New Delhi: Two types of indigenously manufactured howitzers for the Indian Army will be ready for trials by December 2012 and by June 2013, Government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. In a written reply to the House, Defence Minister AK Antony said, "As per the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) decision of October 2011, Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is to manufacture 155mm howitzers." The OFBs have been asked to manufacture...
03:24 PM, May 16, 2012
FPS Russia, a popular YouTube show, on its latest episode displays a weapon that could appeal to India's counter-insurgency forces - a flying machine gun. This deadly contraption has a sub-machine gun fitted with a 100-round magazine mounted on a quadrotor that can fly at speeds of 50 kmph and at altitudes of about 400 metres. It is also fitted with a camera, so that the operator can get a...
12:11 PM, Apr 25, 2012
London: Slash, lead guitarist of the American rock band Guns N' Roses, thinks music has lost its magic because of the popularity of downloads against physical releases. The 46-year-old thinks the modern popularity for purchasing albums through downloads lead to the listener missing out because they don't get a complete package that includes the visuals of artwork, reported Daily Star. "There was a certain excitement that came with the release...
05:35 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Samajwadi Party workers were on Sunday seen brandishing guns at MLA Mehboob Ali's victory rally on the Lucknow-Delhi road. ...
11:42 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Tripoli: The administration of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was running a covert programme to conceal weapons in Libyan embassies across the globe, a senior official in the new government said on Thursday. The weapons included handguns, grenades and bomb-making materials and were shipped using the diplomatic bag. They may have been intended for use in assassinations on Libyan dissidents abroad, or for operations against the embassies' host countries. The...
11:59 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Imphal: An NGO will soon launch a campaign against the use of toy guns by small children in interior Bishenpur district of Manipur as such toys may prompt the little ones to do 'unwanted things' in future life. Spokesman of the Association for Rural Development and Women Empowerment' (ARDWE) Marjit Singh told the media the association was trying to contact different NGOs including All Manipur Kanba Ima Lup (Mothers association...
01:35 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Ajdabiya: Libyan rebel fighter Jaad Jumaa Hashmi cranks up the volume on his pickup truck's stereo when he heads into battle against Muammar Gaddafi's forces. A musician himself, he looks for inspiration from a growing cadre of amateur rappers whose powerful songs have helped define the revolution. The music captures the anger and frustration young Libyans feel at decades of repressive rule under Gaddafi, driving the 27-year-old Hashmi forward even...
07:34 PM, Apr 24, 2011
London: Believe it or not, an Italian man, who was hit in the temple by a bullet during New Year's eve celebrations, has reportedly sneezed it out of his nose. 28-year-old Darco Sangermano was hit in his head by the stray .22 calibre bullet while wandering with his girlfriend through the city of Naples notorious for its rowdy New Year celebrations. The bullet went through the right side of his...
02:19 PM, Jan 11, 2011
London: American hard rock band Guns N' Roses have confirmed plans to record a new album, and have promised it won't take as long as their last album Chinese Democracy. The band's last album had hit stores in 2008, a full 15 years after work began on the long-gestating record. Front man Axl Rose is rumoured to have spent a massive $13 million in putting together the album. "We're talking...
12:48 PM, Nov 15, 2010
The innocuous looking weapons contain pistol cartridges and could prove lethal. ...
11:59 PM, Jan 25, 2010
Naxals picked cops' guns, fired in the air before fleeing. ...
12:25 PM, Oct 09, 2009
With no rains and most canals drying up, water has become very precious. ...
08:51 AM, Aug 17, 2009
Kevin Cogill was sentenced to 2 months of home confinement on Tuesday. ...
10:42 AM, Jul 15, 2009
Selimer was detained by CISF personnel at the Chennai airport. ...
09:35 PM, Jun 11, 2009
Police say the students are not hardened criminals. ...
12:32 PM, Apr 29, 2009
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