[
assault rifle
]Defence ministry clears military purchases worth ₹2,920 crore, rifles from US among them
This proposed purchase follows an order for 72,400 assault rifles placed with the US last year. India signed the previous order worth ₹700 crore in early 2019 and the deliveries of all the rifles have been completed.
Updated on Sep 28, 2020 07:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent | Edited by Sohini Sarkar
UAE arms maker offers to make assault rifles in India
Caracal has stressed its commitment to the ‘Make in India’ initiative and offered transfer of technology to India.
Published on Sep 21, 2020 09:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
The urgency of defence reforms | HT Editorial
The assumption of a competitive equilibrium no longer holds
Updated on Jul 05, 2020 10:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Cop shoots wife, 3 of in-laws’ family dead with AK-47 in Moga
Published on Feb 16, 2020 10:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Moga | HT Correspondent, Moga
Suspected drug peddler killed, another injured in accidental police firing in Moga
Published on Dec 20, 2019 10:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Moga | HT Correspondent
Canada’s Trudeau pledges assault rifle ban, pivots campaign amid blackface scandal
Trudeau is campaigning in Toronto with less than five weeks to go before the Oct. 21 national election and two days after bombshell images of him in blackface emerged.
Updated on Sep 20, 2019 10:22 PM IST
TORONTO | Reuters
4 militants, including SPOs, killed in south Kashmir’s Pulwama
Officials said they found three assault rifles from the site in Lassipora and that a search operation was underway after the encounter ended.
Updated on Jun 07, 2019 09:50 AM IST
Srinagar | HT Correspondent
Days after mosque attack, New Zealand bans sale of assault and semi-automatic rifles
For the guns that are still out there, Ardern announced a buyback scheme that will cost between Nz$100 million and $200 million (between US$69 million and $139 million), depending on the number of weapons received.
Updated on Apr 24, 2020 10:44 PM IST
Wellington | Agence France-Presse
Army to get over one million hand grenades
Tenders worth Rs 25,000 crore are likely to be awarded to different yards in the next one to two years, an official said.
Published on Mar 21, 2019 12:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Army set to fast-track light machine gun buy
After ordering 72,400 assault rifles from the US under the fast track procedure (FTP), the army is now looking to take the same route to equip its soldiers with 16,000 new light machine guns (LMGs), two officials familiar with the matter said on the condition of anonymity.
Published on Mar 20, 2019 09:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rahul Singh
Pakistan gifts gold-plated assault rifle to Saudi Crown Prince Salman
The unusual gift for a visiting foreign dignitary was presented to Mohammad during his first official official visit to Islamabad.
Updated on Feb 21, 2019 05:11 PM IST
Islamabad | Press Trust of India
Defence Ministry approves procurement of 73,000 assault rifles from US
In October, 2017, the Army began the process to acquire around 7 lakh rifles, 44,000 light machine guns (LMGs) and nearly 44,600 carbines.
Updated on Feb 02, 2019 10:49 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Ohio man charged with planning ISIS-inspired attack on synagogue
Damon Joseph, 21, allegedly had made a detailed plan to kill worshippers at a synagogue in the city of Toledo during the Jewish Sabbath, which begins at sunset Friday and lasts until nightfall Saturday.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 10:48 AM IST
Chicago | AFP
US debates 3-D guns, judge blocks blueprint uploads
Made mostly of plastic, 3D printable guns, including military-style assault rifles used in many mass shootings, can be just as lethal. But unlike the metal guns, they are undetectable, without serial numbers, and can be owned without going through a background check of some sort.
Updated on Aug 01, 2018 10:16 PM IST
Washington, Hindustan Times | Yashwant Raj
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s son killed in Syria, the group says
Hudhayfah al-Badri was killed in an “operation against the Nussayriyyah and the Russians at the thermal power station in Homs,” the Islamic State group said in a statement alongside a photo of a young man holding an assault rifle.
Updated on Jul 04, 2018 07:07 PM IST
Agence France-Presse, Beirut | HT Correspondent
CISF wants to get bulletproof jackets that can withstand AK 47 bullets
Bulletproof jackets used by CISF personnel were procured in 2011 and a gunshot, if fired from close range, is capable of piercing the jacket and hurting a person, said the senior officer cited above
Updated on Jun 29, 2018 10:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Faizan Haidar
Indian Army to cut down order for assault rifles to 250,000 due to budget constraints: Report
The 1.3 million-strong Indian Army pruned its original requirement for 800,000 rifles, which would have cost $2.5 billion, to prioritise spending and advance the purchase of more up-to-date equipment, a person familiar with the matter said.
Updated on Jun 04, 2018 07:53 PM IST
Bloomberg, New Delhi | NC Bipindra