This is what the new research argues, but fundamentally it is earthquakes that push mountains higher. When the megathrust ...

Uttarakhand is home to several rare and endangered species of herbal, medicinal and aromatic plants due to its unique ...

Researchers say that two rivers merged some 89,000 years ago and gave the mightiest peak in the Himalayas a huge growth spurt ...

Keki N Daruwalla is a true pioneer in Indian writing in English. Among his ten volumes of poetry are The Keeper of the ...

This sudden change can kick-start rapid erosion, which in turn triggers mountain uplift through isostatic rebound.” The findings address two anomalies in the Himalayas: the unusual heights of ...

According to a new study, a river roughly 46 miles (75 kilometers) from Everest was "captured" by another around 89,000 years ...

A Hindu pilgrimage to Gosainkund is first recorded in 1447, when a king from the Kathmandu Valley made an elaborate journey ...

A team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports has scaled an unnamed and unclimbed 20,942-foot ...

China upset over Indian mountaineers naming peak in Arunachal Pradesh after 6th Dalai Lama, reiterating territorial claims.

A team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) successfully scaled an unnamed 20,942 ft ...

The team immortalised the momentous feat by naming the peak "Tsangyang Gyatso Peak" in honour of His Holiness the 6th Dalai ...

India has one of the largest railway networks in the world. Scroll down to learn about popular Indian heritage trains each ...