One of the most crowded and risky climbing seasons on Mount Everest in recent years ended Saturday with six deaths and 240 successful ascents in just five days.
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.
One family in Nepal is very happy to learn about the Noida CBI court’s decision ordering framing of murder and destruction of evidence charges against Dr. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the four-year-old Aarushi-Hemraj double murder.
Acting on petitions challenging the Nepal government’s move to extend the constituent assembly’s tenure by another three months, the Supreme Court passed an interim stay order on Thursday
Nepal has become the third country in Asia after India and Bangladesh to grant separate recognition to sexual minorities based on their gender identities.
Sometimes things can take a turn for the worse in days. Just when it seemed the much-awaited constitution would get delivered on time, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai sprung a surprise on Nepalis by prolonging the pain for another three months.
With just five days remaining for expiry of time limit to draft a new constitution, major parties in Nepal on Tuesday agreed to extend the constituent assembly's tenure by another three months.
Deaths of four climbers in two days and a total of six this season has again exposed the danger of overcrowding at Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak.
Utpal Parashar reports.
Risky businessJournalists and vehicles belonging to media houses were targeted by protesters during the first day of the three-day general strike called by indigenous communities of Nepal on Sunday.
Two days after an air crash in north-central Nepal claimed lives of 13 Indians, bodies of 10 victims started heading home on Wednesday. Utpal Parashar reports.
The aircraft that crashed in Nepal on Monday was coming in to land but "suddenly flew up and lost control after one of its wings hit the hill", said Emilie Joergensen, one of the survivors of the horror at Jomsom that left 15 people, including 13 Indians, dead.
With constitution drafting deadline expiring in 12 days, major political parties in Nepal on Tuesday forged consensus on the two most contentious issues---federalism and form of government.
Two young Indian girls were lucky to survive the Nepalese airliner crash today near high-altitude Jomsom airport in northern Nepal, being among the six who were rescued alive from the debris of the ill-fated plane.
The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has issued a press release mentioning the names of three Indians who survived the Agni Air crash at Jomsom in Nepal on Monday morning.