India mission left a plutonium-powered device on Nanda Devi to spy on China. Lost in a blizzard, its fate remains unknown, ...

Today, most of the men involved are elderly or no longer alive. The missing nuclear device remains buried somewhere in the ...

A CIA Cold War spy mission on Nanda Devi ended with a plutonium device lost in ice, haunting India decades later. | One of ...

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The Colorado Avalanche (17-1-5) and the Minnesota Wild (13-7-4) meet on Nov. 28, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena, starting at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The Avalanche rank first and the Wild third in the ...

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ST. PAUL, Minn. --Jesper Wallstedt made 39 saves and had two more in the shootout when the Minnesota Wild ended the Colorado Avalanche's 10-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory at Grand Casino Arena ...