News for 'illegal arms factory'

Police Bust Illegal Arms Factory In Meerut, Two Arrested

Police Bust Illegal Arms Factory In Meerut, Two Arrested

Rediff.com2 days ago

Police in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, busted an illegal arms factory, arresting two individuals and seizing a cache of weapons and manufacturing equipment.

Meerut Police Bust Illegal Arms Factory, Arrest 11

Meerut Police Bust Illegal Arms Factory, Arrest 11

Rediff.com26 Apr 2026

Police in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, have dismantled an illegal arms manufacturing factory and arrested 11 individuals following a raid on a house in Alipur village.

Police Uncover Illegal Arms Factory In Uttar Pradesh

Police Uncover Illegal Arms Factory In Uttar Pradesh

Rediff.com25 Apr 2026

Police in Uttar Pradesh busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit in Moradabad, arresting three individuals and seizing a large quantity of firearms and manufacturing equipment.

Police Bust Illegal Arms Factory In Jharkhand

Police Bust Illegal Arms Factory In Jharkhand

Rediff.com7 May 2026

A joint operation by Sahibganj police and Bihar STF led to the discovery of an illegal mini-arms factory in Jharkhand, resulting in the arrest of the main accused and seizure of weapons and equipment.

How Meerut Police Busted An Illegal Arms Factory Hidden Under A Bed

How Meerut Police Busted An Illegal Arms Factory Hidden Under A Bed

Rediff.com28 Apr 2026

Police in Meerut busted an illegal arms manufacturing factory concealed in the basement of a house, with the entrance hidden under a double bed. Eleven people were arrested, and investigations are ongoing to uncover the network involved.

Illegal Arms Manufacturing Unit Unearthed In Baghpat, Three Arrested

Illegal Arms Manufacturing Unit Unearthed In Baghpat, Three Arrested

Rediff.com1 days ago

Police in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, have dismantled an illegal arms manufacturing unit and arrested three individuals. The raid yielded a significant cache of firearms, ammunition, and weapon-making tools.

Delhi police arrests Bhatkal, aide for setting up illegal arms factory

Delhi police arrests Bhatkal, aide for setting up illegal arms factory

Rediff.com28 Oct 2013

Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his close aide were sent to custody of the Delhi police for 15 days after a court allowed the plea of the probe agency to arrest them in a case lodged in 2011 for allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory.

Arms factory case: Chargesheet filed against 5 IM men

Arms factory case: Chargesheet filed against 5 IM men

Rediff.com8 Aug 2014

The Delhi Police on Friday filed a charge sheet in a court against suspected top Indian Mujahideen operatives Tehsin Akhtar, Zia-Ur-Rahman and three others for allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory in the national capital from where a huge quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered.

Modi Predicts BJP Government In West Bengal After Polls

Modi Predicts BJP Government In West Bengal After Polls

Rediff.com27 Apr 2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence that the BJP would form the next government in West Bengal after the assembly polls, asserting that he would return to the state for the oath-taking ceremony after results are announced on May 4.

Delhi Court Convicts Man for 2019 Cousin Murder, Acquits Accomplice

Delhi Court Convicts Man for 2019 Cousin Murder, Acquits Accomplice

Rediff.com2 Apr 2026

A Delhi court has convicted a man for the 2019 murder of his cousin based on circumstantial and forensic evidence, while acquitting his alleged accomplice due to lack of proof of common intention.

Arms factory case: Charge sheet filed against Bhatkal, aide

Arms factory case: Charge sheet filed against Bhatkal, aide

Rediff.com24 Feb 2014

The Delhi police has filed its charge sheet in a local court against Indian Mujahideen (co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar for allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory in New Delhi from where huge quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered.

Meghalaya turns into hub for illegal small arms

Meghalaya turns into hub for illegal small arms

Rediff.com10 Sep 2008

Though the Meghalaya police have carried out many operations in recent times to bust such illegal arms manufacturing units, it has failed to stem the menace. The police have destroyed many such small arms factories in various parts of Cherrapunjee and Mawsynram in East Khasi Hills district of the hill state in recent past. But the factories again come up once the police lower their guard.

