Arjun Vajpai is youngest in world to climb Mt. Lhotse
A 17-year-old schoolboy from a New Delhi suburb, who became a climbing sensation in 2010 by becoming the youngest Indian to conquer Mt.
Bihar legislator enters Nepal with his armed bodyguards
As Nepal kicked off its tourism year on Saturday, along with 10 other foreign visitors, a legislator from Bihar became the first Indian to hit the headlines in the Himalayan republic in 2011, but for
US tribute to Dalai’s CIA-trained warriors
Hundreds of Tibetan warriors who doggedly fought a 15-year guerrilla war against the Chinese in Tibet after being trained and armed by the US Central Intelligence Agency now have a memorial that is li
Living goddess passes ‘Iron Gate’ test
An extraordinary 15-year-old girl, who never went to school after being chosen as a “Kumari” or “Living Goddess” of Nepal revered by thousands of Hindus and Buddhists, has created history by becoming
Nepal: Indian toddler drowns in jacuzzi
A summer vacation in Nepal turned into bleak tragedy for an Indian couple from Bihar with their three-year-old daughter drowning in a jacuzzi in an upmarket resort.
Briton has an Indian mission on Everest
Almost 15 years after they died trying to create an Indian record on Mt.
Detained Tibetan’s wife details torture on blog
As China refused to release a noted Tibetan environmentalist and businessman arrested allegedly on “trumped up” robbery charges, his wife has taken to blogging in a desperate bid to tell the world of
Nepal Maoists take Raajneeti break from politics
Fatigued and frustrated by their fruitless one-year war to topple the government, Nepal’s Opposition Maoist party took a break from politics to recharge their batteries — by watching the recent Bollyw
Gyanendra still threat to ruling parties
More than two years after the abolition of monarchy in Nepal, deposed King Gyanendra is still regarded as a threat by the ruling parties, who have sacked an influential regional leader for inviting hi
Nepal’s ruling parties recruit private armies
Fourteen years after Nepal’s Maoist party formed its own Army and waged a decade-long war on the government, the republic’s ruling parties have now begun to recruit their own private armies, triggerin