KATHMANDU: Nepal has begun exporting 40 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Bangladesh through India's power grid in its first ...

Serene riversides to misty mountains, these monsoon destinations truly showcase the beauty of West Bengal and make for the ...

A Buddhist "purification ritual" will be held on June 15 to seek the forgiveness of the locals' guardian deity. Read more at ...

Gangtok, The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee on Saturday appealed to the Nepal government and the Nepal Mountaineering Association to immediately halt a planned expedition to Mt Kangchenjunga, ...

The first-ever study of GPS-collared snow leopards carried out in Nepal has shown that these hyper elusive big cats spend up ...

Hidden within India's most stunning mountain ranges are religious retreats that provide more than scenic views; they provide ...

The Himalayan giant, Kangchenjunga, attracts some of the world's greatest mountaineers but is also of great religious significance to local communities ...

Keval Kakka has become the first Indian to scale eight of the world’s fourteen 8,000-metre-plus peaks. Mountaineering is just ...

Most routes are from the Nepal side, so it is unlikely that the measure will succeed. But it does highlight the cultural ...

Horia Colibășanu, one of Romania's most famous high-altitude climbers, is set to embark on a new high-altitude expedition ...

Valley of Flowers Uttarakhand 2025: The Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand opened to tourists for this year on June 1. The valley usually stays open for four months — June, July, August, and September — ...

In 1955 Joe Brown and George Band made history as the first confirmed Britons to climb an 8,000m peak when they stood just below the summit of Kangchenjunga, the worlds third highest peak at 8586m, on ...