Army indicts 27 officers for illegal arms sales

Army indicts 27 officers for illegal arms sales

Rediff.com7 Jul 2011

An Army Court of Inquiry has indicted 27 Army officers for illegal sale of weapons for private use and recommended disciplinary proceedings against them.

860 CAPF companies, 60K cops to man 59 assembly seats in UP Phase IV polls

860 CAPF companies, 60K cops to man 59 assembly seats in UP Phase IV polls

Rediff.com22 Feb 2022

Of the 59 assembly constituencies, three have been categorised as 'sensitive' and 590 localities marked as 'vulnerable,' according to the police.

'IM planned to send poison letters to kill targets'

'IM planned to send poison letters to kill targets'

Rediff.com20 Aug 2014

Indian Mujahideen was planning to send letters "soaked with poison" to their targets to kill them, the Delhi Police has told a court here in its charge sheet filed against six suspected men of the terror outfit in a case of allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory in New Delhi.

Have You Ever Been To Bodoland?

Have You Ever Been To Bodoland?

Rediff.com10 Feb 2025

The Bodoland Territorial Region in Assam is slowly picking up the pieces and finally finding peace after being subjected to decades of insurgencies and violence.

NIA, Delhi police spar over Indian Mujahideen operatives

NIA, Delhi police spar over Indian Mujahideen operatives

Rediff.com2 Apr 2014

A tug of war was witnessed in a Delhi court between the National Investigation Agency and the Special Cell of Delhi Police for seeking the custody of top Indian Mujahideen operatives Tehseen Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas.

Bhatkal's aide Fasih assaulted inside Tihar

Bhatkal's aide Fasih assaulted inside Tihar

Rediff.com22 Mar 2014

Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal's aide Fasih Mahmood, deported from Saudi Arabia in 2012 for his alleged involvement in terror acts, has been allegedly assaulted by a jail inmate inside the high security Tihar jail.

Govt moves bill in LS to ban strikes by essential defence services

Govt moves bill in LS to ban strikes by essential defence services

Rediff.com22 Jul 2021

The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021, introduced by Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt amid din created by the Opposition over three new agri laws and the alleged Pegasus snooping controversy, seeks to replace an ordinance issued in June.

UP Police on alert; social media being monitored: DGP

UP Police on alert; social media being monitored: DGP

Rediff.com12 Nov 2019

The top cop of the state said despite the verdict coming out last week every district is on a "high state of preparedness" and no untoward incident has been reported so far.

REVEALED: Indian Mujahideen's plan to go beyond blasts

REVEALED: Indian Mujahideen's plan to go beyond blasts

Rediff.com4 Nov 2013

The seizure of Chinese guns at the Zephyr apartments in Mangalore in September belonging to the Indian Mujahideen has been a wake up call for the Indian agencies. This was an indicator that the IM sought to go beyond the bombs and even indulged in the use of arms for future terror strikes.

Parliament passes bill to ban strikes by essential defence services

Parliament passes bill to ban strikes by essential defence services

Rediff.com5 Aug 2021

Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and some other members sought that the bill be referred to a standing committee for scrutiny.

What was their role in '93 blasts

What was their role in '93 blasts

Rediff.com16 Jun 2017

The detailed role of the six convicts in the case, whose trial was separated from the main one, which concluded in 2007.

Birbhum Killings: Politician-Police-Criminal Nexus

Birbhum Killings: Politician-Police-Criminal Nexus

Rediff.com2 Apr 2022

The cycle of violence resulting from the increasing criminalisation of politics cannot stop, will not stop, unless there is a wider political consensus against relying on criminal mafias for electoral purposes, argues Virendra Kapoor.

How Governments Harm Job Creators

How Governments Harm Job Creators

Rediff.com21 Apr 2022

From small restaurants to mighty software companies, it is businesses, not the government, that create jobs. Yet, in a cruel irony, they have to fight extortive and brutal State power every step of the way, says Debashis Basu.

In Kolkata rally, Amit Shah attacks Mamata, Rahul on NRC issue

In Kolkata rally, Amit Shah attacks Mamata, Rahul on NRC issue

Rediff.com11 Aug 2018

The BJP chief began his speech with the slogan of uprooting the TMC government from Bengal and said in order to do that, he would visit all the districts of the state.

