This week’s disaster is proof, if proof is still needed, that infrastructure on Himalayan rivers are in peril from climate breakdown. The Chungthang Dam that was destroyed by a glacial lake outburst ...

Members of the joint India-Nepal mountaineering expedition that successfully summited Kangchenjunga in May. - ADGPI/X via ST/ANN KOLKATA: It was in May 1955 that a British mountaineering team ...

The Sikkim government is constructing a road that will connect Uttarey, a quaint village in West Sikkim, to Chiwa Bhanjyang located at a height of about 10,500ft on the border with Nepal. An overview ...

Darjeeling, Apr 3 : The Sikkim government-sponsored Everest expedition in Nepal has run into rough weather as mountaineering associations have demanded that the trek be postponed in order to ensure ...

The water level of the Teesta river increased after a flash flood occurred due to a sudden cloudburst over the Lhonak lake, in North Sikkim on Wednesday. (ANI photo) At least 10 people were reported ...

North Sikkim: Flooded Teesta River at Muguthang in north Sikkim, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. A sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim has resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River in ...

In an all Nepalese final, Three Star Club defeated Manang Marshyangdi Club 3-1 and lifted the 34th All India Sikkim Governor’s Gold Cup trophy on the artificial turf ground of the Paljor Stadium in ...

KOLKATA-It was in May 1955 that a British mountaineering team successfully climbed Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain at 8,586m, for the first time. But members of this expedition did ...