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‘Loco pilot hit the emergency brakes but couldn’t stop’ — Probe report recreates moments before Kanchenjunga Express accident

July 17, 2024 5:54 pm

The report released recently highlights how another train blocked vision of the freight train loco pilot and how he could only spot the train when they were 384 metres apart

Exhibition on Mt Kanchenjunga expedition planned for September 21, 22

September 19, 2019 8:45 am

Ten mountaineers successfuly scaled the 8,585-metre mountain on a 50-day expedition that started in the first week of April and ended on May 15, said Umesh Zirpe, the leader of the Kanchenjunga Eco-Expedition.

Scaling ambitions: India's Arjun Vajpai world's youngest to summit six peaks over

May 25, 2018 2:01 pm

Vajpai, who took to climbing at the early age of 10, has so far scaled Mount Everest (8,848 mtr) in 2010, Mt Manaslu (8,163 mtr) and Mt Lhotse (8,516 mtr) in 2011, Mt Makalu (8,486 mtr) and Mt Cho Oyu (8,201 mtr) in 2016, according to the Himalayan Database.

Woman mountaineer, two sherpas go missing on Kanchenjunga

May 21, 2014 11:44 pm

Gayen, best known for being the first civilian women from West Bengal to scale Mount Everest, went missing Tuesday.

Sunil Chhetri goes past idol Baichung Bhutia's national mark

November 20, 2013 1:15 am

Bhutia met Chhetri after the match and told him to ‘keep on scoring’ for the country.

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