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Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal has waived climbing fees for 97 mountains, officials said on Wednesday (August 13, 2025), hoping to steer people to its lesser-known peaks and boost local economies. Climbers pay for permits on Nepali peaks and the fees vary depending on the mountain’s height and popularity, with heftier charges…
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New Delhi: The Indian Embassy in Nepal assured thorough investigation into the alleged suicide of a Nepal woman student at Odisha’s Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), urging them to return to the campus. Prakriti Lamsal, a third-year B Tech student of the Bhubaneswar-based institute, died allegedly by suicide at her hostel on Sunday. The…
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Bareilly: Two French tourists cycling from Delhi to Kathmandu got lost and reached near Churaili Dam here, police said on Friday. The two were spotted by some villagers cycling at night and taken to Churaili police outpost. Police lodged the cyclists at the village Pradhan’s house for the night and sent them on their way…
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What’s the claim? Following a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Tibet near the Nepal border on January 7, 2025, a video has gone viral on social media showing a road with large cracks running through it. Several users claimed the video depicts destruction caused by the recent earthquake in Nepal’s Lobuche. One such post…
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Kathmandu: Nepal’s airlines have halted helicopter flights to the Everest region after locals angry at the environmental impact and loss of income from trekkers threatened landing sites, aviation officials said Monday. Helicopters are a key means of transport and crucial for emergency rescue in many of Nepal’s remote regions, often inaccessible by road. But they…
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Watch: Highs and lows in neighbourhood ties: Is Delhi softening tone? Is New Delhi making a subtle strategic outreach to its south Asian neighbourhood this season? Bhutan’s King, Sri Lanka and Maldives’ presidents, Nepal’s Foreign Minister received warm welcomes in Delhi. As the Foreign Secretary travels to Dhaka, weeks after External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s…
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Kathmandu: A Nepali teenager, the youngest person ever to scale all 14 of the world’s tallest peaks, says he wants to use his skills to benefit the Himalayan nation’s Sherpa community and turn out world-class athletes. Sherpas, an ethnic group living mainly in the vicinity of the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, are known for…
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New Delhi: Mohammad Sarfaraz — wanted for the murder of a man in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh that triggered largescale violence — and four others were arrested after an encounter with the police today near the Nepal border in the district. Sarfaraz is accused of shooting a man during Saturday’s Durga idol immersion procession in Mahrajganj…
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Nima Rinji Sherpa. | Photo Credit: AP Cheering crowds hailed an 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer as a hero as he returned home on Monday (October 15, 2024) after breaking the record for the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks. Nima Rinji Sherpa reached the summit of Tibet’s 8,027-metre-high Shisha Pangma on…
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Security force personnel search for the victims at the site of a helicopter crash on the outskirts of Kathmandu on August 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Four Chinese tourists were among five people killed in Nepal on Wednesday (August 7, 2024) when a helicopter crashed in the mountains northwest region of Kathmandu. The police…
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