Agniveer from Maha dies in line of duty in Siachen; Army condoles demise

An Agniveer died in the line of duty in Siachen, the Army's Leh-headquartered Fire and Fury Corps said on Sunday. IMAGE: Agniveer Gawate Akshay Laxman. Photograph: ANI Photo Army Chief Gen Manoj......

Indian-origin climber missing while returning from Everest summit

An Indian-origin Singaporean climber has gone missing while returning from the summit of Mount Everest, his family has said and called for urgent attention to his situation. IMAGE: A view from the......

Mountaineers Baljeet Kaur, Arjun Vajpai rescued from Mt Annapurna in Nepal

Two Indians, prominent woman climber Baljeet Kaur and the youngest Indian to climb Mt Everest in 2010, Arjun Vajpai, were rescued from Mt Annapurna in Nepal on Tuesday, officials from the......

Would You Let Leeches Suck You?

Umar Ganie captures glimpse of Leech Therapy in Srinagar. Every year, traditional Kashmiri health workers in Kashmir use leeches to treat people for small, itchy, painful lumps that develop on the......

Day 15: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Sweden beat Britain to win men's curling gold IMAGE: Sweden's Christoffer Sundgren, Vice Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranaa and Daniel Magnusson react after winning the curling men's gold medal game......

Pyeongchang on track to be coldest Olympics in decades

Plunging to minus 20 degrees Celsius, the temperatures have put Pyeongchang on track to be the coldest Olympics in decades Sporting and digital equipment appears no match for the biting cold either......

Now, Everest twins set to scale new heights... Mt Vinson in Antarctica!

'It took us three years to convince mom' 'At the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering boys would joke, 'Shatabdi and Rajdhani Express are here'. That gave us a lot of pride.' Rediff.com's Manu......

Wrestler Gardner takes frostbite in his stride

Oprah, David Letterman, CNN, Good Morning America, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and a Wyoming Tourism Board commercial.Just about the only show wrestler Rulon Gardner did not appear on after......