The missing group, including four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian, began climbing Nanda Devi on 13 May. The British group leader's family said they were "deeply saddened".

Nanda Devi, India's second highest peak ... including members of a successful recent summit of Mount Everest, to place nuclear-powered devices on two peaks of the Himalayas to spy on the Chinese.

In the latest sighting of rare species, a pair of snow leopards has been sighted in Nanda Devi National Park in Uttarakhand. "Camera traps in Nanda Devi National Park reveal a pair of Snow Leopards.