaur, a 27-year-old leading Indian woman climber, was found alive on Tuesday, a day after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna while descending from the summit point, an official of the expedition organiser said.
Mountaineer Ajeet Bajaj and his 28-year-old daughter Deeya Bajaj are the first Indians to complete the Explorers Grand Slam.
The five Mexican nationals killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Nepal near Mount Everest on Tuesday visited India before touring the Himalayan nation for sightseeing.
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Navy personnel perform yoga on board INS Vikramaditya. In the run-up to the International Day of Yoga, several naval ships are conducting yoga and meditation sessions on board.
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has invited acclaimed mountaineer Santosh Yadav to be the chief guest at its annual Dussehra function in Nagpur.
The simplicity of a spontaneous sisterhood, women getting along with other women, feeling alive in each other's company makes Dhak Dhak a gentle celebration of womanhood, notes Sukanya Verma.
There may be several varieties of kheema pav, but this is the closest any vegetarian version has come to the classic dish.
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World No 1 India may feel they have never had a better chance of winning their first ever Test series in South Africa.
The air carriers' liability and insurance draft bill has proposed a five-fold increase in compensation in case of death or injury, the report said.
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 in the morning.
The DG said that the previous government was wary of constructing roads near the Line of Actual Control.
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Uunchai has a simple enough story that drags on for 169 minutes and 48 seconds on the sheer good will of its veteran cast.
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Fast-moving consumer goods major Dabur India is set to enter the branded spices and seasoning category. It has signed an agreement to acquire 51 per cent in Badshah Masala for a cash consideration of Rs 587.52 crore. The acquisition, the company says, is in line with its strategic intent to expand its food biz to Rs 500 crore in three years.
Australia's thrashing at the hands of India was slammed as the "nightmare of Nagpur" with the country's media reeling after witnessing one of the team's worst batting performances in recent memory.
