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
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
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
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
Army corrects ‘mistake’ in Kargil videoThe video was also shown during a Saturday event on the anniversary in Delhi attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
29 Jul, 2019, 09.50 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
Indo-Maldives joint military exercise in Karna from tomorrowThe bilateral annual exercise is a 14-day joint military training between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), w...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.15 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
Four Gorkha Rifles jawans injured in explosionFour Gorkha Rifles jawans were injured today when a metallic object in their truck went off in the high security Garhi Cantonment area here.
30 May, 2015, 11.17 PM IST
Three Gorkha Rifles jawans injured in explosionThree Gorkha Rifles jawans were injured when a grenade in their truck went off in the high security Garhi Cantonment area here this afterno...
30 May, 2015, 04.56 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
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
Gorkha National Liberation Front founder Subhash Ghisingh diesGhisingh had founded GNLF in 1980 and was the chairman of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council in West Bengal from 1988 to 2008.
29 Jan, 2015, 10.36 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