The scaling of Mount Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak on the India-Nepal border, by a group of mountaineers from ...

Location of the South Lhonak glacial lake near the ti-junction of the borders of Nepal-India-China, and the Chungthang Reservoir in India's Sikkim state. The 4 October flood on the Teesta proves that ...

When India first moved in to internally administer Sikkim, on the request of the Chogyal, in April 1973, Nepal’s King Birendra told U.S. interlocutors >(1973NEWDE04657_b; Confidential ...

Till today, there are frequent dark references by media commentators to New Delhi’s plans for the ‘Sikkimisation’ of Nepal as well. Sikkim was the smallest of the three Himalayan kingdoms, sandwiched ...

A massive avalanche killed seven people, including three Nepalis on the Gangtok-Nathu La JNM Road in the northeastern state of Sikkim yesterday. The statement issued by the District Collector ...

Biraj Adhikari blames the MEA for treating the Chogyal’s 1956 visit as a ‘state visit’ and playing the Sikkim anthem. His ...

GANGTOK: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling declared on Thursday that the entire Nepali Community of Sikkim would be treated as other backward class, and they will get the OBC status ...

With this, the number of species of lizards found in Nepal has reached 41 ... prior to this Takydromus Sikkimensis was found only in Sikkim of India and so it was named following the name of ...

The earthquake angle Scientists are exploring whether the strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal on Tuesday is the reason that made cloudburst a disaster. The Chungthang dam ...

Most routes are from the Nepal side, so it is unlikely that the measure will succeed. But it does highlight the cultural ...

Close by is the peaceful Kagyu Monastery, one of the oldest in Sikkim, adding a spiritual feel to the area. Close by is the ...

Kanchenjunga, (28,169 feet), the third-highest peak in the world, can be climbed from both Sikkim and Nepal sides, however, ...