A Falkland Islands Veteran former Gurkha captain has been elected to the Nepalese parliament as a member of the Sharm ...

Did you know that one of the most elite parts of the British Army is actually recruited from outside the UK? The Royal Gurkha Rifles, or RGR, is a rifle regiment composed mostly of soldiers from Nepal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lalbahadur Pun during his time with the Sultan of Brunei’s Gurkha Reserve Unit Lieutenant-Colonel Lalbahadur Pun, who has died ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Wrapped in white and with their heads shaven, retired Ghurkha soldiers sat cross-legged on the stems of dried rice plants for three days of symbolic and traditional mourning, ...

A British court struck down immigration restrictions placed on Gurkha veterans who served in the country’s armed forces, handing a significant victory to a group whose service dates back nearly 200 ...

Nepal’s Gurkha soldiers have a well-deserved reputation worldwide for uncommon valour and loyalty. However, what happened in Hawaii in 1986 and the long struggle for fair pay and pension shows that ...

"Afghanistan was a test for the modern Gurkha, to show our forefathers that we are still meeting the standards they set. It was our chance to show that we are continuing the tradition. So far, so good ...

Kathmandu, July 16 -- Last year, the Salute Gorkha Training Center sent five young men in training to join the British Army. Seventeen-year-old Kanchan Thapa Magar recently also joined the Centre as ...

Gurkhas who relocated to a new military base have celebrated their biggest festival at their new home for the first time. Over the summer, 70 of the Gurkha Parachute Squadron moved from Maidstone in ...

Kiran Gurung, a former corporal with the Gurkha Contingent of the Singapore Police Force, completed 288 km on foot in one ...