Nepalese Soldiers

Nirmal Purja made a promise earlier this month: It will be the Nepalese climbing community that completes what is deemed one of the most daring mountaineering feats - reaching the summit of Mount K2 in winter. On January 16, he was part of one of the two Nepali teams that converged a mere 10 metres ahead of the 28,251-foot mountain's peak. From the...

Britain's Prince Harry stayed at the village home of a former Nepalese Gurkha soldier who had served in the British army as the prince continues his tour of the Himalayan nation.

India today strongly condemned as "provocative" and "ill-intentioned" allegations that it is sending soldiers in plain clothes to Nepal amid the ongoing agitation against the new Constitution by Indian-origin Madhesis.

The crash of a US military helicopter distributing aid to victims of an earthquake in Nepal in May was caused by bad weather and the rugged terrain of the Himalayan region, Nepal's army said.

Charred bodies of all eight soldiers onboard the US Marine chopper that crashed in a remote hilly area while delivering aid in quake-hit Nepal have been recovered, Nepalese Army said today as seven aftershocks were felt and death toll from the fresh temblor rose to 136.

Eight people - six US Marines and two Nepalese soldiers - died when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of earthquake-devastated Nepal, US Defence Secretary said on Friday.

Nepalese soldiers in the British army -- the Gurkhas -- marked the 200th anniversary of their brigade's foundation on Thursday in an event marred by the devastating earthquake in their homeland.

A military transport plane laden with supplies and dozens of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers is to take off from a British air base on Monday headed for their homeland.

After paying a visit to soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrived here on Saturday on a two-day visit to interact with Nepalese cricketers and meet fans.

Nirmal Purja made a promise earlier this month: It will be the Nepalese climbing community that completes what is deemed one of the most daring mountaineering feats - reaching the summit of Mount K2 in winter. On January 16, he was part of one of the two Nepali teams that converged a mere 10 metres ahead of the 28,251-foot mountain's peak. From the...

Britain's Prince Harry stayed at the village home of a former Nepalese Gurkha soldier who had served in the British army as the prince continues his tour of the Himalayan nation.

India today strongly condemned as "provocative" and "ill-intentioned" allegations that it is sending soldiers in plain clothes to Nepal amid the ongoing agitation against the new Constitution by Indian-origin Madhesis.

The crash of a US military helicopter distributing aid to victims of an earthquake in Nepal in May was caused by bad weather and the rugged terrain of the Himalayan region, Nepal's army said.

Charred bodies of all eight soldiers onboard the US Marine chopper that crashed in a remote hilly area while delivering aid in quake-hit Nepal have been recovered, Nepalese Army said today as seven aftershocks were felt and death toll from the fresh temblor rose to 136.

Eight people - six US Marines and two Nepalese soldiers - died when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of earthquake-devastated Nepal, US Defence Secretary said on Friday.

Nepalese soldiers in the British army -- the Gurkhas -- marked the 200th anniversary of their brigade's foundation on Thursday in an event marred by the devastating earthquake in their homeland.

A military transport plane laden with supplies and dozens of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers is to take off from a British air base on Monday headed for their homeland.

After paying a visit to soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrived here on Saturday on a two-day visit to interact with Nepalese cricketers and meet fans.