ED attaches Rs 4.69 crore assets in Jammu & Kashmir arms licence caseThe attached assets are in the form of bank balance, plots, flats and residential houses. The attachment has been made under the Prevention...
02 Apr, 2022, 11.13 PM IST
ED attaches assets in JK illegal arms licence issuance caseThe ED alleged that government officials used to take "commission" from arms dealers and brokers in their own bank accounts and also in the...
02 Apr, 2022, 02.45 PM IST
Rs 40 crore made through issuance of bulk arms licences in J&K, says EDED had last Thursday conducted search operations till late night on the premises of retired and serving bureaucrats and arms and ammunition...
28 Mar, 2022, 11.53 PM IST
Illegal gun licences: CBI raids 40 places, officials' homes in Jammu and KashmirThe agency conducted raids at Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur, Rajouri, Anantnag and Baramulla districts and at some places in Delhi as well. The...
25 Jul, 2021, 07.28 AM IST
CBI may have found procedural errors in 15-20 arms licences: ex-Udhampur DC Shahid Choudhary's kinThe CBI may have found "procedural errors" in 15-20 arms licences among the 1,700 issued in Udhampur during the one-year tenure of Shahid I...
24 Jul, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Arms licence case: CBI carries out search at 40 locations in Jammu and Kashmir, DelhiThe search operation is spread across Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur, Rajouri, Anantnag, Baramulla and Delhi at the official and residential pre...
24 Jul, 2021, 01.16 PM IST
CBI arrests two IAS officers in Jammu & Kashmir arms licence scandalThe two arrested are Rajiv Ranjan and Itrit Hussain Rafiqi, both served as District Magistrate, Kupwara from 2013-2015 and from 2015-2016 r...
01 Mar, 2020, 10.32 PM IST
CBI arrests conduit in J&K arms licence scandalIt is alleged that Grover was involved in various financial transactions with other co-accused persons including public servants. Grover wa...
25 Feb, 2020, 10.39 PM IST
Parliament passes bill for stringent punishment to those carrying, manufacturing illegal weaponsMoving the legislation in the Upper House, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said effective control over arms and ammunition ...
10 Dec, 2019, 08.27 PM IST
LS passes bill for stringent punishment to those possessing illegal arms, indulging in celebratory gunfirePiloted by Home Minister Amit Shah, the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019 also ensures that those using firearms in a rash or negligent manner in...
09 Dec, 2019, 06.53 PM IST
Seizure of illegal weapons increased by 11.5% between 2014 and 2016: GovernmentThe highest number of seizures, 16,990, took place in Uttar Pradesh in 2016 as compared to 15,327 in 2014, according to data presented by M...
24 Jul, 2018, 05.50 PM IST
Will new norms liberalise access of guns to those in power, but ignore security of the common man?Liberalising gun norms may rein in the illicit industry, but there’s also the risk of trigger-happy Indians turning the countryside into th...
24 May, 2015, 06.48 AM IST
New proposed draft rules of Arms Act may make it easier to own guns only for a chosen fewExperts contend that the proposed rules will only make it easier for netas, babus and some categories of professionals to get a gun.
23 May, 2015, 01.27 PM IST
New proposed draft rules of Arms Act may make easier to own guns for chosen fewExperts contend that the proposed rules will only make it easier for netas, babus and some categories of professionals to get a gun.
23 May, 2015, 04.54 AM IST
We are in the process of amending Arms Act, Centre informs HCThe MHA also submitted that by way of a 2012 notification it has made it mandatory that UIN be issued for every fresh arms licence.
11 Mar, 2015, 04.13 PM IST
Delhi High Court seeks government's reply on arms licences from outside DelhiDelhi HC today sought Centre's and city government's responses on the law under which the people of Delhi can keep arms issued on licence f...
08 Jan, 2015, 05.07 PM IST
Arms licences issued in north-eastern states under Delhi High Court radarThe NGO has sought directions to the government "to immediately implement a mechanism to stop the illegal trade of fake arms licence".
17 Dec, 2014, 06.54 PM IST