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5-Km Trek Through Forest, Maoist Drones Above: How Poll Officers Keep Democracy Ticking
They cross glaciers, lug electronic voting machines up mountains on their backs, and work in dangerous areas to ensure every last person can cast their ballot in the world's largest democracy.
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Poll Officials Trek Deep Into Dense Kerala Forest For Bedridden Man's Vote
It was an 18-kilometer trek through the dense forest filled with wild animals for a team of nine polling officials, comprising three women, to record the vote of a bedridden citizen in Kerala's Idukki district.
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Top 7 Forest Treks In India To Add To Your Nature Adventure Bucket List
Add these forest treks to your bucket list if you are an adventure and nature lover at heart
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25 Trekkers On Mission To Rediscover Decades-Old Routes To Chardham
Tearing through deep forests, trudging up steep slopes and wading through mountain streams, a team of 25 trekkers is currently on an expedition in Uttarakhand to rediscover the lost trek routes to the Chardham.
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Mizoram University Students Trek Uphill To Give Online Exam
A group of university students of Mizoram trek every other day for around two km through a forest to reach a hilltop to write their online examination as that is the only place nearby where they can access the internet.
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Rare Orchid Found For The First Time In Uttarakhand
A rare orchid - Liparis Pygmaea - has been found for the first time in the western Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. The flower was spotted by a team of the research wing of the Uttarakhand forest department, at an altitude of 3,800 metre, during a trek to Saptakund in Chamoli, earlier inJune.
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Wife Treks For Four Days In Forest To Rescue Cop Abducted By Maoists
A woman in Chhattisgarh trekked through a forest for four days, tracked down a group of Maoists, and persuaded them to release her policeman husband.
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Women Weren't Allowed To Go To Kerala's Second Highest Peak. Now They Can
Women will soon be able to trek to Agasthyarkoodam, the second highest peak in Kerala, after the state forest department lifted a long-standing ban following a high court order.
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Behind 8-Year-Old Girl's Rape And Murder, Story Of A Divided Village
It takes a half hour uphill trek from the nearest road -- through dense forests -- to reach Rasana village in Kathua, the home of an eight-year-old girl, who was brutally raped and murdered earlier this year.
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Tamil Nadu Forest Fire: Guide Questioned Over Alleged Links To Chennai-Based Trek Organiser
A man, believed to be a tour guide who led a 36-member trekking group on an ill-fated expedition in the district, has been arrested, police said today.
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For Tamil Nadu Newly-Weds, A Weekend Trek Ends In Tragedy
A weekend trek to the Kurangani hills in Theni, to get a taste of adventure was all they wanted. Divya and Vivek, who got married only four months ago, were on that fateful trekking trip, when the group of 36 were trapped in raging forest fires, that killed ten. 27-year-old Vivek has died while Divya, 29, is battling for her life, with 70 per cent ...
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8 Men, 8 Hours: That's What It Took To Douse Fire On 1 Hill Of Uttarakhand
It is a 3-hour trek to the hill where fresh fire has broken out. The eight member team from National Disaster Response Force and 2 forest officials - who have been working through four days and nights -- set off. Chanting Jai Mata Di, they give each other the courage to keep going.
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British Royal Couple Trek To Bhutan's Cliff-Side Monastery
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge trekked through blue pine forests to visit a famed Buddhist monastery in Bhutan today during their weeklong tour of South Asia.
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Elephants had trampled Bangalore techie found dead after trek
Satwik Shastry, a 24-year-old techie was found trampled to death by wild elephants in a thick forest near Bannerghatta National Park, about 20 km from Bangalore, a forest official said on Tuesday.
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IT worker missing found dead after trek
The body of the young IT professional from Bangalore who went missing in the Bannerghatta National Park over the weekend, was found in the park on Monday. 24-year-old Sathwik Shastry had gone trekking in the forest with his two friends on Saturday.
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5-Km Trek Through Forest, Maoist Drones Above: How Poll Officers Keep Democracy Ticking
They cross glaciers, lug electronic voting machines up mountains on their backs, and work in dangerous areas to ensure every last person can cast their ballot in the world's largest democracy.
-
Poll Officials Trek Deep Into Dense Kerala Forest For Bedridden Man's Vote
It was an 18-kilometer trek through the dense forest filled with wild animals for a team of nine polling officials, comprising three women, to record the vote of a bedridden citizen in Kerala's Idukki district.
-
Top 7 Forest Treks In India To Add To Your Nature Adventure Bucket List
Add these forest treks to your bucket list if you are an adventure and nature lover at heart
-
25 Trekkers On Mission To Rediscover Decades-Old Routes To Chardham
Tearing through deep forests, trudging up steep slopes and wading through mountain streams, a team of 25 trekkers is currently on an expedition in Uttarakhand to rediscover the lost trek routes to the Chardham.
-
Mizoram University Students Trek Uphill To Give Online Exam
A group of university students of Mizoram trek every other day for around two km through a forest to reach a hilltop to write their online examination as that is the only place nearby where they can access the internet.
-
Rare Orchid Found For The First Time In Uttarakhand
A rare orchid - Liparis Pygmaea - has been found for the first time in the western Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. The flower was spotted by a team of the research wing of the Uttarakhand forest department, at an altitude of 3,800 metre, during a trek to Saptakund in Chamoli, earlier inJune.
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Wife Treks For Four Days In Forest To Rescue Cop Abducted By Maoists
A woman in Chhattisgarh trekked through a forest for four days, tracked down a group of Maoists, and persuaded them to release her policeman husband.
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Women Weren't Allowed To Go To Kerala's Second Highest Peak. Now They Can
Women will soon be able to trek to Agasthyarkoodam, the second highest peak in Kerala, after the state forest department lifted a long-standing ban following a high court order.
-
Behind 8-Year-Old Girl's Rape And Murder, Story Of A Divided Village
It takes a half hour uphill trek from the nearest road -- through dense forests -- to reach Rasana village in Kathua, the home of an eight-year-old girl, who was brutally raped and murdered earlier this year.
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Tamil Nadu Forest Fire: Guide Questioned Over Alleged Links To Chennai-Based Trek Organiser
A man, believed to be a tour guide who led a 36-member trekking group on an ill-fated expedition in the district, has been arrested, police said today.
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For Tamil Nadu Newly-Weds, A Weekend Trek Ends In Tragedy
A weekend trek to the Kurangani hills in Theni, to get a taste of adventure was all they wanted. Divya and Vivek, who got married only four months ago, were on that fateful trekking trip, when the group of 36 were trapped in raging forest fires, that killed ten. 27-year-old Vivek has died while Divya, 29, is battling for her life, with 70 per cent ...
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8 Men, 8 Hours: That's What It Took To Douse Fire On 1 Hill Of Uttarakhand
It is a 3-hour trek to the hill where fresh fire has broken out. The eight member team from National Disaster Response Force and 2 forest officials - who have been working through four days and nights -- set off. Chanting Jai Mata Di, they give each other the courage to keep going.
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British Royal Couple Trek To Bhutan's Cliff-Side Monastery
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge trekked through blue pine forests to visit a famed Buddhist monastery in Bhutan today during their weeklong tour of South Asia.
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Elephants had trampled Bangalore techie found dead after trek
Satwik Shastry, a 24-year-old techie was found trampled to death by wild elephants in a thick forest near Bannerghatta National Park, about 20 km from Bangalore, a forest official said on Tuesday.
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IT worker missing found dead after trek
The body of the young IT professional from Bangalore who went missing in the Bannerghatta National Park over the weekend, was found in the park on Monday. 24-year-old Sathwik Shastry had gone trekking in the forest with his two friends on Saturday.
