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Illegal firearm factory busted by Delhi Police
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): After several days of investigation and trailing, an illegal firearm factory busted by the Delhi Police on Friday, Gaurav Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Outer North District of the Delhi Police informed on Saturday.
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Army changes rules of engagement on LAC with China, empowers field command
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): After an incident of the violent face-off with China in Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army has changed its rules of engagement on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) which would allow field commanders to order troops to use firearms under "extraordinary" circumsta
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Border troops carry arms when leaving post, Indian troops in Galwan did so
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned why Indian soldiers were "unarmed" during the violent face-off with the Chinese troops, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that all troops on border duty always carry arms, especially when leavi
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Six arrested with 35 illegal firearms in Indore
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 2 (ANI): In the biggest single catch of arms in the last five years, Indore Crime Branch has arrested six people and recovered 35 illegal firearms including 12 pistols and 23 country-made guns.
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Canada's Alberta weighs appointing own chief firearms officer after gun ba
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], May 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The Canadian province of Alberta is considering appointing its own chief firearms officer in response to Ottawa's decision to ban 1,500 models and variants of military-grade assault weapons, Premier Jason Kenney said in a statement.
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MHA allows shooters to keep more firearms, ammunition
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry has amended the provisions of Arms Act to increase the number of firearms and ammunitions that can be kept by shooters for practice.
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Two arrested, huge cache of arms seized by GRP in UP
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): The Government Railway Police (GRP) here on Monday arrested two persons for allegedly smuggling firearms and seized 24 pistols and 48 magazines from their possession.
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Firearms recovered, 2 arrested in Bengaluru
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): The Central Crime Branch has recovered blank firearms from Saddaguntepalya Police Station limits.
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Two inter-state illegal firearms traffickers arrested in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Two men were arrested here for allegedly trafficking illegal firearms into the national capital, Delhi Police said on Sunday.
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Mumbai: 3 arrested with country-made pistols
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): The police on Friday arrested three people, including a female who had come to Mumbai to allegedly sell illegal firearms.
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Sukhbir Badal urges Home ministry not to reduce permissible weapons on lic
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday urged the Union Home Ministry not to reduce the number of firearms permissible on a license from three to one in Punjab keeping in view the special circumstances in the erstwhile tro
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Bill to amend Arms Act introduced in Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): A bill which seeks to increase punishment for illegally making or selling prohibited arms and ammunition, illegal manufacture and import or export of firearms was introduced in Lok Sabha on Friday.
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