WorldKATHMANDU, REUTERS -Nepal on Tuesday banned an Indian couple from mountain climbing in the country for 10 years after they tried to fake a successful ascent of Mount Everest with digitally altered photographs, officials said. Tourism Department official Gyanendra Shrestha said a government investigation had confirmed complaints by other climbers that the Indian couple had doctored photographs to show themselves at the top of the world's highest mountain. “We have revoked their climbing certificate,” Shrestha told Reuters. The city's commissioner of police, Rashmi Shukla, said an inquiry had been opened into apparent discrepancies in their Everest account. “We are waiting for information from the Nepali side,” Shukla told Reuters.

Source: Sunday Times August 30, 2016 13:30 UTC