Lt Gen Ajai Kumar Singh takes over reins of Army's Southern CommandLt Gen Ajai Kumar Singh has vast operational experience in all types of terrain be it counter-insurgency areas, high altitudes & icy glacia...
01 Nov, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
Decision on Gorkhas recruitment under Agnipath scheme to be taken after Nov polls: NepalThe foriegn ministry spokesperson's remarks came in response to media reports quoting Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande as saying that ...
15 Sep, 2022, 08.21 PM IST
Indian Army cautions against fake messages about recruitment of Gurkha soldiersIndia on Thursday reiterated that it will continue recruiting Gurkha soldiers to the Indian Army under the Agnipath scheme. However, there ...
26 Aug, 2022, 08.44 PM IST
Don't recruit gorkhas under Agnipath: NepalForeign Minister Narayan Khadke on Wednesday met with India's Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava and requested him to postpone the plan ...
26 Aug, 2022, 05.54 PM IST
India to continue recruiting Gurkha soldiers to Indian Army under Agnipath schemeIn a weekly media briefing, the Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi said, "We have been recruiting Gurkha so...
25 Aug, 2022, 08.12 PM IST
Bid to induct non-Gorkhas will badly affect regiments’ fighting spirit, say some veteransNotably, Gorkhas are inducted into the GR regiments in a 60:40 ratio — for every 60 recruits from Nepal, there are 40 from India. The move ...
09 Nov, 2020, 01.20 PM IST
Many retired Gorkha soldiers in 6.6k applicants for J&K domicileThe past one week since the J&K administration started issuing domicile certificates, over 6,600 applicants — majority of them retired sold...
05 Jul, 2020, 09.59 AM IST
India willing to resolve any 'misunderstanding' with Nepal through dialogue; Lipulekh-Dharchula road in Indian territory: Rajnath SinghHe, however, reiterated India's stand that the 80-km road had been built in Indian territory. Ties between the two countries have been stra...
15 Jun, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
Gorkha Rifles completes over two centuries of glory and valour in IndiaIn the backdrop of the Gorkha Rifles having completed over 200 years of soldiering in India, the 9th GR is now culminating its bicentenary ...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.11 PM IST
Nepal earthquake: India enlarges rescue operations to worst-hit areas, Gorkha soldiers tappedThe death toll in India following Saturday's powerful earthquake in Nepal, meanwhile, rose to 75 with Bihar accounting for maximum number o...
28 Apr, 2015, 11.00 PM IST
Army ropes in Gorkha soldiers for Nepal rescue operationsArmy officers said the soldiers, some of whom have reached their destinations, are providing valuable inputs about the extent of damage and...
28 Apr, 2015, 09.38 PM IST
Narendra Modi government to use services of retired and serving GorkhasThe Army has already despatched to Kathmandu Major General Sandhu, a Gorkha officer, who will coordinate rescue and relief operations as th...
27 Apr, 2015, 03.35 AM IST
81 years later, tragedy revisits the head of skyThe intensity of the quake was so big that over a dozen villagers died on the Tibetan plateau across the Himalayas.
26 Apr, 2015, 12.08 PM IST
First battalion of 'Third Gorkha Rifles' completes 200 yearsA ceremonial event was held today at the Military Station, Sevoke Road, near Siliguri in West Bengal, where the 'First-Third', as they are ...
24 Apr, 2015, 11.34 PM IST
With 200 years of legacy, Gorkha Rifles marches onThe Gorkha Brigade has produced India's first Field Marshal, Sam `Bahadur' Manekshaw, as also two Army chiefs in Gen G G Bewoor and Gen Dal...
23 Apr, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
India commited to provide welfare facilities to Gorkhas, says Army Chief General Dalbir Singh SuhagGen Singh, the third Army chief who was either commissioned into or associated with the Brigade of Gorkhas, praised the contributions of Go...
13 Nov, 2014, 08.47 PM IST
20 Indian soldiers missing from border areas: RTIAs per the reply given by the Ministry of External Affairs, 18 soldiers went missing from Jammu and Kashmir while two disappeared from Guja...
12 Aug, 2014, 05.05 PM IST