Uttarakhand [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday wished success to the team headed to Fiji to participate in 'Eco-Challenge'- one of the world's most difficult and dangerous adventure race.
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday announced the opening of 137 mountain peaks situated in Jammu and Kashmir Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim for mountaineering and trekking. The proposal to open the peaks in the Himalayan states was under cons
Gangtok (Sikkim) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): A joint team of mountaineers of Eastern and North Eastern Frontiers of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) successfully climbed Mount Kangchengyo on August 14.
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 15 (ANI): All climbers seeking a permit to scale Mt Everest should have prior high altitude mountaineering experience, said a high-level committee in its report on Wednesday.
Udhampur (Jammu Kashmir) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Lt Gen YK Joshi, General Officer Commanding, Fire and Fury Corps, on Wednesday flagged off a mountaineering expedition to Mount APSARASAS-II in the Ladakh region.
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Yesso Naik on Tuesday flagged off an expedition team of mountaineers to Mount Elbrus in Russia. The team is aiming to hoist the Indian national flag atop the mountain on Aug 15, on the occasion of the 73rd Independen
Leh (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 30 (ANI): A 23-member Indian Army mountaineering team, including women officers, was flagged off here on Tuesday by Lieutenant General YK Joshi for Mount Kun in the Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir.
Badrinath (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Women mountaineers of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) underwent an advanced Mountaineering course near Badrinath after which they scaled a 17,000 feet unnamed peak near Narayan mountain on Monday.
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Aparna Kumar, who became the first civil servant successfully complete 'Seven Summit Challenge', was fecilitated by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) here at its Headquarters on Thursday.
Istanbul [Turkey], June 10 (ANI): Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports' team has made its debut in the World Rafting Championship, which is taking place in Tunceli.
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], Jun 2 (ANI): The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Sunday rescued four of the 12 missing members of a Nanda Devi mountaineering team on the second day of the search operation.