Indian climbers

Indian climbers killed in Mount Everest 'traffic jam'

Indian climber Kalpana Das, 49, reached the summit, but died on Thursday afternoon while descending as a large number of climbers queued near the top. She was a member of the "Three Women Expedition", Gyanendra Shrestha, a liaison officer at the Everest base camp was cited as saying by the Himalayan Times.

May 24, 2019, 23:59 PM IST

Everest rescuers retrieve bodies of two Indian climbers

"Both the bodies are now in camp two in a place from where they can be airlifted. We are working out the logistics to bring them to Kathmandu," Sayeed Ahmeed Baba, an Indian official coordinating the operation, told AFP.

May 25, 2017, 22:46 PM IST