Manhattan, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Hand and foot model Christina Amber who fell in love with a porter is facing discrimination at the high-end society where she lives in. The upper-crust ...

Manali, Nov 22 (IANS) Nine bodies that were retrieved from the snow near the Rohtang Pass were brought to this town in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district Sunday evening, an official said. Rescue workers ...

Manhattan, Nov 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Hand and foot model Christina Amber who fell in love with a porter is facing discrimination at the high-end society where she lives in. The upper-crust ...

Kathmandu, Nov 13 (IANS) An ace mountaineer with over 1,500 ascents who survived being trapped by avalanches in Pakistan is missing in northern Nepal since he fell during a solo climbing expedition. Slovenian ...

Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) Two mountaineers from Maharashtra, who were on a climbing expedition to the Himalayas in Sikkim, were killed when an avalanche hit them Monday, a member of the team ...

Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Two mountaineers from Maharashtra, who were on a climbing expedition to the Himalayas in Sikkim, were feared killed when an avalanche hit them Monday, a member of the ...

London, Sep 20 (ANI): Photographs of British mountaineer George Mallory's first serious attempt to climb Everest in 1922 have been discovered, and will be put on display for the first time in ...

Shimla, Sep 14 (IANS) Nineteen trekkers from the Indian Army have been rescued from Himachal Pradesh's tribal Lahaul and Spiti district after being stranded in high altitude slopes due to untimely snowfall ...

London, Sep.13 (ANI): Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich is usually a master of all he surveys, but when it came to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, he collapsed after three-and-a-half miles. A Times report, ...

Allahabad, July 30 (ANI): First ever lot of women candidates appeared for the physical aptitude test conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board at Allahabad on Thursday for the post of porters. This is ...

Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Nine people were killed Saturday when a speeding mini bus skidded off a bridge turned slippery by rain water and fell about 50 feet between two platforms ...

Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Nine people were killed Saturday when a speeding mini bus skidded off a bridge turned slippery by rain water and fell about 50 feet between two platforms of ...

Srinagar, July 3 (IANS) A separatist guerrilla was killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said Friday. "An unidentified militant was killed at Wedder Bala ...

Mark Burnett is back again, this time with the show, "Expedition Africa: Stanley and Livingstone", which will be aired on History Channel this Sunday onwards. The show "Expedition Africa: Stanley and Livingstone", is ...

New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The difficult terrain made it impossible for a 12-member team of elections officials to reach in time the snow-covered Zanskar region in Jammu and Kashmir to conduct ...

London, April 24 (ANI): An ice collapse near the base of Mount Everest has blocked the route of scores of climbers hoping to scale the world's highest peak. According to a report in ...

Darjeeling, April 18 (IANS) Holding the elections in two remote polling stations of Darjeeling district is an uphill task. Poll officials have to trek 12 km up the Himalayas to reach the polling ...

New Delhi, Apr.16 (ANI): Following are some interesting poll-related facts Lakshdweep -105 Polling booth accessible by boats only -EVMs were carried to Minicoy Island by helicopter Andaman Nicobar Island -The Andaman Nicober group ...

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Some had already embarked on a 35-hour journey through the seas to reach their polling booth and others were Wednesday readying for a long snowbound trek to ...

Attempting to climb Africa’s biggest mountain, Kilimanjaro, a number of celebrities are making an effort to raise money for the people of Tanzania where many die of malaria. It was the ...

London, February 19 (ANI): Cancer-stricken Jade Goody left the hospital steps behind to go home and make arrangements for her fairytale wedding. The 27-year-old, bent on defying medics by walking down the ...

Kathmandu, Jan 27 (IANS) While a British trekker, last seen at the foothills of the Himalayan ranges in northern Nepal in December, is still missing in Nepal, a South African was saved ...

Kathmandu, Jan 27 (IANS) A British trekker, who was last seen at the foothills of the Himalayan ranges in northern Nepal in December, remains missing still.Julian Alexander Wynne, a 33-year-old from Hampshire, ...

London, Dec 22 (ANI): Using Google Earth, a team of scientists has discovered a new forest in Mozambique in Africa, which has a host of undiscovered species. According to a report in ...

Srinagar, Nov 19 (IANS) Seven soldiers of the Indian Army and three porters were killed in avalanches near the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshehra Nar area in Bandipore district of Jammu ...

Washington, November 16 (ANI): Psychopaths find their victims by being deeply attuned to vulnerable people, reveals a new study. According to Dalhousie researchers, psychopaths sense their victims much like a lion hunts ...

Islamabad, Aug.5 (ANI): Two Dutch climbers who were rescued from K2, the worlds second highest mountain, on Monday are recuperating in a hospital in Skardu, in northern Pakistan. Pakistani authorities have confirmed ...

Srinagar, July 20 (IANS) Inclement weather Sunday forced suspension of helicopter services to the Amarnath Cave shrine from the north Kashmir Baltal base even as pilgrims continued their trek to the 3,888-metre-high ...

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The passenger facilities at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here have improved with renovation and modernization works, its developer Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said Tuesday, a ...

By Sreya Basu Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) One chapatti for 50 paisa, a plate of rice for Re.1, a bowlful of curry for Re.1...So reads the menu card of a "restaurant" on railway ...