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  Mount Everest climbing gets costlier, Nepal hikes permit fees to this amount: Check details

  World | January 23, 2025 16:27 IST

  Nepal has decided to increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. The last revision in the free was undertaken in 2015, when Nepal ditched the a group-based system to adopt a uniform fee.

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  Himachal govt bans trekking, mountaineering activities following deaths due to heavy snowfall

  India | October 25, 2021 20:33 IST

  The announcement comes after at least three trekkers, out of a group of 13, died following heavy rains and snowfall in Himachal Pradesh.

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  Footprints of Yeti sighted: Details of first Indian Army mountaineering expedition to Mt Makalu

  India | April 30, 2019 21:49 IST

  Makalu has proven to be a challenging climb, as only five of its initial sixteen attempts were successful.

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  PM Modi meets mountaineering team that scaled Everest 50 years ago

  India | May 20, 2015 23:04 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met members of the Indian mountaineering team that scaled Mount Everest for the first time 50 years ago.Congratulating the surviving members of the team for their historic