Hari Budha Magar, a former soldier in the Gurkha regiment, set out to be the first double above-the-knee amputee to scale the mountain. Hari, 43, who lives in Canterbury, took on the challenge to ...

During his visit, General Dwivedi will pay homage at the martyrs' memorial in the Army Pavilion and receive a ceremonial Guard of Honour at the Nepali Army Headquarters. He will engage in an official ...

Major John Jeffcoat, currently in a leadership position within the British Army's Gurkha Regiment in Brunei, says he is really proud to work with Gurkha soldiers from Nepal. Major Jeffcoat is ...

A gunfight broke out between security forces and armed miscreants in Imphal East, Manipur, following an attack on local ...

A moving service of remembrance has been conducted in Kosovo commemorating the first British soldiers who paid the ultimate ...

The Gorkha Regiment retaliated after armed miscreants fired several rounds at some farmers who were working in a paddy field ...

Hari Budha Magar lost both legs when an IED exploded while he on patrol in Afghanistan A former soldier in the Gurkha regiment who lost both legs in Afghanistan is to take on Mount Everest.

So far, 26 Victoria Crosses, the UK's highest award for bravery, have been awarded to Gurkha Regiments. Nearly 28,000 Gurkha candidates compete for just 200 places in the British Army each year.

[2] Nepali-style observance of Dussehra in Hong Kong dates back to 1949. That year, the first Gurkha regiment to serve in the city arrived from Malaya, after the partition of India in 1947.

Chandigarh: The 1st Gorkha Rifles (1 GR), one of the Indian Army’s oldest and most distinguished regiments, celebrated its Regimental Reunion on Oct 18-19 at Subathu, Himachal Pradesh.

Nepal's External Affairs Minister Arzu Rana Deuba's five-day visit to India has reignited the issue of Gorkha recruitment. The Indian Army continues to face a severe shortage of Nepali Gorkhas in ...