Nepalese Gurkha hero wins British visa battle
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Britain&#39;s Home Office said Friday it has reversed its decision to deny a visa to a veteran Nepalese Gurkha soldier who won Britain&#39;s highest military honour for valour.
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Nepal and the Nepali-speaking diaspora worldwide erupted in joy after their newest icon, Indian policeman Prashant   Tamang, vanquished his closest competitor Amit Paul to lift the third Indian Idol title in Sony Television channel's hugely   popular reality show.
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BAN RAI, Thailand  - Panamanian Celestino Caballero won the WBA super-bantamweight title on Wednesday after a third-round demolition of champion Somsak Sithchatchawal at a Buddhist temple in rural Thailand.
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London (IANS) Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya of the University of Warwick has been selected for one of the highest British civilian honours, the Knights Bachelor, in the Queen s New Year honours list.
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The couple received a prize of Rs 20 lakh.
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Britain is to announce in the coming weeks whether it will extend full citizenship to Gurkha soldiers from Nepal serving in its armed forces, Prime Minister Tony Blair revealed.
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Britain offered to send 120 Gurkha soldiers plus two helicopters to Indonesia to help tsunami relief efforts in the southeast Asian nation, Prime Minister Tony Blair's office announced.
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Four Nepalese former Gurkhas working for a UK security firm have been killed inside the Green Zone in Baghdad. London-based Global Risk Strategies confirmed that 15 workers had also been injured in Thursday&#39;s incident in the Iraqi capital.
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A failed asylum seeker mistakenly deported to India is ordered to fly straight back to the UK.
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A teenager who took her campaign to study GCSE French to the prime minister has won her battle.
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This poll has been closed, view the result of this poll. KATHMANDU: He has scaled Mt Everest without bottled oxygen, crossed Antarctica and travelled solo across the Gobi desert.
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Nepalese Gurkha soldiers who have been fighting for Britain but receiving unequal retirement benefits since the days of the British Empire will finally receive the same pensions as the rest of the army, the government said Thursday.
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Long jumper Anju Bobby George, who won India's first world championship medal by claiming bronze in Paris last year, was awarded the country's highest sports prize on Wednesday.
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London, Sept. 30 (NNN): Gurkhas, who have been fighting as part of the British Army for almost 200 years, will now be eligible for 'fast-track' citizenship in Britain once they retire from the Army.
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Gurkhas, who have served with British army for nearly 200 years, won a landmark battle on Thursday to be able to settle in the UK and gain British citizenship.
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An 84-year-old Nepali Gurkha who won Britain&#39;s highest military honour met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown soon after arriving in Britain following an immigration battle, the Daily Mirror reported on Monday.
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London (IANS) British Prime Minister Tony Blair s offer to Indonesia to send a company of Royal Gurkhas to assist in the post-tsunami reconstruction efforts has been rejected.