KATHMANDU, June 30: Agitating British Gurkhas Satyagraha United Struggle Committee (BGSUSC) has decided to postpone its fast unto death planned from July 1 after the Nepal government assured them that a firm step would be taken to start a direct table talk with the British government to resolve the outstanding Gurkha issues.

KATHMANDU, May 2: The agitating Former Gurkhas Joint Satyagraha Struggle Committee (FGJSSC) on Wednesday held symbolic mass protest to exert pressure on both Nepal and UK government to constitute high-level dialogue teams and start negotiations to resolve their demand for equal pension as their British counterparts and compensation for past discrimination.

Remember the heroes

November 19, 2018 01:00 am

Brave heroes of Nepal’s hills have been engaged in fierce battles since First World War but they are often ignored

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) Co-Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal has assured to take initiative to address the demands raised by the British Gurkhas.

KATHMANDU, Aug 28: Tim I Gurung, a retired British Gurkha, is traveling to several Asian countries to write a book and encompass the real story of British Gurkhas.

LONDON, July 16: The Gurkhas will recruit women for the first time from 2020, and the selection process will be the same as for men.

SINGAPORE, June 5: When U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet for their historic summit in Singapore later this month, they will be protected by men from one of the fiercest warrior tribes in the world - the Gurkhas of Nepal.

Gurkhas’ granddaughter

January 6, 2017 00:13 am

I had always wondered how my grandpas ended up in the army. Sons of farmers, brought up in hills of eastern Nepal, barely literate, they enrolled, thrived in foreign lands, learnt the foreign languages, fathered children for whom they wanted lives better than theirs, different from theirs, and succeeded.

KATHMANDU, Sept 6: Determined to destroy the Abu Sayyaf Group, Philippines President Duterte is mulling to hire Gurkhas, the well-known group of fearless Nepalese fighters, to help government forces in eliminating “germs” in the country.