US CEOs seek China business gains from Trump-Xi summitAmerican business leaders are heading to China for a summit with President Xi Jinping. They aim to resolve ongoing business challenges and ...
12 May, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
Peak XV fully exits Mobikwik in Rs 130 crore block dealVenture capital firm Peak XV Partners has fully exited fintech firm One MobiKwik Systems. The firm sold its stake for over Rs 130 crore. Th...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
RBI scraps Paytm Bank licence; Pronto's back-to-back fundingRBI has cancelled Paytm Payments Bank licence over compliance lapses. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
27 Apr, 2026, 08.41 AM IST
How a critical recent milestone proved India doubters wrongIndia has achieved a major milestone with its new fast-breeder nuclear reactor reaching criticality. This marks a significant step in a dec...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.25 PM IST
21 dead, 51 injured as bus rolls down hill in J&K's UdhampurA passenger bus plunged down a hill in Udhampur district on Monday. The accident claimed 15 lives and left 20 people injured. Locals initia...
20 Apr, 2026, 09.14 PM IST
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma allows natives to arm themselvesAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma introduced an online portal on Thursday, enabling indigenous residents in vulnerable regions to ap...
14 Aug, 2025, 11.53 PM IST
Around 19% of licenced arms not deposited to Manipur authoritiesAn official in election Commission said a total of 18,120 licensed arms (80.89 per cent) have been deposited so far. On various cases and d...
25 Feb, 2022, 07.00 AM IST
Government notifies new Arms Rules; Leniency in licence to people in militancy-hit areaAccording to the Arms Rules, 2016, which supersedes the Arms Rules, 1962, every person applying for an arms licence or a rifle club or asso...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.57 PM IST
Government relaxes Arms Rules to bolster investment in manufacturingThe new rules, which came into effect on October 27, are expected to encourage the manufacturing activity and facilitate availability of wo...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
DCM Shriram gets licence to manufacture UAVs and bullet proof vehiclesIn a regulatory filing, the company informed that it has got the 'industrial licence' for the life-time from the Arms Licence Authority und...
05 Jul, 2018, 03.50 PM IST
Weapons not for showing off, but self defence: Delhi HCThe court rejected a private co. official's plea for an arms licence, a request which was denied by the police as well as the Lieutenant Go...
09 Jul, 2017, 10.31 AM IST
Government mulls lifetime validity of arms licencesThe government is examining a proposal to increase the validity of arms licences to lifetime of the licensee, subject to periodic police ve...
28 Sep, 2015, 11.55 AM IST
Safe use of firearms: Government preparing to amend Arms ActThe draft seeks to cut down on the lengthy procedure to obtain a licence within a specific time, also seeks to ensure safe use and storage ...
05 May, 2015, 11.17 PM IST
Owning a gun may soon be easier as government plans simple procedureThe government made draft rules, as per which the number of documents required to be submitted for applying for an arms licence will be red...
30 Apr, 2015, 10.42 PM IST
Owning a licensed gun to be easier & quicker now, Home Ministry begins work on amending Arms ActThe number of documents required to be supplied for applying for an arms licence will be reduced from nearly two dozen at present.
14 Jan, 2015, 10.32 AM IST
- Private security agencies will be allowed to possess arms
Private security agencies will soon be allowed to possess arms for use by the security personnel employed by them, the Union home ministry ...
01 May, 2010, 04.06 AM IST
- Govt to keep tabs on all gun owners
At present, the Centre has no data which can show how many people in the country have arms licences and what kind of weapons they have as t...
27 Dec, 2009, 05.24 AM IST