Her passion for mountaineering knew no bounds but it ended in a tragedy when she perished in the avalanche triggered by the earthquake in Nepal during her maiden attempt to scale Mount Everest.
Is Stalin positioning himself as a central figure in the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party, anti-Narendra Modi formation?
Pakistani police probing the brutal murder of a pregnant woman, 25, stoned to death in a case of honour killing arrested four men, including her uncle on Friday.
Nazimuddin Samad, a masters student of the state-run Jagannath University's law department, was killed by suspected Islamist militants in Old Dhaka's Sutrapur area on Wednesday night.
Iraqi PM ordered troops to end rebellion before elections in January.
The incident occurred in Ponneri in Tiruvallur district on Thursday night.
Alleging political vendetta, the family of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Pandit on Sunday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into his killing as police detained four persons in the case and prohibitory orders were clamped in Gautam Budh Nagar, where the murder had sparked violence on Saturday night.
The alert has been sounded following reports that the killer pneumonia virus has claimed several lives and infected many others in the countries neighbouring India.
The FBI is investigating the deadly mass shooting in California by a Pakistani-origin couple that killed 14 people as an act of terrorism.
Royal Challengers Bangalore pacers blew away the Mumbai Indians' top order before shining in the death overs to set up a much-needed 14-run win, which kept them alive in the Indian Premier League Play-offs race, in Bengaluru, on Tuesday.
While it is unfair to blame the Wales winger for all of Real's recent woes, it cannot be denied that he appears to be struggling for form and confidence.
"I'm her husband and father of a young girl, who has lost a beloved mother," says Prabha Arun Kumar's husband in Sydney as police are still on a look out for her killers.
The CCTV footage, recovered by cops immediately after murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar on Tuesday, has not yielded any concrete clues on the identity of the unknown assailants who gunned down the activist on a Pune bridge during a morning walk.
The transformation of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, once a naive politician, into the most elastic entities in Indian politics is complete.
Anushka Panda, who has spinal muscular atrophy tells us how she scored 97.8 per cent and topped CBSE class 10 examination.
Although 20 persons have tested positive for the SARS virus, none of them have fallen in the WHO definition of the killer disease, she said.
The tourist inflow in the country has not been adversely affected due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the killer pneumonia virus, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.\n\n\n\n
"This is [an] unpardonable crime by militants to derail the peace process initiated in Jammu and Kashmir by the coalition\n\ngovernment," the chief minister said.
The Indian ace was beaten by Dmitry Mazur of Uzbekistan in the second leg of the ITF tournament.\n\n
There is a vital difference between Bofors and Rafale, explains Shekhar Gupta.
UP policemen prevent Godse supporters from installing assassin's statue.
Gilles Simon will carry the distinction of being the first man to prise a set off Novak Djokovic at this year's Australian Open but the lion-hearted Frenchman was crushed after going down in a five-set classic on Sunday.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said police should move slowly and carefully in the high profile case of former union minister Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case.
The public discourse surrounding the murder of Infosys techie Swathi begs for sanity. Sadly, there are no takers for it in Tamil Nadu as conspiracy theories -- some communally explosive -- keep cropping up. R Ramasubramanian reports.
Manoj Bajpayee confides in Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni about his 'long journey filled with rejection, betrayal, misery, failures and disillusionment.'
"A police team left for UP to trace the culprits, as it suspects that they must have fled to that state," a senior police official said on Monday.
On Saturday he made the difference yet again with two goals to help Real Madrid secure a third Champions League title in four years as they crushed Juventus 4-1 in a riveting final.
Runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City beat champions Chelsea 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday to extend their lead to 18 points and leave the London side further adrift from the Champions League qualification spots.
Angels has a disappointing story and shoddy film-making, says Paresh C Palicha.
'What if this was my child?' 'My 3 year old, my 8 year old, my 17 year old?' Would I be insular, silent?' 'Would I protect those who I so actively protect now?' asks Preeti D'Mello.
The only thing more dangerous than a killer who thinks he is acting to protect his faith or community is the killer who knows he is acting with the sanction of his faith or community
With objectionable posts on social networking sites trigging violence over the past week, the Maharashtra government is mulling action against not only those who upload them but also against those who "like" and forward them, state's Home Minister R R Patil said on Monday.
Bharatiya Janata Party's Fatehpur Sikri MP Babu Lal on Tuesday reiterated his comments he made against the Muslim community at a condolence meeting for VHP worker Arun Mahaur, who was killed last week allegedly by some Muslim youths.
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