Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 8 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Director told him that the Chamoli disaster was caused by sliding of a part of a mountain after receiving snowfall two-three days ago.
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Expressing grief over the loss of lives after a glacier burst in Uttarakhand, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Sunday said that when she was a minister she had opposed the idea of having any power projects on the Himalayan mountain range
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), February 2 (ANI): Mountaineer Nitish Singh from Gorakhpur unfurled the national flag at Mount Kilimanjaro peak, the highest mountain in the African continent.
Srinagar (Jammu Kashmir) [India], February 1 (ANI): About a hundred youth learnt mountain climbing at a two-day rock climbing camp organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and also got certificates that would help them get jobs in the belt forces or other employment under sports quota.
Turin [Italy], January 29 (ANI): Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo is under investigation for allegedly breaching COVID-19 rules after his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez shared a video on social media of the couple riding a snowmobile at a mountain resort in Italy.
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): Sikkim's tableau at the Republic Day parade displayed the Pang Lhabsol festival which is unique to Sikkim, aiming to pay homage to the guardian deity of the state, mountain Kanchenjunga, which is believed to have been protecting the holy land since ages.
Kargil (Ladakh) [India], January 25 (ANI): To mark the occasion of National Tourism Day, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel announced a branch of the Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering (IISM) in Kargil.
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday heaped praise on a Kaamya Kartikeyan, a mountaineer from Mumbai who bagged the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar award (Sports).
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 24 (ANI): Heavy rainfall and snowfall in the Dhauladhar mountains have decreased the temperature in the Kangra Valley disrupting normal life at several places.
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI/Mediawire): At 99 degrees, water is hot, at 100 degrees, it changes to steam that can power an engine. The one extra degree of temperature makes all the difference between simply hot and something that moves mountains. Going that extra step is key to differ
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 18 (ANI): The Tanta village in Jammu and Kashmir's mountainous Doda district received electricity for the first time on Sunday, ending decades of darkness.
The electrification of the village was taken up on the orders of Jammu and Kashmir Lieuten