Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 23:35
As many as 4,699 lakes in the Indian Himalayan region at an altitude above 3000-m above mean sea level have been found in an ISRO study revealing the wonders of Himalayas.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 20:47
Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 15:53
The Rudranath temple, one of the Panchkedar shrines located in Garhwal Himalayas, reopened on Thursday after closure during winters due to snowbound conditions.
Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 17:15
China dismissed as ‘speculation’ on Monday complaints in New Delhi that its troops had crossed into Indian territory and set up a camp in a remote disputed area of the Himalayas.
Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 22:30
Himalayan nations, including India and China, will be affected in a big way by the melting of the ice in Arctic and the glaciers in Himalayas, Iceland President lafur Ragnar Grimsson today warned.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 15:10
The humble cucumber and melons are indigenous to India and may have originated from the foothills of the Himalayas, scientists claim.
Last Updated: Monday, February 11, 2013, 09:32
A satellite-based study has indicated that a huge glacial lake has formed atop the Himalayas in Sikkim with a "very high" potential for it to burst and create devastation downstream.
Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2013, 23:53
Pilgrims to the Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas will have to submit a compulsory health certificate while seeking registeration for the annual pilgrimage, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) on Friday said.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 11:00
Unprecedented dam building in the Indian Himalaya holds serious consequences for biodiversity and could pose a threat to human lives and livelihoods, researchers have found.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 20:18
: In a new study, a team of researchers has discovered that massive earthquakes in the range of 8 to 8.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale have left clear ground scars in the central Himalayas.
Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2012, 16:31
A thick sheet of snow covered the hills of Dhanaulti near Mussoorie Friday as Uttarakhand reeled under intense cold.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 15:44
Scientists studying geologic features and activity in the Himalayas have warned that the mountain range is primed for major earthquakes.
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