WASHINGTON, DC – At the height of the Cold War in 1965, as China raced ahead with its nuclear weapons program, an extraordinary covert operation unfolded high in the Indian Himalayas. The United ...

MUMBAI- Actor Agastya Nanda has dismissed the notion of being burdened by his famous lineage, asserting that he views his identity through his own surname rather than the celebrated Bachchan legacy.

Uttarakhand has opened 83 major Himalayan peaks across the Garhwal and Kumaon regions for mountaineering expeditions, a move aimed at placing the state firmly on the global climbing map. The decision, ...

It started at a Washington cocktail party, when an Air Force general listened to a mountaineer describe the view from Mount Everest — and decided the United States should put a surveillance device on ...

Villagers of the Joshimath sub-division in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district and the state administration are divided over holding the Raj Jat Yatra (royal pilgrimage) to the Nanda Devi mountain. The ...

Nanda says of Manmohan Desai: 'I wanted a husband who doesn't bow down before anyone else.' 'He has worked with Amitabh Bachchan in so many films but it's always on a one-to-one basis. I admire that.' ...

Uttarakhand is witnessing an unusually dry and dangerous winter, with little to no rain or snowfall triggering early forest fires in high-altitude regions. A major blaze near the Valley of Flowers and ...

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday moved quickly to contain a forest fire in Uttarakhand’s Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, deploying an Mi-17 V5 helicopter for firefighting operations ...

The district administration in Uttarakhand's Chamoli has gone on full alert after a forest fire broke out in the rocky terrain between the Alaknanda and Lakshman Ganga rivers in the Govindghat range ...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) responded "swiftly" to fight a forest fire in Uttarakhand's Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve area on Wednesday. According to the Central Air Command (CAC), an IAF Mi-17 V5 ...

Authorities are assessing environmental limits and disaster risks to fix a cap on pilgrims for this year’s Maa Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra. DEHRADUN: Preparations are underway for the upcoming Maa Nanda ...

Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], January 15 (ANI): The district administration in Uttarakhand's Chamoli has gone on full alert after a forest fire broke out in the rocky terrain between the Alaknanda ...