Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving member of pioneering Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92Kanchha Sherpa, the last survivor of the historic 1953 Mount Everest expedition, has passed away at 92. He was part of the team that saw Ed...
16 Oct, 2025, 11.06 PM IST
Famed Sherpa guide will attempt to climb Mount Everest for 31st time, break his own recordKami Rita, a renowned mountain guide, is set to embark on his 31st Mount Everest expedition, potentially reaching a record-breaking 32 asce...
20 Apr, 2025, 03.42 PM IST
Nepal's Everest Man- Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for a record 30th timeKami Rita Sherpa, from Thame village in Solukhumbu, Nepal, set a world record with his 30th Mount Everest summit. Khimlal Gautam, Chief of ...
22 May, 2024, 01.20 PM IST
How did a poor sherpa climb Mt Everest 29 times? Know his struggles, and achievements in detailSherpa Kami Rita has scaled Mt Everest for the 29th time since 1994. He has broken his record. The government of Nepal facilitated the requ...
13 May, 2024, 11.12 PM IST
Tom Hiddleston to star in biopic on mountaineer Tenzing Norgay who climbed Mt EverestThe film, titled 'Tenzing', will feature 'Loki' star Hiddleston as Hillary, while 'Poor Things' actor Dafoe will play the English expeditio...
10 May, 2024, 11.48 PM IST
Around 500 climbers, including four Indians, conquer Mt Everest in the 70th anniversary year of the first successful summitA total of 478 climbers, including 103 females summited Everest in the Spring of 2023. Four Indian nationals stood atop Mt Everest and one ...
29 Dec, 2023, 04.52 PM IST
Pasang Dawa Sherpa climbs Everest 26th time, matching record set by fellow Nepalese guideA Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest on Sunday for the 26th time, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide for the most ascents of...
15 May, 2023, 02.19 PM IST
Nepal grants record 466 climbing permits for Mount Everest this springA record 466 mountaineers from 65 countries, including 40 from India, have received permits from the Nepal government to climb the world's ...
01 May, 2023, 10.52 PM IST
No matter what you like about travelling, Darjeeling has something to offerTake along the exotic memories of this hill station and look foward to coming back again.
20 Apr, 2017, 05.16 AM IST
Nepal earthquake stirs debate on overcrowding and commercialisation of EverestThe deaths from avalanche at the Everest Base Camp have brought the spotlight back on over-commercialisation. The old debate will now be re...
03 May, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
Nepal earthquake: Climbers safe on northern slope of Mount Everest, says ChinaOver 400 mountain climbers on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest have descended or are descending with no casualties reported, Chinese autho...
26 Apr, 2015, 09.43 PM IST
10 climbers dead in quake-triggered avalanche on Mount EverestHundreds of foreign climbers and guides were feared missing when avalanche buried part of the base camp, Tourism Ministry spokesperson Gyan...
25 Apr, 2015, 10.54 PM IST
ITBP mountaineer gets national sports award on National sports dayITBP trooper, part of rescue team of Uttarakhand rain tragedy operations, was given Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award on National spo...
30 Aug, 2014, 05.15 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Bharat Ratna for Tenzing if BJP voted to power, says AhluwaliaS S Ahluwalia said, "Successive governments had not even taken a Cabinet decision to recommend Tenzing Norgay's name for a Bharat Ratna to ...
24 Mar, 2014, 01.40 PM IST
- Nepalese climber becomes oldest to reach Everest
Nepalese climber Min Bahadur Serchan, 77, today became the oldest person to summit the world's highest peak Mount Everest breaking the prev...
25 May, 2008, 05.17 PM IST
- Nepal to celebrate 'International Everest Day' on May 29
Nepal will celebrate 'International Everest Day' on May 29, the date mountaineers Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary scaled the world...
16 May, 2008, 08.12 PM IST
- World pays last respects to Everest conqueror Hillary
Sherpas, mountaineers and a grateful nation mourned Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary at a state funeral on Tuesday, more than half a ce...
22 Jan, 2008, 03.44 PM IST