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Death toll in avalanche in Indian Himalayas rises to 16 - statement

Rescuers in northern India recovered 12 bodies of trainee mountaineers on Thursday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 16 from an avalanche in the Himalayas, the state-run Nehru Institute of Mountaineering said.

Reuters

Avalanche in Indian Himalayas kills at least four with dozens missing

Indian air force searches for remainder of group consisting of 34 mountaineering trainees and seven instructors

The Guardian - AU

Uttarakhand: Multiple deaths and dozens missing after avalanche in Indian Himalayas

Local reports suggest at least ten people have died in the avalanche

Evening Standard

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Self-portrait: Life of Brian, 96

Cricket physicist who climbed with Ed and is Damien's dad

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Mum-of-two plunges off huge 27,000ft mountain in Himalayas after skidding off

Manaslu in Nepal is the world’s eighth highest mountain and the search for the mother of two from Telluride, Colorado, has been very tricky due to poor weather conditions

Daily Mirror

Nepal avalanche: Disaster on eighth highest mountain in world 'kills 2 with 12 injured'

The avalanche is believed to have happened around 11.30am on Monday on Mount Manaslu, in the Nepalese Himalayas in the west-central part of Nepal in south Asia

Daily Mirror

Indian and Chinese troops disengaging from western Himalayan area

Indian and Chinese troops have begun disengaging from the Gogra-Hotsprings border area in the western Himalayas, both sides said, two years after clashes at the frontier strained diplomatic ties.

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High by Erika Fatland review – a tour of the Himalayas, without the cliches

An anthropologist establishes a unique rapport with the people she encounters on this unromantic trek through the mountains

The Guardian - UK

Brit plunges 100ft off mountain after he's charged at by angry mule on hike

Syed Bukhari suffered three separate head wounds that required a total of eight stitches after rescuers found his body following a 100 feet fall in the Himalayan mountains

Daily Mirror

Body of Indian soldier Chandrashekhar Harbola found 38 years after avalanche on Siachen Glacier

Chandrashekhar Harbola went missing in the 1980s on the Siachen Glacier, in the eastern Karakoram mountain range of the Himalayas.

ABC News

Second MasterChef star appointed to new Nottingham fine dining restaurant

He has come a long way since picking apples in the Himalayas

Nottingham Post

China seizes on Pelosi visit to set ‘new normal’ for Taiwan

From the South China Sea to the Himalayas, Beijing has shown a willingness to seize on perceived missteps by its rivals to tighten its grip over disputed territory. That’s now playing out around Taiwan.

Tribune News Service

‘I wanted every decision made for me’: a package holiday to Corfu

Trek the Himalayas if you feel like it, but sometimes all you really want is for someone else to do the cooking, says Eva Wiseman

The Guardian - UK

Uttarakhand: White landscapes of Gangotri turning green

DEHRADUN: Over 50,000 different types of bacteria found in the deglaciated area of the Gangotri glacier, 92% of which are "unknown" to mankind, have been turning it from white to green, discovered scientists at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in a first-of-its-kind study of the Indian side of the…

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4,800 pilgrims leave for Amarnath cave shrine from Jammu

JAMMU: The 20th batch of over 4,800 Amarnath pilgrims left the base camp here for the twin base camps of the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas on Tuesday, officials said.

The Times of India

Jammu and Kashmir: Amarnath Yatra resumes from Baltal side after cloudburst which killed 15 pilgrims

SRINAGAR: The shri AmarnathJi Shrine Board (SASB) after four days suspension on Tuesday resumed pilgrimage to the holy cave located at 13,000 feet above sea-level in the Himalayas on south of Kashmir valley .

The Hindu

Amarnath tragedy: Four more dead identified as Rajasthan residents

At least 16 people have died in the flash floods triggered by a cloudburst near the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas last Friday

The Hindu

Have you tried a biking holiday yet? Don’t worry, you can also ride pillion

From the Alps to the Himalayas and the ghats of Tamil Nadu, biking holidays are on the rise as travellers discover the joys of pairing adrenaline with sightseeing

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Amarnath Yatra resumes; 4,026 pilgrims leave Jammu for base camps

JAMMU: Amarnath Yatra resumed on Monday after remaining suspended for a day due to inclement weather as another batch of over 4,000 pilgrims left for the base camps of the 3,880-metre high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

The Times of India

Undeterred, pilgrims continue to throng Jammu in hordes

JAMMU: Undeterred by the deadly flash floods that have claimed at least 16 lives at Baltal, devotees thronged the Amarnath Yatra base camp in Jammu on Saturday with a "high degree of enthusiasm and devotion" for their onward journey to the cave shrine situated at a height of 3,880 metres…

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Tenth batch of over 6,100 pilgrims leaves for Amarnath

JAMMU: Amid tight security, the tenth batch of over 6,100 Amarnath pilgrims left from here on Friday for the twin base camps of 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

The Times of India

Uttarakhand: In a first, carnivore plant found in western Himalayas

DEHRADUN: The Botanical Survey of India and the forest department of Uttarakhand have discovered a carnivore plant, Utricularia Furcellata, in Uttarakhand's Mandal, Chamoli district, at an altitude of around 4,800 feet. This is the first time that the plant has been spotted anywhere in the entire western Himalayas.

The Times of India

Chandigarh welcomes Chess Olympiad Torch in style

CHANDIGARH: The first-ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reached Chandigarh on Thursday after starting off from picturesque Leh and crossing over the mighty Himalayas with halts at Srinagar, Jammu, Dharamsala and Shimla.

The Hindu

Shyni to lead freedom ride to the Himalayas

Creating awareness about violence against women is her prime objective

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bodies Pulled from Wreckage of Missing Nepal Plane

Nepali rescuers pulled 14 bodies on Monday from the mangled wreckage of a passenger plane strewn across a mountainside that went missing in the Himalayas with 22 people on board.

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