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JK admin sets June 20 deadline for completion of works in Amarnath base camp

JK admin sets June 20 deadline for completion of works in Amarnath base camp
Updated on Jun 07, 2024 05:26 PM IST

‘NDRF base to be set up in Raigad,’ says Ajit Pawar in assembly

Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar (Centre)
Updated on Jul 25, 2023 04:45 AM IST

Inspirations from Mt Everest: Move from base camp to reach the summit

This month, a group of yoga students set out from Melbourne to Nepal. Each year, Nepal attracts about a million tourists in search of many possibilities. Out of them, about 40,000 trek to the base camp of Mount Everest, more than 5,300m above sea level. Of them, nearly 800 people try to scale Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,800m. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 12:45 AM IST

Direct chopper service to Manimahesh lake during yatra this year

The pilgrims undertaking Manimahesh yatra this year would be able to directly fly to the Manimahesh Lake as the tourism department is constructing a helipad near the lake. For the first time, devotees would get the facility of a chopper ride from Bharmour directly to Manimahesh Lake and two helicopters would be engaged for the service, he said. (ANI File Photo/ Representational image)
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 10:41 PM IST

Indore temple mishap: Victims’ families allege delay in rescue op

Rescuers pull out bodies from a stepwell that collapsed at Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore (Twitter Photo)
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 02:04 PM IST

Nepal mulls shifting Everest base camp due to risk of melting glacier

Tents of mountaineers are pictured at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district in Nepal. Nepal's tourism department mulls shifting Everest base camp due to risk of melting glacier, unsafe human activity 
Updated on Jun 19, 2022 09:59 AM IST

Get Set, Go... 2020

Updated on Dec 27, 2019 07:30 PM IST

Sabarimala’s revenues register sharp hike as pilgrimage season remains peaceful

According to legend in Sabarimala the 18 steps are most sacred and each step signifies certain messages. Pilgrims who do not carry their offering bundle on their head will not be allowed to climb these steps.
Updated on Nov 21, 2019 08:06 PM IST

Sabarimala temple opens amid tight security, 5 women sent back by police

Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple opened for Mandala-Makaravilakku pooja on Saturday evening.
Updated on Jul 25, 2020 02:09 AM IST

Manimahesh Yatra concludes, over 3 lakh visited holy lake this year

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Published on Sep 08, 2019 04:54 PM IST

After marginal dip, Vaishno Devi pilgrimage footfall goes beyond average

Chief executive officer of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board said normally 20,000 pilgrims visit the base camp of Katra, a town where devotees start their pilgrimage, every day in July and August.
Updated on Aug 12, 2019 04:03 PM IST

Heavy rainfall likely in central India, east remains marooned

The flooded Tawi river as heavy rain lashes Jammu on Sunday.
Published on Jul 29, 2019 01:24 AM IST

Injured Italian rescued after 48 hours on Pakistan peak

Climbing companion Carlo Alberto Cimenti, 43, said Cassardo had hit several rocks before stopping at around 6,300 metres.
Updated on Jul 22, 2019 09:27 PM IST

Amarnath Yatra suspended from Jammu to Srinagar over Kashmir valley shutdown

The Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Saturday with no pilgrim allowed to move towards the Kashmir Valley from Jammu due to a separatist-called protest shutdown
Published on Jul 13, 2019 11:03 AM IST

Bodies of 7 mountaineers brought to Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh

ITBP personnel carry the bodies of climbers at Naini Saini airport in Pithoragarh where they were brought down on Wednesday morning by IAF choppers.
Published on Jul 03, 2019 12:52 PM IST

Amarnath yatra begins amid tight security; over 8,000 pilgrims pay obeisance at cave shrine on day 1

The spokesperson said the yatra was flagged off at Pahalgam and Baltal base camps by the officials of the respective district administrations.
Updated on Jul 01, 2019 08:55 PM IST

Amarnath yatra begins today under multi-tiered security

Officials said over 1.5 lakh pilgrims from across the country have registered for the 46-day pilgrimage. The pilgrims trek 32 km to reach the shrine from Pahalgam. The route to the shrine from Baltal is just 14-km-long.
Updated on Jul 01, 2019 07:44 AM IST

Mumbai climber becomes first vegan to summit Everest on two routes

Kuntal Joisher, the vegan climber to summit mount Everest twice, at his home in Ghatkopar.
Updated on Jun 24, 2019 08:28 AM IST

Pakistani climber killed, Italians injured by avalanche in Ishkoman Valley

A Pakistani climber was killed and Italian members injured after being caught in an avalanche on a mountain in remote northern Pakistan, a mountaineering group said.
Updated on Jun 18, 2019 12:30 PM IST

In a first, Amarnath pilgrims to be tagged for a safe trek

Pilgrims on their way to Amarnath cave near Dhumal, 120km northeast of Srinagar.
Updated on Jun 15, 2019 08:18 AM IST

32-member team launches fresh ops for missing mountaineers headed for Nanda Devi east peak

Twelve mountaineers had gone for an expedition to climb eastern peak of Nanda Devi, India’s second highest mountain.
Updated on Jun 14, 2019 08:34 AM IST

Mission to recover bodies in Nanda Devi peak to take 10 days or more

An Indian air force helicopter on Monday spotted five bodies partially buried in snow high on a mountain slope.
Updated on Jun 05, 2019 03:52 PM IST

Nanda Devi climbers ‘knowingly risked’ their lives: Report

Officials said a total of 12 climbers had set out from Munsiyari in Pithoragarh but they separated into two groups a week later after reaching the Nanda Devi east base camp.
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 01:39 PM IST

Bodies of 5 mountaineers spotted near Nanda Devi, 3 still missing

Rescuers said the bodies were trapped in an avalanche near the Nanda Devi East peak.
Updated on Jun 03, 2019 09:17 PM IST

Pune man conquers Everest, dies during descent

Nihal Ashpak Bagwan (27)
Updated on May 25, 2019 03:44 PM IST

Polling officer shot dead by Maoists in Odisha’s Kandhamal

Last week, 36 polling officials of Maoist-affected Malkangiri district had to take a detour and walk 15 km through a mountain and forest fearing ambush by Maoists after polls got over in the first phase.
Updated on Apr 17, 2019 07:26 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019 Highlights| VIP culture sometimes creates hurdle in security architecture: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended the 50th Raising Day celebrations of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Ghaziabad.
Updated on Mar 10, 2019 12:32 PM IST

Sabarimala temple opens for 5-day puja, fearing violence pilgrims stay away

A priest closes the doors of sanctum sanctorum for performing religious rituals in Sabarimala temple.
Updated on Feb 12, 2019 05:51 PM IST

51 women have entered Sabarimala since court order, Kerala govt tells SC

Bindu Ammini and Kanakadurga are escorted by police after they attempted to enter the Sabarimala temple in Pathanamthitta district in the southern state of Kerala in December. They succeeded in enetring the shrine in Januray 2019.
Updated on Jan 18, 2019 02:58 PM IST

Sabarimala tense after 2 women, dressed as men, try to enter shrine

Protesters forced two women in their 30s to turn back halfway from the hilltop shrine of Sabarimala in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta on Wednesday. (Photo by Amal KS/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jan 16, 2019 02:52 PM IST