Tag: Weapons
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Unsplendid Isolation
The government in Berlin has also approved the shipment of 9D-30 howitzers and ammunition, originally from Estonia. Germany would appear to have jettisoned its policy of not exporting deadly weapons to conflict zones, including Ukraine.
March 2, 2022 -
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 -
Weapons in TMC man’s car amid Malda faction feud
A firearm and almost fifty sharp weapons were recovered from the car owned by Tarun Ghosh, a local TMC leader and the husband of Nirupama Mandal, a TMC member of the Akandaberia gram panchayat in Kaliachak-III.
September 8, 2021 -
India to enhance its weapons, ammunitions stockings for 15 days intense war amid tensions at LAC
'I am fully confident that Indian Armed Forces will leave no stone unturned to safeguard our frontiers be it at land, air or ocean,' CDS Bipin Rawat said.
December 14, 2020 -
Microwaves and psyops
The Indian Army issued a denial on Tuesday, emphasising that no such incident has taken place in Ladakh and noting that they remain in control of the high ground
November 20, 2020 -
Maharashtra Police to get modern weapons, quality training, says CM Thackeray
Since the inception of the Maharashtra Police force, this was the first time that the Raising Day parade was held at the Marol Police Training Centre in suburban Andheri.
January 2, 2020 -
‘Would not like any state to tell us what to buy:’ S Jaishankar on buying weapons from Russia
Under a 2017 law, the United States imposes sanctions against countries over "major" arms purchases from Russia due to Moscow's military involvement in Ukraine and Syria and alleged meddling in US elections.
October 1, 2019 -
BSF aims to boost border crime control management
On the other hand, the Inspector General of the BSF, North Bengal Frontier, Headquarters, Ajmal Singh Kathat, brushed aside the BGB’s allegations during an interaction with the Indian media delegation yesterday evening.
July 19, 2019 -
India suspends cross-LoC trade indefinitely due to Pakistan pushing weapons, narcotics
The action has come following detection of several incidents of the trucks coming from PoK were carrying narcotics, weapons and Indian currency.
April 18, 2019 -
Weapons, explosives recovered from Maoist hideout in Jharkhand
The teams also recovered 85 packets of gelatin powder, 50 metre codex wire, detonators, seven Maoist photographs, Maoist literature and banners.
November 30, 2018 -
J-K police officer who decamped with weapons, joins Hizbul Mujahideen
Pictures of SPO Adil Bashir posing with an AK-47 rifle alongside Hizbul commander Zeenat-ul-Islam went viral on social media on Monday.
October 1, 2018 -
Punjabi singer, accomplice held for possessing drugs, arms
The Punjab Police on Saturday arrested a Punjabi singer and his accomplice and recovered drugs and illegal weapons from their possession. Those arrested by the Punjab Police’s Special Task Force (STF) include Punjabi singer Gurjant Singh, 24, and his accomplice Surjit Singh. They have been booked under the NDPS Act and Arms Act. The STF, …
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February 18, 2018 -
Huge cache of weapons seized in Pakistan
Pakistani security forces seized a huge cache of weapons and explosives in the northwest tribal region of Orakzai Agency on Friday. The security forces conducted an operation on receiving secret information and raided a house in the lower part of Orakzai Agency, one of Pakistan’s seven mountainous tribal regions located near the Pakistan-Afghan border, Xinhua …
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January 26, 2018 -
India becomes member of Australia Group
After its entry into the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), India on Friday notched up another success as it became a member of the Australia Group, the third of four key global export control regimes that will help pave the way for entry into the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group. India became the …
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January 19, 2018 -
Naxal gunned down in Chhattisgarh, weapons recovered
A Naxal was gunned down on Monday in an encounter with security forces at a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district, police said. The skirmish took place this morning in Jhilmili forest area when a joint team of personnel from different security forces was out on an anti-Maoist operation, Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal told PTI. …
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January 15, 2018 -
Global arms sales increase after five years
Global arms sales increased for the first time in five years in 2016 as rising geopolitical tensions fuelled defence spending, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Sales by the world’s 100 biggest arms producers increased 1.9 per cent from the previous year to reach $374.8 billion, CNN quoted SIPRI as saying in …
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December 11, 2017 -
Pakistan bans automatic weapons
Pakistan has suspended licences for all automatic weapons as part of a commitment by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to ban deadly firearms in the country by January. Abbasi in his inaugural speech in Parliament after assuming office in August had promised that he would outlaw all deadly weapons. An official of interior ministry said …
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November 13, 2017