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, ...

Former British Gurkha soldier Hari Budha Magar has made mountaineering history, becoming the first double above-knee amputee ...

A book titled Warriors from the Himalayas, written by Gordon Elsden, was unveiled at an event held at British Gurkhas Nepal ...

POKHARA, Nepal -- Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight -- and die -- with legendary valor for another man's ...

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 ...

"My dad had to do everything by himself, I hope I am making him proud." Leicester City defender Asmita Ale is the daughter of a former Gurkha soldier. Hailing from Nepal, they were recruited by the ...

Retired Nepalese Gurkha soldier Hari Budha Magar has become the first above-the-knee double-amputee to summit the highest peak on each of the seven continents. He stood atop Antarctica's Mount Vinson, ...

The 39 Gorkha Regiment marching contingent passes through the Rajpath during the 62nd Republic Day Parade-2011, in New Delhi on January 26, 2011. Photo: PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU INDIA A Tripartite ...

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 ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal wants to review a military deal allowing its citizens to be enlisted in the British army, before a planned recruitment of Nepali women in the Brigade of Gurkhas for the ...