Impasse enters Day 16: Toyota rolling out less than 100 units a day

Impasse enters Day 16: Toyota rolling out less than 100 units a day

Rediff.com27 Nov 2020

Battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, the maker of the Fortuner and Innova models is staring at a steep loss in the ongoing financial year.

The scary messages from the Saran riots

The scary messages from the Saran riots

Rediff.com17 Aug 2016

'Consider this image of today's youth in Bihar -- armed with a bike, a smartphone and possibly some illegal arms too, imbibing incessant stream of images from the Internet and television.' 'Some of them would turn into gau bhakts, some would listen with interest the exploits of Salafism, dig deep into the Internet to come out with images which cry vociferously that their respective religions are in danger.'

Centre's welfare scheme funding gun-making racket in Bihar!

Centre's welfare scheme funding gun-making racket in Bihar!

Rediff.com12 Dec 2013

When the Union government had launched the Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana with much fanfare years ago, they could not have imagined in their wildest nightmares that one day, the welfare scheme will be used by terrorists to carry out their subversive schemes.

Is terror group SIMI regrouping for a new attack?

Is terror group SIMI regrouping for a new attack?

Rediff.com22 Apr 2014

IB sources say the arrests of top Indian Mujahideen operatives and trouble brewing within the terror group has led to the re-emergence of SIMI, who is planning a fiery attack. Vicky Nanjappa reports on this new terror threat.

Toyota lockout lifted but workers refuse to sign undertaking

Toyota lockout lifted but workers refuse to sign undertaking

Rediff.com25 Mar 2014

When the workers returned to work for the 6 am shift on Monday morning, the management insisted each employee sign an undertaking, but the workers refused to do so.

Documents seized from arrested man showed his links with ISI

Documents seized from arrested man showed his links with ISI

Rediff.com15 Nov 2015

The documents recovered from suspected ISI agent Akhtar Khan's home in the city "clearly showed" his links to Pakistan's ISI, a top Special Task Force officer said.

Karnataka govt prohibits lockout at Toyota's plants

Karnataka govt prohibits lockout at Toyota's plants

Rediff.com21 Apr 2014

Workers' union to hold meeting on Monday to decide when to return to work.

Terrorists under great pressure, financial crunch: Jaitley

Terrorists under great pressure, financial crunch: Jaitley

Rediff.com13 Aug 2017

Today no big militant can dream of committing terror acts, the MoD said.

'The real farmer doesn't go out to agitate'

'The real farmer doesn't go out to agitate'

Rediff.com3 Oct 2018

'Most of the agitations are staged by the Opposition to disturb the peace of the state.'

'BJP government is doing precious little to stop cattle smuggling'

'BJP government is doing precious little to stop cattle smuggling'

Rediff.com26 Jul 2018

'The previous (Congress) government at least did not veto provisions of the cattle laws.' 'The BJP is actively weakening the provisions.' 'The BJP government tried to export goats from Nagpur for slaughter to the Middle East.' 'The whole country was aghast and offended. We are a country of Ahimsa.' 'The BJP has incentivised the butcher industry so meat export has gone up, live animal export has gone up, leather export is on the rise, smuggling has gone up.'

Central forces to guard all polling stations in Bihar: EC

Central forces to guard all polling stations in Bihar: EC

Rediff.com14 Sep 2015

In a first, central paramilitary forces will be deployed at all 62,779 polling stations during the 5-phase Bihar assembly polls, the Election Commission said on Monday.

India's push to save its cows starves Bangladesh of beef

India's push to save its cows starves Bangladesh of beef

Rediff.com3 Jul 2015

About 2 million head of cattle are smuggled into Bangladesh annually.

'Why will black money get purged?'

'Why will black money get purged?'

Rediff.com17 Nov 2016

'Even with the restrictions of depositing more than Rs 2.5 lakh in a bank, people will find new methods to convert this cash hoard into legal tender.'

Muzaffarnagar riot-hit victims still stuck in nowhere land

Muzaffarnagar riot-hit victims still stuck in nowhere land

Rediff.com8 Jan 2014

The last batch of post-riot refugees are stuck between the government and camp patrons who have gone from being benefactors to opportunists, says Sreenivasan Jain