A 73-year-old Japanese lady who climbed Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, this past week has been awarded by the Guinness World Records.
Ten team members of an Indian Army mountaineering expedition including four women officers and six male soldiers conquered Mount Everest on Friday.
There is one family in Nepal that is extremely happy with the Noida CBI court order of framing charges against the dentist couple. After years of uncertainty and despair, Hemraj’s family, comprising his wife Khum Kala (44), son Prajal (16) and mother Krishna Kala (81), now see a ray of hope. Utpal Parashar reports.
Army Chief Gen V K Singh today met Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and wished peace and prosperity for his country.
Threat posed by global warming and the need to have a collective voice in climate change negotiations have brought mountain countries from across the world to one platform.
Army chief Gen VK Singh on Thursday offered all possible help to Nepal in its army integration process and for disaster management, saying India will do whatever it can to take forward the bilateral ties.
Unveiling a centuries-old shroud of secrecy, authorities at Pashupatinath Temple, Nepal’s most revered Hindu shrine, have started revealing its income from donations. Utpal Parashar reports.
In a major step in the ongoing peace process in Nepal, the cantonments and arms of former Maoist combatants came under control of Nepal Army from today. Utpal Parashar reports.
Amid incidents of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, a senior US official met Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai in Kathmandu last week and discussed problems faced by the nearly 20,000 Tibetan refugees staying in the country.
Utpal Parashar writes.
Gyan at a GlanceIn an unexpected turn of events, Nepal's former Maoist combatants and their arms were brought under control of the country's army on Tuesday. Though the process for such an outcome was on, the script didn't play out as planned by the Maoist political leadership.
Encouraged by progress in the peace process in the last two days, Nepal PM Baburam Bhattarai assured Thursday to complete drafting a new constitution within the May 28 deadline.
Till a few years ago, they were fighting the country’s army. Now they will be joining it. Some will even become officers and command troops once their enemies. Utpal Parashar reports.
A seven-year political impasse between New Delhi and the Maoists brought Nepal to the brink. A more constructive era beckons, though Nepalese suspicions about viceregal India will remain. Utpal Parashar & Pramit Pal Chaudhuri write.
After being forced by circumstances beyond their control to hand over control of their former Peoples' Liberation Army combatants to Nepal Army in a sudden move last week, Nepal's Maoist leadership was trying to take credit and perhaps hoping for a happy ending.
Pushing limits seems second nature to Apa Sherpa. While most would be content on reaching the peak of Mount Everest once, this 51-year-old has done it 21 times-a world record. And he isn't finished yet.