Monday’s air crash at Jomson in north-central Nepal which killed 15 including 13 Indians has again raised questions regarding air safety in this Himalayan nation that has witnessed around 70 crashes in its six decade old aviation history. [Read more]

As Nepal races to the May 27 deadline of giving itself a new constitution, there’s a positive note in the air with political parties who had been at loggerheads for four years reaching agreement on several contentious issues to complete the task on time. [Read more]

Two news reports in different newspapers published from Kathmandu caught my attention on Tuesday. The first was about a senior Nepali politician flown to Delhi for treatment and the other of Indians using a Nepal hospital for eye complications. [Read more]

Amid incidents of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, a senior US official met Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai in Kathmandu last week and discussed problems faced by the nearly 20,000 Tibetan refugees staying in the country. [Read more]

It’s spring again and time for fresh attempts by mountaineers and adventure enthusiasts from all over the world to reach the top of the world. And when one speaks of Mount Everest, records (of all sorts) and causes can never be far behind. [Read more]