widow of former Rifleman Dhan Bahadur Gurung of 1/3 Gorkha Rifles The applicant's contention was that she married the soldier after the elopement of his first wife, who remarried. However ...

New Delhi: The Indian and Nepalese armies will start the new year by jointly conducting Exercise Surya Kiran in the first two weeks of January. Surya Kiran is a battalion-level exercise.

The Indian Army reiterated its steadfast commitment to the welfare of Gorkha veterans during a grand Ex-Servicemen (ESM) Rally held at the Pension Paying Office (PPO) in Pokhara, Nepal. The event ...

Ex Cape Kukri II is a large-scale blank fire exercise which is the culmination of the 2RGR’s (Royal Gurkha Rifles) training whilst deployed in the Falkland Islands. The exercise will take place ...

On a cold evening in November 1996, a troop of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers from the Royal Gurkha Rifles gathered at their barracks in Hong Kong for the last time. Clad in traditional kits and ...

with the Sirmoor Battalion (now part of the Royal Gurkha Rifles). All Gurkha troops carried a Kukri similar to this. The notch (Kaura) in the blade has a practical purpose to stop blood reaching ...

Elected representatives from Darjeeling, Terai and Dooars and Gorkha stake holders would also be attending the meeting,” Raju Bista, BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Darjeeling, said. The meeting comes ...

The grand event will unfold at the 11 Gorkha Rifles Regimental Centre in Lucknow. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and Governor Anandi Ben Patel are ...