Mont Blanc

Indian Newspapers From 1966 Found On Melting Glacier In France: Reports

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 14, 2020

Indian newspaper copies with headlines such as "India's First Woman Prime Minister", referring to Indira Gandhi's election win in 1966, have been recovered from the melting French glacier of Bossons on the Mont Blanc mountain range in western Europe, 54 years after an Air India plane crashed there.

PM Modi Unveils Memorial For Victims Of 2 Air India Crashes In France

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 23, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated a memorial in the honour of the victims of two Air India crashes at the foothills of the Mont Blanc mountain in France in which several Indians, including Homi J Bhabha, regarded as the father of India's nuclear programme, were killed.

PM Inaugurates Memorial Honouring Victims Of 2 Plane Crashes In France

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 23, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday digitally inaugurated a memorial in the honour of the victims of two Air India crashes at the foothills of the Mont Blanc mountain in France in which several Indians, including Homi J Bhabha, regarded as the father of India's nuclear programme, were killed.

Pens Worth 50 Lakh, 1.64 Crore Cash Seized In Raids On Mayawati's Ex-Aide

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Wednesday March 13, 2019

The Income Tax Department, after 26-hour-long raids on Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati's former secretary, has recovered cash worth over 1 crore, Mont Blanc pens worth Rs 50 lakh and documents indicating illegal assets worth Rs 225 crore, officials said today.

Two Ships Collided In Halifax Harbor. One Of Them Was A Floating, 3,000-Ton Bomb.

World News | Steve Hendrix, The Washington Post | Thursday December 7, 2017

On the bright, freezing morning of Dec. 6, 1917, a French captain steered his ship, the SS Mont Blanc, up the channel leading to the piers of Halifax, Canada's major Atlantic port.

'Wristwatch, Mont Blanc Pen...' What PM Narendra Modi Was Gifted This Year

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 3, 2017

A "House of Commons" wristwatch manufactured by British company Sekonda and a Mont blanc ball point pen are among the gifts received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from January to March, according to official data.

Human Remains Found On Mont Blanc May Belong To Air India Crash Victims

India News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday July 29, 2017

Body parts that could belong to passengers killed in one or other of two Air India plane crashes more than 50 years ago have been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, sources said Friday.

CPM Lawmaker Ritabrata Banerjee Suspended By Party Over Lifestyle, 'Indiscretion'

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday June 2, 2017

Parliamentarian Ritabrata Banerjee has been suspended by his party CPM for three months, and the reason is allegedly that his lifestyle clashes with the Left's ideology. Top party sources have also referred to "acts of indiscretion" by the Rajya Sabha member.

A Mont Blanc Pen, An Apple Watch Lands Left Lawmaker In Big Mess

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Monday February 20, 2017

A Left parliamentarian in Kolkata is in the soup after going for a football match in which he was photographed with a Mont Blanc pen and an Apple watch. But what he did in response to photos on social media has earned him even worse condemnation.

For 30 Trapped In Cable Cars Overnight, Helicopters Dropped Off Food

World News | Agencies | Friday September 9, 2016

Nearly 40 people who were forced to spend the night in cable cars near Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, are saf after the service was re-started.

Google Memorializes First Ascent to Mont Blanc

World News | Edited by Bhagyashree Pandey | Tuesday August 11, 2015

On 8 August 1786 Jacques Balmat along with Doctor Michel Paccard, both from Chamonix, did the first ever recorded ascent to Mont Blanc. Google memorializes the 229th anniversary of the historic climb to the "White Mountain" by a frosty google doodle.

Carlos Tevez Driving Licence Suspended for Speeding in Mont Blanc Tunnel

Written by Agence-France Presse | Friday May 8, 2015

Carlos Tevez was clocked exceeding the 70km/h limit in the Mont Blanc Tunnel after Juventus' 2-1 Champions League semi-final win over Real Madrid in Turin.

Three Climbers Die After 800-Metre Fall From Mont Blanc: Police

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday August 18, 2014

Two climbers and their guide have fallen 800 metres to their death in the Mont Blanc range, police said on Monday, the latest in a series of tragedies on Europe's highest mountain.

Five Climbers Dead on Mont Blanc Peak, Sixth Missing

World News | Associated Press | Wednesday August 13, 2014

Five climbers died and a sixth went missing on Wednesday on France's Mont Blanc, officials said.

Bodies of Two Belgian Climbers Found on France's Mont Blanc

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday August 2, 2014

The bodies of two Belgian climbers who were swept away by falling rocks and ice on France's Mont Blanc mountain were found on Saturday after two days of searching, police rescue officials said.