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ITBP team successfully summits Mount Balbala in Uttarakhand
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): A team from the first battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has successfully climbed the Mount Balbala peak (21,050 feet) in Uttarakhand.
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Ladakh: BSF pays homage to 13 jawans of 1995 mountaineering expedition tea
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ladakh [India], August 27 (ANI): A team of Border Security Forces (BSF) officials led by Dr Rajesh Mishra Inspector General of BSF Kashmir Frontier paid floral tributes at Panamik village in Nubra Valley of Ladakh to 13 jawans of the BSF mountaineering expedition team that went missing on Au
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'Azadi ka Amrit Mohotsav' celebrations: IAF organises all-women mountainee
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 1 (ANI): The India Air Force (IAF) organised a tri-services all-women mountaineering expedition to Mt. Manirang (21,625 ft) as part of the 'Azadi ka Amrit Mohotsav' celebrations on Sunday.
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Ski Mountaineering to be proposed as an additional sport for Milano Cortin
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): Ski Mountaineering will be put forward as an additional sport in Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. The IOC Executive Board on Friday forwarded this proposal to the next IOC session in Tokyo in July.
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Gasping for oxygen, Nepal asks mountain climbers to bring back canisters f
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 17 (ANI): Running short of oxygen for patients of COVID-19, Nepal has requested mountain climbers of ongoing Spring Expedition to bring back their canisters so that it can be refilled to supply medical gas (oxygen) to the patients.
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First Girl's Ski mountaineering event held at Khelo India winter games in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Gulmarg (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 3 (ANI): The first Ski mountaineering event for girls was organised on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's world-famous tourist destination Gulmarg.
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Tourism Minister announces branch of IISM in Kargil to encourage local tal
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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J-K tourism dept marks International Mountain Day to boost adventure touri
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 11 (ANI): To boost adventure tourism, the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department celebrated International Mountain Day at the conference hall of the TRC Sport Climbing at Artificial Rock in Nowgam village on Friday.
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ITBP equips jawans with special clothing, mountaineering equipment
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): As the mercury at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) dropped to minus 15 degree Celsius, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has equipped its jawans with special clothing and mountaineering equipment (SCME), said SS Deswal, Director General of ITBP on Mo
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Vishal Bhardwaj sings for jawans at ITBP Raising Day
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Auli (Uttarakhand) [India], October 25 (ANI): On the occasion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police's (ITBP) 59th Raising Day, Bollywood director Vishal Bhardwaj sang for ITBP jawans at the Mountaineering and Skiing institute in Uttarakhand's Auli.
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Closing ceremony of advanced, basic mountaineering courses held at ITBP's
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Auli (Uttarakhand) [India], October 13 (ANI): Skiing and Mountaineering Institute (M and SI), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Tuesday organised the closing ceremony for two of its mountaineering courses--advanced and basic-- where the institute felicitated the best trainees with prestig
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About 200 ITBP jawans participate in 'Swachhata drive' in Auli
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Auli (Uttarakhand) [India], October 11 (ANI): A cleanliness campaign was organized at ski slopes of Auli by personnel of the Skiing and Mountaineering Institute, Indo-Tibetian Border Police (ITBP) on Sunday.
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