When the Indian government announced the Agnipath recruitment scheme a year ago, it was met with fierce resistance from aspirants to a career in the Indian Army in both India and Nepal. Under the ...
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal has asked India to halt its recruitment of Gurkhas into the Indian army under a new scheme for shorter military contracts until it was clear what would happen to them when ...
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As impasse over Indian Army recruitment from Nepal continues, Britain raises new Gurkha regiment
The formation of the 400-strong KGA was announced in 2025 and will be completed over the next four years ...
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In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition
Pokhara: For 20-year-old Bivas Rana, training for the Indian Army was more than a career plan. It was a chance to follow in his father’s footsteps, to wear the proud uniform of the Gorkha Regiment ...
KATHMANDU, (IANS) – The Nepal government is in a fix on whether to allow the Indian Army to recruit Nepali youths under the Narendra Modi government’s newly launched Agnipath scheme of short-term ...
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 ...
The Gurkha Rifles marching contingent passes through Rajpath on the occasion of the 67th Republic Day Parade, New Delhi, India, January 26, 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/India Ministry of Defence On ...
Nepal Prime Minister Puspha Kamal Dahal will use his trip to India to push for better terms for Gurkha fighters recruited for India’s army, posing a test for New Delhi as it vies for influence with ...
Barely 60km from the Nepal border in India is the village of Uditpur where most residents are retired Gorkha soldiers and their descendants. Called ‘Army Village’, there are 85 households with former ...
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