IEDs, AK series rifle bullets recovered in Rajouri districtDuring a cordon and search operation in Hatatpura village of Manjakote area in Rajouri, the armed forces recovered improvised explosive dev...
12 Jan, 2024, 12.17 AM IST
150 pieces of weapons were surrendered after Amit Shah urged people to shun violenceShah had warned that action would be taken against those found possessing weapons during the combing operation. Several militant groups hav...
03 Jun, 2023, 12.14 AM IST
Pakistani drone carrying AK rifle, bullets downed by BSF along Punjab borderA drone along with an AK rifle, two magazines and 40 bullet rounds were recovered from an agricultural field near Nabi Nagar village.
10 Mar, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
First batch of AK 203 assault rifles produced at Amethi, deliveries to army soonThe Indian Army is the main customer for the Amethi factory, which will produce over 6 lakh rifles in the coming years. The Rs 5124 crore d...
17 Jan, 2023, 09.41 PM IST
Indo-Russian joint venture begins manufacturing of Kalashnikov AK-203 assault rifles: RostecThe joint venture, registered and located in India, whose founders on the Russian side are Rosoboronexport and Kalashnikov Concern (both su...
17 Jan, 2023, 09.39 PM IST
Cops recover huge cache of arms and ammunition in western Assam's Kokrajhar districtThe arms and ammunition are stated to be belonging to former militants of National Liberation Front of Bodoland (NLFB) and United Liberatio...
11 Apr, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
India seals deal with Russia to procure AK-103 riflesThe government has accorded priority to the modernisation of the armed forces and the infantry modernisation has been initiated as part of ...
20 Aug, 2021, 09.50 PM IST
How AK-203, superior to INSAS, will end forces’ hunt for a reliable rifleThough the Indian military is considered among the top 5 in the world, it has been yearning for an all-weather assault rifle for quite some...
04 Mar, 2019, 04.54 PM IST
Central forces and special police units to get 36,000 modern AK assault riflesA stockpile of over 36,000 modern AK-series assault rifles have been recently provided to central paramilitary forces and select state poli...
04 Sep, 2018, 05.32 PM IST
Over 8,000 AK series rifles recovered in last 14 yrs: J&K governmentDuring the same period, 9.938 lakh AK-series rounds and 24,372 AK-series magazines have also been recovered, Chief Minister Mehbooba Muftis...
14 Jul, 2018, 10.44 AM IST
AK-47 maker Kalashnikov applies to register AK-47 trademarkKalashnikov earlier this month launched a major re-branding drive of the rifles, popular with terrorists and national armies in Asia and Af...
25 Dec, 2014, 08.41 PM IST
Sophisticated arms of CRPF jawans taken away by NaxalsThree AK rifles in this cache were of an advanced configuration, fitted with the powerful under-barrel grenade launchers (UBGLs).
02 Dec, 2014, 01.36 PM IST
Arms, explosives recovered from slain terroristsA group of four militants were seen moving inside Indian territory along LoC in forward belt Kalsia in Poonch district, an Army officer sai...
11 May, 2014, 02.37 PM IST
Anti-Naxal operations: CRPF prefers AK rifles to INSAS, bulk purchase on cardsField commanders of the force deployed in the anti-Naxal operations grid said they were increasingly sending the INSAS to the weapon repair...
04 May, 2014, 01.04 PM IST
- Militant hideout busted in Jammu & Kashmir; cache of arms recovered
The recovered arms included a 12 bore rifle with two rounds of 12 bore ammunition, one muzzle loader rifle and a magazine of AK series weap...
18 Aug, 2012, 04.20 PM IST
- United People's Democratic Solidarity cadres bid farewell to arms
UPDS cadres bid farewell to arms today with 568 of them, including 22 women, surrendering with a huge amount of arms and ammunition here.
14 Dec, 2011, 05.31 PM IST
- Maoists develop tech to clone AK series rifles
Maoists may have been dependent on weapons looted from armouries but now they have developed the expertise to clone sophisticated weapons, ...
18 Jan, 2010, 02.57 AM IST