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
Indian, French armies to carry out military drills from Nov 15 to 26The last edition was conducted at Mahajan field firing ranges in Rajasthan. This year it will take place in the French port town of Frejus ...
12 Nov, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
Ex-Army officer points out error in Akshay Kumar's 'Gorkha' poster, actor promises to take 'utmost care'The film is based on the life of the legendary army officer, Major General Ian Cardozo.
18 Oct, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
Akshay Kumar to play war hero in patriotic film 'Gorkha'The film will be helmed by National Award winner Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan.
16 Oct, 2021, 05.27 PM IST
Beating Retreat ceremony to have 'Swarnim Vijay' composition marking 50 years of India's victory over PakistanA total of 60 buglers, 17 trumpeters and 60 drummers will participate in this year's Beating Retreat ceremony which will be performed by th...
28 Jan, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
President Ram Nath Kovind witnesses ceremonial change-over of Army Guard battalionThe 5th Battalion of the 1st Gorkha Rifles, on completion of its three and half years tenure as ceremonial Army Guard Battalion, handed ove...
28 Nov, 2020, 02.54 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
Indian Army plans certain changes in its uniformsThe suggestions include shifting the position of the cloth rank epaulettes that identifies the regiment and rank of of a soldier.
14 May, 2019, 09.36 AM IST
No shortage of arms and ammunition: Army ChiefThe army chief was in Varanasi to attend the bicentenary celebrations of the 9 Gorkha Rifles at 39 Gorkha Training Centre, also said that I...
14 Jul, 2018, 02.40 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
Gorkhas in Assam demand Scheduled Tribe statusGorkha community has served the nation through thick and thin and their sacrifices are an example for others to follow.
09 Jun, 2015, 08.00 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
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
First battalion of Third Gorkha Rifles to complete 200 years on AprilComprising not just the gritty Gorkhas, but also men from Kumaon and Garhwal regions, Sir Robert Colquhuon had raised the regiment on April...
21 Apr, 2015, 09.57 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
Review plea filed in Supreme Court on Army recruitment policyGrouping of people from a particular region in an Army regiment is unconstitutional and amounts to discrimination on caste, region and reli...
13 Apr, 2014, 11.39 AM IST
Army rejects calls to raise new units based on caste or religionThe Army has once again strongly rejected calls for raising new "single-class" units like the Gujarat, Kalinga, Dalit, Ahir, Paswan or Trib...
30 Jan, 2013, 10.16 AM IST