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Topic: Firearms

Kerala Police has its eyes on Indo-Russian AK-203, set to be first police force to procure it

This is a part of a larger project to modernise the standard-issue firearms used by the police force. The tender is for 250 units, with the deal valued at Rs. 2.25 crore.

‘Who’s the real Punjab DGP?’ Mann govt’s gun order backfires as opposition calls out ‘disparity’

Opposition leaders have been sharing photos of CM Bhagwant Mann & minister Anmol Gagan Maan purportedly posing with guns after Punjab govt notice banning public display of firearms.

Alec Baldwin fatally shoots crew member as prop gun ‘misfires’ on movie set, director injured

Halyna Hutchins, director of photography for the movie 'Rust', was killed in the accident Thursday. According to a report, Baldwin, 68, was seen outside the sheriff's office in tears.

Why women of Karnataka’s Kodagu are busy learning how to use a rifle

Under a Kodagu police programme, nearly 150 women have been trained in five batches over the last year on 0.22 rifle.

By amending Arms Act, Modi govt will make way for Gangs of Wasseypur-style gun possession

The amendments to the Arms Act are as illogical as demonetisation. India is not going to be any safer by reducing licensed ownership of firearms.

On Camera

From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.