Army trains Village Defence Guards in J&K's Doda as anti-terror ops continue in Chenab valleyThe Army is training Village Defence Guards in Doda district. Around 150 volunteers are learning to handle automatic rifles and self-defenc...
30 Dec, 2025, 07.34 PM IST
Security forces recover arms and ammunition in joint operations across ManipurIn joint operations involving the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, Manipur Police, and other security forces, a significant cache of weapons, inc...
24 Oct, 2024, 12.18 AM IST
Indian Army trains Village Defence Guards in J-K to counter terrorist threatsThe Indian Army, in collaboration with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, is training Village Defence Guards to enhance local security. Around 6...
06 Sep, 2024, 07.07 PM IST
The AR-15: One of America's most popular and deadliest gunsThe recent assassination attempt on former President Trump sheds light on the accessibility and lethality of AR-15 rifles in the US. The we...
14 Jul, 2024, 10.23 PM IST
One NSCN (K-Rebel) insurgent eliminated, another apprehended in Mon, Nagaland operationAn NSCN (K-Rebel) insurgent was killed and another apprehended by Assam Rifles in Mon district. NSCN-K (Niki) sets a deadline for non-local...
04 Mar, 2024, 07.32 PM IST
No instruction to give pistols in place of rifles to RPF jawans on trains: Central RailwayThe Railway Board has set up a high-level committee to probe the incident in which RPF constable Chetan Singh gunned down Assistant Sub-Ins...
04 Aug, 2023, 09.09 PM IST
N.Y. passes bill that raises age to buy guns and own semi-automatic riflesLess than three weeks after the Buffalo supermarket shooting, N.Y. passed a bill to raise the age to buy guns and own semi-automatic rifles.
03 Jun, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
Terrorist hideout busted in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri, huge cache of arms recoveredBased on specific information, joint parties of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the 38 Rashtriya Rifles launched an operation in a dense f...
30 Oct, 2020, 12.20 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
CRPF exploring technology to track looted weaponsCRPF Director General Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar confirmed that the force is looking at such technology. He, however, said that this is in planni...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.06 PM IST
AK-47 maker in talks for joint venture in India to manufacture weaponsKnown as one of the best assault rifles of the 20th century, AK-47s are now being reportedly used more by non- state agents than national d...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.13 PM IST
A huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered in ManipurThe seized items included two GSG-5 German rifles with four magazines and one Uzkon semi-automatic shot gun with three magazines.
22 May, 2018, 12.20 PM IST
OFB looks at replacing ageing INSAS rifles; to get 1.86 lakh 7.62-mm automatic riflesThe Army has sought approximately 8 lakh 7.62x51 mm assault rifles, out of which 72,000 rifles will be immediately purchased through global...
19 Mar, 2018, 07.38 PM IST
Dhaka terror attack rifles made in BengalAccording to the arrested terrorist in connection with the Dhaka attack, Pakistani tribal gunsmiths clandestinely visited Malda to train gu...
29 Oct, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
Arms, ammunition recovered from hideout in Rajouri districtThe Kalakote based Rashtriya Rifles battalion of the army recovered arms and ammunition from general area Lal Thandapani Forest yesterday.
11 Jul, 2015, 02.39 PM IST
Video on PDP MLA Mohammad Ashraf Mir stokes controversyThe video shows the People's Democratic Party leader purportedly firing several rounds in air from an AK-47 rifle at his residence.
26 Dec, 2014, 01.17 PM IST
Ishapore factory develops Indian variant of AK-47Rifle Factory, Ishapore, one of the oldest ordnance factories in the country, has successfully designed an assault rifle on the lines of th...
08 Oct, 2014, 11.24 AM IST