Guns
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OPINION | Lost eyesight due to PVC guns: Who is responsible?
India | Oct 24, 2025, 03:39 PM ISTTo make a pipe gun, two PVC pipes are joined and filled with potash or calcium carbide. Some water drops are dropped on this chemical and the ignition is carried out by using a lighter.
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'Nuke India,' 'Kill Trump': Minneapolis shooter wrote chilling messages on weapons
World | Aug 28, 2025, 10:40 AM ISTA shooter opened fire with a rifle on Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 others, including 14 kids.
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Trump rally shooting: What are Gun Laws in US and debate around it? Details
World | Jul 15, 2024, 08:41 PM ISTThe deadly attack on former US President Donald Trump has started a debate on Gun laws in the country as owning a gun is a constitutional right in the United States. Know details.
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Indian Navy, Coast Guard to get 463 stabilised remote control guns worth Rs 1,752 crore
India | Feb 14, 2024, 06:40 PM ISTThese guns will enhance the capability of the Navy and the Coast Guard to accurately engage small targets that pose a threat to ships in an asymmetric environment, both by day and night, the ministry said.
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Successful trials of made-in-India advanced artillery gun system carried out
India | May 03, 2022, 07:45 AM ISTIt's a true example of public-private partnership leading to a world class weapon system fully designed and developed in India. Such a weapon system is highly strategic for India.
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Two arrested in Kolkata with 10 kg explosives, guns
India | Sep 01, 2019, 11:44 AM IST"The two persons are suspected to be part of an arms-smuggling racket. They had come to the city to deliver the consignment to someone. We have seized two improvised country-made single-shot firearms and 10 kg explosives substances from their possession," he said.
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In Nagaland, tribals’ accounts used for hoarding black money, guns sold for old notes: Report
India | Dec 28, 2016, 09:15 AM ISTIn yet another shocking revelation related to black money hoarding post demonetisation, it has been found that launderers and arms suppliers are pumping illegal wealth into tax-exempt bank accounts of local tribes and even as investments in guns in N
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Darra Adamkhel – Pakistan’s ‘lethal town’ where guns come cheaper than smartphones
World | Jul 28, 2016, 05:32 PM ISTIn Pakistan’s tribal town of Darra Adamkhel, guns – used or refurbished Kalashnikovs at that – are available at a price cheaper than what a smartphone would cost you
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Defence Ministry nod to buy 145 ultra light Howitzers from US
India | Jun 26, 2016, 06:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: The defence ministry on Saturday paved the way for purchase of 145 Ultra Light Howitzers, worth about $750 million, from the US and also approved bulk production of 18 Dhanush artillery guns, the
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Australian police warn against 'firearm selfies'
Lifestyle | Dec 08, 2014, 06:55 PM ISTCanberra: Australians who post "selfies" on social media displaying their guns and ammunition could make themselves targets for thieves, police officials said Monday.Police detectives in the state of Victoria said that there has been an
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Know about a gun that can shoot at seven times the speed of sound
World | Nov 02, 2014, 11:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: The US Navy has announced plans to deploy its first ever electromagnetic RAILGUN in order to tap the power of the force to wage war.The electromagnetic Railgun is a long-range weapon that fires
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Olympics runner Oscar Pistorious trial: he loved guns, firearms expert tells court.
Other Sports | Mar 17, 2014, 08:52 PM ISTPRETORIA, South Africa : Months before he killed his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius said he drew his gun and went into "combat mode" after hearing the noise of a possible intruder at home, which turned out
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World's ten popular hand guns
World | Dec 12, 2013, 07:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: A handgun is a firearm designed to be handheld, in either one or both hands. The earliest use of the term was in 1388 when it was referred to as handgunnes. Major handgun
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Guns fall silent on Jammu border
India | Oct 27, 2013, 08:05 AM ISTJammu: Guns fell silent on Saturday after 12-day border skirmishes as BSF troops gave befitting reply to Pakistan by using equal calibre weapons in lethal retaliatory action along the International Border (IB) in Jammu frontier."There