West Bengal Mountaineers

At least Rs 29 crore in cash and five kgs of gold jewellery were recovered from the second flat of Arpita Mukherjee in Kolkata, a close aide of arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee during a raid.

Fourteen members of the mountaineering team from West Bengal stranded for over two weeks with two bodies at over 5,000m high Khamengar glacier of Lahaul Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh are likely to reach Kaza, Lahaul Spiti Deputy Commissioner Neera

Two West Bengal trekkers of an 18-strong team died of extreme weather conditions near Khemenger Glacier in Himachal's mountains while 14 others are on their way back to safety after staying stranded there for several days, an official said on Tuesday

A mountaineer from West Bengal, Subhash Pal, has died during an expedition to Mount Everest. Two other mountaineers - Goutam Ghosh and Paresh Nath - are still untraceable.

Four mountaineers from West Bengal, feared to have gone missing during an expedition to Mount Everest, have now been traced, according to local operators in Kathmandu.

A seven-member Indian women's mountaineering expedition to Kharta Valley in Tibet will be led by the legendary Bachendri Pal.

The Nepal government has issued a certificate declaring as "dead/missing" West Bengal mountaineer Chhanda Gayen who went traceless during an expedition on Kanchenjunga last month, her brother said on Friday.

Mountaineer Chhanda Gayen, the second civilian woman from West Bengal to scale Mount Everest, has gone missing after she was caught in an avalanche on the Kanchenjunga peak, a state minister said Wednesday.

Shot extensively in South Africa, Bengali blockbuster film Chander Pahar (Mountain of the Moon) has generated huge interest among travellers from West Bengal, said a South African tourism official.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today gave the much-awaited clearance for raising a Mountain Strike Corps.

Woman mountaineer Chanda Gayen has successfully scaled the Mt Everest today, becoming the third woman from West Bengal to achieve the feat.

At least Rs 29 crore in cash and five kgs of gold jewellery were recovered from the second flat of Arpita Mukherjee in Kolkata, a close aide of arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee during a raid.

Fourteen members of the mountaineering team from West Bengal stranded for over two weeks with two bodies at over 5,000m high Khamengar glacier of Lahaul Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh are likely to reach Kaza, Lahaul Spiti Deputy Commissioner Neera

Two West Bengal trekkers of an 18-strong team died of extreme weather conditions near Khemenger Glacier in Himachal's mountains while 14 others are on their way back to safety after staying stranded there for several days, an official said on Tuesday

A mountaineer from West Bengal, Subhash Pal, has died during an expedition to Mount Everest. Two other mountaineers - Goutam Ghosh and Paresh Nath - are still untraceable.

Four mountaineers from West Bengal, feared to have gone missing during an expedition to Mount Everest, have now been traced, according to local operators in Kathmandu.

A seven-member Indian women's mountaineering expedition to Kharta Valley in Tibet will be led by the legendary Bachendri Pal.

The Nepal government has issued a certificate declaring as "dead/missing" West Bengal mountaineer Chhanda Gayen who went traceless during an expedition on Kanchenjunga last month, her brother said on Friday.

Mountaineer Chhanda Gayen, the second civilian woman from West Bengal to scale Mount Everest, has gone missing after she was caught in an avalanche on the Kanchenjunga peak, a state minister said Wednesday.

Shot extensively in South Africa, Bengali blockbuster film Chander Pahar (Mountain of the Moon) has generated huge interest among travellers from West Bengal, said a South African tourism official.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today gave the much-awaited clearance for raising a Mountain Strike Corps.

Woman mountaineer Chanda Gayen has successfully scaled the Mt Everest today, becoming the third woman from West Bengal to achieve the feat.