India moves towards arms self-sufficiency: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that India is increasingly achieving self-reliance in its defence sector, moving away from a heavy dependence on imports for arms and equipment.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that India is increasingly achieving self-reliance in its defence sector, moving away from a heavy dependence on imports for arms and equipment.
In an exclusive interview with The Statesman, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has said notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi is the action arm of the Government of India.
In a major operation, the Assam Rifles seized a large cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives, including 15 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 42 country-made grenades, from Manipur's Tengnoupal district.
These coordinated efforts, aimed at neutralising insurgency threats in the region, underscore the ongoing battle to restore peace and security in the state's vulnerable hill and valley areas.
These operations, designed to suppress militant activities, led to the significant recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition.
Following the search operation in the vulnerable and fringe areas in the violence-hit Manipur, arms and ammunition were recovered from the Imphal East district in the last 24 hours, police said on Tuesday.
A Srinagar based defence spokesman said that nine AK series rifles, three pistols, four grenades, two hundred eighty-eight AK and pistol rounds, fifty-five narco packets and other huge quantities of war like stores were recovered.
The infiltration bid in Krishna Ghati Sector was made on the night of June 14-15, confirmed the defence spokesman Lt Colonel Devender Anand.
According to the police, incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 1 pistol, 1 pistol magazine, 4 pistol rounds, 1 silencer, 1 IED, 1 remote control, 2 batteries, and 1 empty magazine of an AK 47 rifle were recovered on their disclosure.
The FIR was lodged by the anti-terror agency earlier this month against 10 arrested accused belonging to Pakistan's Balochistan region
