Corporate climbers are scaling new heights, literallyCaptain Swadesh Kumar guides working professionals to Himalayan summits. These climbers are swapping laptops for ice axes. Kang Yatse II an...
07 Sep, 2025, 06.55 AM IST
Facing pandemic economic woes, Nepal reopens to adventurersFor now the reopening will come with restrictions and mainly be limited to those seeking to to climb or trek its famous peaks. Nepal is hom...
03 Nov, 2020, 11.25 AM IST
Nepal reopens its mountains including Everest despite Covid pandemic uncertaintyThe Himalayan country shut its borders in March just ahead of the busy spring season when hundreds of mountaineers usually flock to the cou...
31 Jul, 2020, 01.50 PM IST
Avalanche hits Nepal peak; 5 South Koreans among 9 killedFive South Korean climbers including team leader Kim Chang-ho along with their Nepali support staff were killed in the incident, Sherpa sai...
13 Oct, 2018, 01.19 PM IST
All stranded Indian Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims evacuated from NepalThose rescued from Hilsa and Simikot districts have been moved to Nepalgunj and Surkhet, the two towns with better health care and infrastr...
07 Jul, 2018, 02.22 PM IST
Don't let the cold keep you from the mountains. Here are the top treks for Indian wintersRev up your appetite for challenge, enroll for a group trek to scale up the peaks that have always fascinated you.
09 Nov, 2017, 08.42 AM IST
Body of Indian climber found on Everest, fourth fatality in a weekEverest has been climbed by over 7,300 people since 1953 when Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary made their pioneer...
27 May, 2016, 03.21 PM IST
Nepal reopens Mt Everest, Japanese man first to climbA Japanese climber, who lost nine of his fingers to frostbite, will be the first to scale the Mount Everest as Nepal reopened the peak for ...
23 Aug, 2015, 09.36 PM IST
Nepal to open trekking on Mount Everest in Sept; 4 sections damagedThe Everest base camp was slightly damaged by the earthquake and it will be opened for visitors after a minor repair of a few trekking trai...
07 Aug, 2015, 08.20 PM IST
Quake-hit Nepal to come up with discounts to woo holidayersTour operators say they are exploring to build new packages of western and eastern areas of Nepal which were never affected by the quake.
05 Jul, 2015, 02.57 PM IST
Sushma Swaraj flags off first batch of pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar through Nathu-La, SikkimThe first batch of pilgrims to travel to the sacred place in Tibet through Sikkim’s Nathu-La pass at an altitude of 14,000 ft arrived.
17 Jun, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
Three fresh tremors hit Nepal as toll crosses 8,000A 4.2-magnitude tremor was recorded at 1.50 AM with its epicentre at Sindhupalchowk district, 100 km east of Kathmandu, one of the worst-af...
10 May, 2015, 01.59 PM IST
Nepal earthquake: Scores of foreigners strandedSpicejet promoter, Anil Singh said that about 1,000 Canadians were stranded in Kathmandu and the airlines was getting requests to rescue th...
02 May, 2015, 02.48 PM IST
Nepal earthquake toll rises to 6,624Nepal witnessed a fresh aftershock of 4.5-magnitude, triggering panic among people.
02 May, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
Tourists can visit Kailash Mansarovar through Nathula in 2015Nathula route will augment capacity & and reduce hardship & journey time enabling more pilgrims, in particular aged pilgrims, to undertake ...
01 Dec, 2014, 05.26 PM IST
Nepal snowstorm toll reaches 37; over 100 still missing41 trekkers were rescued today with the assistance of Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel from two different sites of the Himalayan range.
17 Oct, 2014, 10.39 PM IST
- Everest expedition to create climate change awareness
A UN-backed expedition will scale Mount Everest this spring to create awareness about the impact of climate change on the mountain range.
12 Feb, 2008, 04.22 PM IST