N India, Himalayas to be worst hit by climate change: Report

Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 20:36

Northern parts of the country and the Himalayan region will be the worst hit by climate change in India and warming will be greater over land than sea, according to a latest report.

Need joint efforts to save Himalayas: Eco-activists

Last Updated: Sunday, September 9, 2012, 18:08

Observing the `Himalaya Day` for the third year consecutively, the environment activists urged the central government to urge the states which reap benefits from its natural resources like water to join hands to conserve it.

Nepal plans to ban solo trekking in Himalayas

Last Updated: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 00:28

Nepal plans to ban solo trekkers from visiting restricted and remote places in the Himalayas.

Massive sanitation drive launched post Amarnath yatra

Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 21:01

A massive sanitation drive has been launched en route to the 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas to safeguard environment and ecology of the area.

Fresh batch of 483 pilgrims leave for Amarnath

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 11:49

Amid tight security, a fresh batch of 483 pilgrims today left for the Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas.

One more Amarnath pilgrim dies, toll touches 98

Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2012, 23:56

One more pilgrim on Monday died while returning from Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking death toll in the ongoing yatra to 98.

Three more Amarnath pilgrims die; toll rises to 88

Last Updated: Thursday, July 19, 2012, 16:51

Three pilgrims died en route to the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the death toll in the ongoing yatra to 88, officials said on Thursday.

Another batch of pilgrims leaves for Amarnath

Last Updated: Monday, July 16, 2012, 11:32

Amid tight security, a fresh batch of 2,351 pilgrims on Monday left for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir`s Himalayas.

15 dead as bus ferrying Amarnath pilgrims falls into gorge

Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 21:19

15 persons were killed and 18 injured when a bus ferrying Amarnath pilgrims from Kashmir Valley plunged into a 300-feet deep gorge on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.

Four Amarnath pilgrims killed, 30 injured in bus mishap in HP

Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 16:36

Four Amarnath pilgrims were killed this evening and thirty others injured as the bus they were travelling in, fell into a deep gorge near Kangra tunnel, 22-Km from Dharamsala.

Another batch of 2,975 pilgrims leaves for Amarnath

Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 13:28

A fresh batch of 2,975 pilgrims on Sunday left for the Amarnath cave shrine situated in south Kashmir`s Himalayas.

Six Amarnath pilgrims die, toll rises to 78

Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 00:09

Six pilgrims died on way to the Amarnath cave, even as the number of yatris who had `darshan` of the naturally formed ice-shivlingam at the 3,880 metre high cave shrine crossed 4.5 lakh on Saturday, officials said.