Two Indian climbers have died in Nepal due to high altitude sickness near the summit of Mount Kanchenjunga during an expedition to the world's third tallest peak, an official said Thursday. Biplab......
TheSikkim government has decided to celebratethe 50th anniversary of the ascent of Mount Kanchenjunga on September 17 and 18 in Gangtok in a stylebefitting the occasion, A K Srivastava,......
The much-awaited shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006, arguably the UK's biggest literary award, has been released. The six short-listed books chosen from a long-list of 19 and are:......
Unrest in the hills has cost the tea sector its entire second flush and Rs 200 crore of its annual earnings.Avishek Rakshit reports. IMAGE: Since June 9, the day when the Gorkhaland agitation......
As Indian and Pakistani negotiators are yet to work out an agreement for demilitarising the Siachin glacier, a proposal is being mooted to organise a joint Indo-Pak expedition to the world's second......