Indian Kailash Mansarovar Pilgrims

China has granted visas to Indian pilgrims undertaking the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, sources in the Chinese Embassy said on Wednesday.

Amid a row over Rahul Gandhi's trip to Kailash Mansarovar last year after the Congress president on Friday said he had also met Chinese ministers during the trip, Beijing's envoy to India today said all Indian pilgrims were welcome in China.

Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims said they have returned home impressed with the infrastructure coming up on the Tibetan side of the India-China border beyond the Lipulekh pass.

A 42-year-old Indian Kailash Mansarovar pilgrim was beheaded by the rear blade of a helicopter at a remote helipad in Nepal's Hilsa region today, according to a media report.

As many as 200 pilgrims returning from Kailash Mansarovar Yatra were stopped in Simikot as the flights linking Simikot-Surkhet-Nepalgunj was stopped due to harsh weather.

Around 200 Indians on their way back home after the Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrimage in Tibet are stranded in Nepal's Humla district due to bad weather, Indian Embassy said here today.

All stranded pilgrims of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in Uttarakhand's Gunji have been evacuated and brought to Pithoragarh by Indian Air Force helicopters, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said.

All the 1,430 stranded Indian pilgrims who were stranded while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet have been airlifted to safety with the evacuation of the last batch of 160 people from Nepal's mountainous regions today, the Indian embassy in Kathmandu said.

Over 1,200 Indian pilgrims were moved to safety from Nepal's mountainous Simikot region today, the Indian embassy in Kathmandu said, as efforts continued to evacuate those stranded in Hilsa while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Tibet amidst inclement weather.

The ordeal of Indian pilgrims returning from Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet is not over yet as more than 500 of them are still awaiting rescue flights in Nepal's Hilsa and Simikot regions.

The External Affairs Ministry has issued an advisory for pilgrims planning to undertake the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, saying that there were "high chances" of getting stranded in various legs of the journey in case of bad weather.

The ordeal of the stranded Indian pilgrims returning from Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet is still not over as nearly 1,000 of them continue to await their evacuation at Nepal's mountainous regions amidst inclement weather, according to Indian embassy in Nepal.

Over 250 Indian pilgrims were evacuated from Nepal's mountainous Hilsa region today, as authorities stepped up efforts to rescue those stranded there due to heavy rain while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Tibet.

Nearly 100 Indian pilgrims were today evacuated, as authorities stepped up efforts to rescue those stranded in Nepal's mountainous region due to heavy rain while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Tibet.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Defence ministry would offer its assistance whenever necessary to rescue the 1,500 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims stranded in Nepal.

China has granted visas to Indian pilgrims undertaking the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, sources in the Chinese Embassy said on Wednesday.

Amid a row over Rahul Gandhi's trip to Kailash Mansarovar last year after the Congress president on Friday said he had also met Chinese ministers during the trip, Beijing's envoy to India today said all Indian pilgrims were welcome in China.

Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims said they have returned home impressed with the infrastructure coming up on the Tibetan side of the India-China border beyond the Lipulekh pass.

A 42-year-old Indian Kailash Mansarovar pilgrim was beheaded by the rear blade of a helicopter at a remote helipad in Nepal's Hilsa region today, according to a media report.

As many as 200 pilgrims returning from Kailash Mansarovar Yatra were stopped in Simikot as the flights linking Simikot-Surkhet-Nepalgunj was stopped due to harsh weather.

Around 200 Indians on their way back home after the Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrimage in Tibet are stranded in Nepal's Humla district due to bad weather, Indian Embassy said here today.

All stranded pilgrims of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in Uttarakhand's Gunji have been evacuated and brought to Pithoragarh by Indian Air Force helicopters, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said.

All the 1,430 stranded Indian pilgrims who were stranded while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet have been airlifted to safety with the evacuation of the last batch of 160 people from Nepal's mountainous regions today, the Indian embassy in Kathmandu said.

Over 1,200 Indian pilgrims were moved to safety from Nepal's mountainous Simikot region today, the Indian embassy in Kathmandu said, as efforts continued to evacuate those stranded in Hilsa while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Tibet amidst inclement weather.

The ordeal of Indian pilgrims returning from Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet is not over yet as more than 500 of them are still awaiting rescue flights in Nepal's Hilsa and Simikot regions.

The External Affairs Ministry has issued an advisory for pilgrims planning to undertake the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, saying that there were "high chances" of getting stranded in various legs of the journey in case of bad weather.

The ordeal of the stranded Indian pilgrims returning from Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet is still not over as nearly 1,000 of them continue to await their evacuation at Nepal's mountainous regions amidst inclement weather, according to Indian embassy in Nepal.

Over 250 Indian pilgrims were evacuated from Nepal's mountainous Hilsa region today, as authorities stepped up efforts to rescue those stranded there due to heavy rain while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Tibet.

Nearly 100 Indian pilgrims were today evacuated, as authorities stepped up efforts to rescue those stranded in Nepal's mountainous region due to heavy rain while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Tibet.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Defence ministry would offer its assistance whenever necessary to rescue the 1,500 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims stranded in Nepal.