Minister orders reopening of probe into Everest summit fraud by Indian couple KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has reopened investigation into an Indian couple who were slapped mountaineering ban in Nepal for a decade, getting their summit certificates rescinded for presenting morphed... Travel 23 Dec, 2017
Makalu Adventure fined USD 4,000 for Everest summit fraud Climbing Sherpas reveal Indian police couple never reached above 6,000 m KATHMANDU: More than five months after Nepal imposed a 10-year mountaineering ban on the Indian police couple for faking Mt Everest summit photos, the Department of... Travel 25 Jan, 2017
Indian police suspend 2 officers for fake Everest claim NEW DELHI: Two police officers - a husband and wife - have been suspended in India for falsely claiming they scaled Mount Everest in Nepal in May. Nepal's government has cancelled the climbing certificates issued to Dinesh Rathod and Tarkeshwari... Travel 17 Nov, 2016
Nepal bans Indian couple for faking Everest summit KATHMANDU: The Government of Nepal has imposed a 10-year ban on the Indian police couple for morphing the photographs to obtain their Everest summit certificates, from visiting Nepal for mountaineering expedition. As per the minister-level... Travel 30 Aug, 2016
Nepal to cancel Indian couple's Everest summit certificates High-level investigation committee finds faked photographs were used as evidence of Everest summit Recommends ban on Dinesh Chandrakant Rathod and his wife Tarkeshwari Chandrakant Bhelarao from visiting Nepal for mountaineering for at least 10... Travel 16 Aug, 2016
Nepal all set to revoke Rathods� Everest certificates KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal has told the Director General at the Department of Tourism to revoke the Everest summit certificates that the Department issued to an Indian couple who presented the morphed... Travel 07 Jul, 2016
Everest liaison officers certify summit without visiting base camp Kathmandu, July 6 As many as 15 of the 32 liaison officers designated by the government are found to have breached the regulation while recommending Everest summit certificates to climbers this season. Without even making it to the Everest base... Travel 07 Jul, 2016
Exposed: Officials' lies of Himalayan proportion on Everest KATHMANDU: A cock-and-bull story of an Indian couple, who morphed photographs to claim their successful ascent of Mt Everest in the last spring season, has exposed the blatant lies of Himalayan proportion on part of Nepali government officials... Horoscopes 05 Jul, 2016
Nepal prepares to blacklist Indian couple for Everest summit manipulation KATHMANDU: The Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has initiated a process to ban the Indian police couple from visiting Nepal for mountaineering for at least 10 years and cancel their Everest summit... Travel 04 Jul, 2016
Nepal begins probe into Everest summit manipulation by Indian couple KATHMANDU: Nepal's Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has initiated an investigation into the veracity of claims made by an Indian police couple of having reached the summit of Mt Everest in the last... Travel 03 Jul, 2016
DoT approved Rathods� summit claim without consulting Sherpas Kathmandu, June 30 Climbing Sherpas were not present at the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation when government officials issued summit certificates to an Indian police couple after approving their... Horoscopes 01 Jul, 2016
EDITORIAL: Make it foolproof The government should also use the latest technology-based tracking of the climbers and their activities and make verification of climbing foolproof Two Indian police constables, husband and wife, are alleged to have morphed their photos to obtain... 01 Jul, 2016