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Adventurists camp in Mao infested Purulia

Purulia, Feb 15 (ANI): Enthusiastic adventurists participated in the first Orienteering camp held in the Mao infested Ayodhya hill area of Matha Forest Range in Purulia of West Bengal. The camp has been organized by West Bengal Mountaineering & Adventure Sports Foundation, under the Youth Services Department of West Bengal government and the participants use their navigation skills with the help of a map and a compass to race on foot. Former Joint Director of National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) and Coordinator of the orienteering camp, Tridib Basu, shared the experience of organizing the camp. Basu also said that since this camp was the first of its kind, the instructors and participants were trained well in advance. Feb 15, 2014
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Patrick Stewart feared dying during Olympic torch run

New Delhi, Feb 09 (ANI): Patrick Stewart has confessed that he feared that he would collapse and die when he took part in the torch-carrying celebrations ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. The 73-year-old actor told that he was told about it six weeks prior the run and so he went into training, where he went up and down a flat, quite country road near his house with an imitation torch. However, the 'X-Men' star claimed that when the organizers dropped him off at the bottom of the hill, he was very angry and upset because he hadn't trained for a hill. Feb 9, 2014
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Tiger Woods makes maiden appearance at a private event in India

New Delhi, Feb 5 (ANI): World's number one ranked golfer Tiger Woods, on his maiden visit to India, participated in an exhibition match at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) in an exclusive event. Though organizers wanted to keep the exclusive event under a veil of secrecy, Indian fans thronged the venue to watch the legendary golfer play a round with a select band of guests. Meanwhile, there are media speculations that Woods' appearance at the heavily guarded event is reported to be worth over a million dollars. Woods also met Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar after arriving in New Delhi and he later tweeted that he found Tendulkar quite "cool". Feb 5, 2014