Insas Rifles

The army has conducted a security audit of its base in Punjab's Bathinda after four soldiers were killed in a firing incident on Wednesday morning, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

A police complaint filed by an army Major into the killing of four soldiers at a military station in Punjab's Bathinda says two unidentified masked men in kurta-pyjama were seen at 4:30 am today.

Four soldiers were killed in an incident of firing inside Bathinda military station in Punjab this morning. They belonged to an artillery unit of the army.

Kerala police maintained that no rifles were missing, a day after the CAG audit found shortage of 25 INSAS rifles and 12,061 live cartridges from the Special Armed Police Battalion in Thiruvananthapuram.

A "military deserter" accused of stealing weapons from an Army institute escaped from police custody on Tuesday by scaling the wall of a hospital in Punjab's Hoshiarpur, where he was undergoing treatment for an injury, officials said.

A 25-year-old sepoy serving in the Indian Army was arrested in Punjab for allegedly stealing two INSAS rifles and ammunition from the army's training institute in Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

Two unidentified men posing as army officers stole two INSAS rifles and 20 cartridges from the Army Education Corps in Pachmarhi town of Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district around 2.30 am today.

AK 203 is the latest derivative of the legendary AK-47 rifle. India has signed a deal with a Russian firm to manufacture 750,000 of these assault rifles which would be given to the Army's infantry troops.

India has signed a contract with an American firm for 72,400 assault rifles at a cost of around Rs 700 crore, Defence Ministry officials have said.

In a major boost to anti-terror operation, security forces have killed six terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba during a fierce encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district early this morning.

The Indian Army will place an order for only 250,000 modern assault rifles -- just a third of its total requirement -- driven by budgetary constraints and the need to speed up deliveries, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

A top government panel led by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday decided to purchase 1,66,000 assault rifles and battle carbines, the basic weapon used by soldiers, on a fast track basis for the armed forces.

An American soldier fires an INSAS rifle and says approvingly: "I like it...it's good." Indian army jawans aim American rifles at targets, guided by US trainers.

In a major setback to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make In India initiative, the Army has rejected home-made 7.62 x51 mmassault rifles that were meant to replace AK-47s and INSAS rifles, the basic weapon used by jawans. NDTV has learnt that the indigenous assault rifle manufactured by the government's Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) failed basic tes...

A police constable, who took away four service rifles from a police post in Budgam district of Kashmir, has reportedly joined terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.

The army has conducted a security audit of its base in Punjab's Bathinda after four soldiers were killed in a firing incident on Wednesday morning, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

A police complaint filed by an army Major into the killing of four soldiers at a military station in Punjab's Bathinda says two unidentified masked men in kurta-pyjama were seen at 4:30 am today.

Four soldiers were killed in an incident of firing inside Bathinda military station in Punjab this morning. They belonged to an artillery unit of the army.

Kerala police maintained that no rifles were missing, a day after the CAG audit found shortage of 25 INSAS rifles and 12,061 live cartridges from the Special Armed Police Battalion in Thiruvananthapuram.

A "military deserter" accused of stealing weapons from an Army institute escaped from police custody on Tuesday by scaling the wall of a hospital in Punjab's Hoshiarpur, where he was undergoing treatment for an injury, officials said.

A 25-year-old sepoy serving in the Indian Army was arrested in Punjab for allegedly stealing two INSAS rifles and ammunition from the army's training institute in Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

Two unidentified men posing as army officers stole two INSAS rifles and 20 cartridges from the Army Education Corps in Pachmarhi town of Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district around 2.30 am today.

AK 203 is the latest derivative of the legendary AK-47 rifle. India has signed a deal with a Russian firm to manufacture 750,000 of these assault rifles which would be given to the Army's infantry troops.

India has signed a contract with an American firm for 72,400 assault rifles at a cost of around Rs 700 crore, Defence Ministry officials have said.

In a major boost to anti-terror operation, security forces have killed six terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba during a fierce encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district early this morning.

The Indian Army will place an order for only 250,000 modern assault rifles -- just a third of its total requirement -- driven by budgetary constraints and the need to speed up deliveries, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

A top government panel led by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday decided to purchase 1,66,000 assault rifles and battle carbines, the basic weapon used by soldiers, on a fast track basis for the armed forces.

An American soldier fires an INSAS rifle and says approvingly: "I like it...it's good." Indian army jawans aim American rifles at targets, guided by US trainers.

In a major setback to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make In India initiative, the Army has rejected home-made 7.62 x51 mmassault rifles that were meant to replace AK-47s and INSAS rifles, the basic weapon used by jawans. NDTV has learnt that the indigenous assault rifle manufactured by the government's Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) failed basic tes...

A police constable, who took away four service rifles from a police post in Budgam district of Kashmir, has reportedly joined terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.