Indian Army conducts firepower demonstration 'Exercise Topchi' at Devlali in NashikAs part of Atmanirbhar Bharat, indigenously manufactured artillery equipment such as the K-9 Vajra, SP gun system, Dhanush, 105 mm Indian f...
15 Jan, 2024, 07.25 PM IST
Defence Ministry clears 70,000 Sig Sauer assault rifles for Indian ArmyThe approval for the Indian Army to buy more than 70,000 of these assault rifles worth over Rs 800 crore has come at a time when the forces...
12 Dec, 2023, 07.58 PM IST
J&K Police to get American assault rifles, pistols for anti-terror operationsThe Jammu and Kashmir Police is probably the first in the country to get the modern weapons, they said, adding that the force will be procu...
04 Jan, 2022, 11.50 AM IST
Indian Army troops get American, Swiss rifles on China borderArmy officials deployed in these high altitude locations said the troops are now getting the American Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles for oper...
08 Aug, 2021, 07.05 PM IST
Central Asia outreach: Famed Indian battalion trains Uzbek troops for counter terror operationsIn exercises that will span 10 days, battle hardened Indian troops are sharing experiences in tackling terrorist threats in a variety of sc...
14 Mar, 2021, 07.42 PM IST
Army pushes ahead with plan to equip infantry soldiers with modern weaponsWith over 380 infantry and 63 Rashtriya Rifles battalions, the Army requires around 9.5 lakh assault rifles, 4.6 lakh CQB carbines and over...
18 Oct, 2020, 11.06 AM IST
Indian defence forces considering 'Made in India' carbine for meeting urgent requirements"The carbine produced by the Ordnance Factory Board at its facility in Ishapore in West Bengal has been offered to the armed forces who are...
07 Oct, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
New lot of American-origin Sig-Sauer assault rifles to be for troops deployed on China border"The first lot of these assault rifles was provided to the troops deployed in the counter-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir. The se...
06 Oct, 2020, 05.05 PM IST
Defence Ministry approves acquisition of military hardware worth Rs 2,290 crore, including 72,000 Sig Sauer assault rifles"The DAC headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accorded approval for various arms and equipment worth Rs 2,290 crore," the defence minis...
28 Sep, 2020, 08.21 PM IST
Army to use special powers to procure 72,000 Sig 716sThe armed forces are undertaking a large number of procurements under the emergency clause, triggered by the continuing standoff with Chine...
13 Jul, 2020, 07.42 AM IST
Indian Army to place order for 72,000 American assault riflesThe order for the second batch of the assault rifles would be coming after the first lot of 72,000 rifles, has already been delivered to th...
12 Jul, 2020, 05.19 PM IST
'Most wanted' gangster, associates arrested with sophisticated weapons in PunjabPunjab Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta said the arrests were made in a joint operation by a team of Organised Crime Control Unit, C...
08 May, 2020, 07.50 PM IST
Russian gun maker Kalashnikov unhappy with India's choice to buy American SigSauer gunsIn December last year, the Indian Army has started inducting its newly acquired American SiG Sauer assault rifles in operations. In additio...
07 Feb, 2020, 12.17 PM IST
After 15-year wait, troops to get new assault riflesSources on Wednesday said the Army has received 10,000 of the 72,400 rifles ordered from US firm SiG Sauer for Rs 638 crore in February thi...
14 Dec, 2019, 11.00 AM IST
Sig Sauer rifles to be made available to infantry by year-end: Army chiefGen Bipin Rawat said the Army is treading on that path to empower them to ensure they are well-equipped and well provided with operational ...
25 Oct, 2019, 11.16 PM IST
India signs contract with US firm for 72,400 assault riflesThe rifles, being used by US forces as well as several other European countries, are being bought under the fast-track procurement procedur...
12 Feb, 2019, 07.15 PM IST
Search for rifles: Russia not in list of 5 selected nationsArmy-led procurement team is set to visit gun manufacturers in the US, Israel and South Korea, and even countries from where India has neve...
31 May, 2018, 11.32 PM IST