New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Aparna Kumar has become the first civil servant to scale Mount Denali, the highest peak in North America.
Pithoragarh (Uttrakhand) [India], June 29 (ANI): The search for the eighth missing mountaineer was cancelled on Saturday due to bad weather, informed Pithoragarh official.
New Delhi (India), June 29 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Army Chief General Bipin Rawat visited and inquired about the well being of an officer, who suffered injuries during a mountain expedition last month, here on Friday.
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jun 27 (ANI): The death toll in a road mishap which took place near Peer Ki Gali in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday mounted to 11.
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], Jun 27 (ANI): An ITBP team has recovered bodies of seven mountaineers while the search operation for the eighth and last body is underway, Pithoragarh District Magistrate Vijay Kumar Jogdande on Thursday said.
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 27 (ANI): District Police and Quick Response Team (QRT) have rescued three trekkers and recovered two dead bodies from the Kinnaur Kailash mountain.
Washington D.C. [USA], June 26 (ANI): American bluegrass musician Jeff Austin, who co-founded the Yonder Mountain String Band, passed away on Monday, just days after cancelling a series of tour dates due to an unspecified "medical emergency."
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], June 25 (ANI): With one more death being reported on Tuesday morning, the toll due to Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) epidemic has reached 131 in Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.