Tag: Ammunition
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Maoist ammunition dump busted along AP-Odisha border
Huge cache of explosives and Maoist items were seized during a joint operation by Malkangiri Police and Border Security Force (BSF) at the Maoists’ hideout along the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border.
December 31, 2021 -
Minister of state (Home) Reddy pats BSF for shooting down Pakistani Hexacopter carrying arms & ammunition
The minister was also shown the different systems and innovation adopted by the BSF on Border to neutralise the trans border threats from counter part side.
July 2, 2021 -
Four held in Siliguri with arms, ammunition
Police seized seven 7-mm pistols, 91 rounds of live cartridges and 14 magazines after conducting raids at different areas at Matigara, including Phansidewa More, last night, sources said.
January 22, 2021 -
Corporatisation vital to make OFB productive
In a counter press release, the OFB stated, “for the accidents which occurred between Jan 2015 to Dec 2019, where defect investigation has been completed, only 19 per cent of cases are attributable to the OFB.”
October 6, 2020 -
Huge cache of arms and ammunition seized in J&K’s Kathua district
In this operation, a huge cache of arms including one AK 47 rifle, one AK 56 rifle, one hand grenade, four magazines, 256 rounds of AK ammunition and 59 rounds of sniper ammunition were recovered.
December 29, 2018 -
Delhi police nab two suspected arms dealers with huge cache of arms, ammunition
Two suspected arms peddlers have arrested and a massive cache of arms and ammunition recovered by the special cell of Delhi Police.
August 9, 2018 -
No shortage of funds, ammunition in armed forces: Nirmala Sitharaman
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rejected reports of a shortage of ammunition in the armed forces and called Opposition allegations on the Rafale fighter jet deal “baseless”.
June 5, 2018 -
Army busts militant hideout in J&K
The Army said on Tuesday that it has busted a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and recovered some arms and ammunition from there. The hideout was in Choti Bati area of Mendhar sector, Defence Ministry sources said. The Army has recovered one AK-47 rifle with four magazines and 282 rounds of ammunition, …
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December 19, 2017 -
Faulty ammunition kills two, injures 43 BSF troopers in 6 years
Faulty mortar shells have killed two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and injured 43 during training in the last six years. All the incidents occurred after the shells failed to take flight up to the desired distance and exploded just after they ejected from the mortar. Data compiled by the BSF showed that the two …
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June 16, 2017 -
Arms, ammunition recovered in Kupwara forest
Security forces have recovered arms and ammunition from forest area in Handwara area of Kupwara district where a brief encounter took place with militants on Sunday night, police said on Monday. Troops of 6 Rashtriya Rifles noticed some suspicious movement in Kehmal forest area of Handwara yesterday and challenged the heavily armed militants, a police …
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May 22, 2017