Heavy July rains offset June deficit, more likely in next 2-3 days

Heavy rainfall across large parts of India has compensated for the June deficit, bringing the overall monsoon precipitation into the surplus category. IMAGE: Commuters wade through a waterlogged......

Mountaineers Baljeet Kaur, Arjun Vajpai rescued from Mt Annapurna in Nepal

Two Indians, prominent woman climber Baljeet Kaur and the youngest Indian to climb Mt Everest in 2010, Arjun Vajpai, were rescued from Mt Annapurna in Nepal on Tuesday, officials from the......

Year after, Sherpa guide breaks own record again, scales Everest for 27th time

World-renowned Nepalese mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mt Everest for a record 27th time on Wednesday, beating his own record with the highest number of ascends on the world's highest peak.......

3 Nepalese Sherpas buried alive in avalanche on Mt Everest

Three Nepalese Sherpa guides went missing on Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on the most dangerous section of Mt Everest amidst an avalanche, in the season's first accident at the......

Nepali sherpa sets Everest record with 27th ascent!

IMAGE: Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, scaled the 8,849 metre (29,032-foot) mountain early along the traditional southeast ridge route, guiding a foreign climber. Photographs: Reuters A Nepali sherpa scaled......

Samina becomes first Pakistani woman to scale Mt Everest

Mountaineer Samina Baig has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain peak at 8,848 metres. According to details, Baig completed the climb to the summit......

Mountaineer Yadav's Everest summit climb fake

...Won't get Tenzing Norgay award: Ministry sources IMAGE: Narender Singh Yadav’s name had been withdrawn from the 2020 Tenzing Norgay Award list. Photograph: Mountaineer Narender......

Did this Indian couple fake Everest summit photos?

Indian climbers banned from Nepal over fake Everest photos IMAGE: Police constables Tarakeshwari and Dinesh Rathod. Photograph: Facebook Nepal on Tuesday banned an Indian couple from mountain......