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NDTV
a day ago
- NDTV
328 Arms, 9,300 Rounds Of Ammunition Recovered In Manipur By Joint Forces
Imphal: In a major development, the security forces in joint operations, have recovered 328 arms and around 9,300 different types of ammunition in restive Manipur, officials said here on Saturday. A senior police official said that in the early hours of Saturday, on the basis of specific Intelligence reports regarding the presence of a large cache of arms and ammunition stashed in different areas of five Imphal valley districts, simultaneous search operations were launched at different locations. He said that joint teams of Manipur Police, Army, Assam Rifles, Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) recovered the significant number of arms and a huge cache of ammunition and war-like stores from the outskirts of five valley districts of Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur, and Kakching. Of the 328 arms recovered, 151 are Self-Loading Rifles (SLRs), followed by 73 rifles, 65 INSAS rifles, 12 Light Machine Guns (LMGs), six AK series rifles, five carbines, six pistols and many other different types of arms. The joint forces also recovered around 9,300 various types of ammunition in the most successful operations, the official said. A Manipur Police statement said that these Intelligence-based operations mark a major achievement for the Manipur Police, the security forces, in their continued efforts to restore normalcy, maintain public order, and ensure the safety and security of citizens and their property. The Manipur Police reiterates its commitment to a peaceful and secure Manipur, the statement said. It said that the public is urged to cooperate with the police and security forces and report any suspicious activities or information related to illegal weapons to the nearest police station or Central Control Room. "Senior police officials are in close coordination with all security stakeholders to ensure that such operations continue in a sustained and focussed manner to restore normalcy, maintain public order, and ensure the safety and security of citizens and their properties," the statement said. The recovery of 328 arms and 9,300 various types of ammunition is the first major success of the security forces in Manipur after the ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3, 2023. Various official reports, political parties claimed that during the ethnic riots more than 6,020 varied types of sophisticated arms and lakhs of different types of ammunition were looted from the police stations and police outposts by the mobs, attackers and militants. Till March 6, around 1,000 looted and illegally-held weapons, including many sophisticated arms, and a huge cache of ammunition, have been returned to the security forces since Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla made the appeal for the first time on February 20.
Time of India
a day ago
- Time of India
Manipur police, security forces recover over 300 weapons in joint operations across five valley districts
Pic credit - ANI NEW DELHI: The Manipur police, in joint operations with personnel of Central armed police forces (CAPFs), Army and Assam Rifles, have recovered 328 arms, including 151 self-loading rifles, in intelligence-based operations undertaken across five Valley districts during the intervening night of May 13 and 14. The recoveries include 65 INSAS rifles, 6 AK series rifles, 73 rifles, 12 Light Machine Guns (LMGs), 5 carbine guns, 2 MP5 guns, 2 Amogh rifles, 1 mortar, 6 pistols, 2 barrel guns, 1 AR15 and 2 flare guns. A huge cache of ammunition was also seized, including 591 magazines, 3534 SLR rounds, 2176 INSAS rounds, 2252 .303 rounds, 235 AK series rounds, 407 Amogh rounds and 20 9mm rounds. As many as 10 grenades and 7 detonators were also seized. 'In the intervening night of 13.06.2025 and 14.06.2025, on receipt of specific intelligence regarding presence of large cache of arms and ammunition etc. stashed in different areas of valley districts, simultaneous search operations were launched at different locations in the outskirts of 05 (five) valley districts by joint teams of Manipur Police, CAPFs, Army/ AR and the following arms/ ammunitions/ explosives/ warlike stores were recovered by the joint teams,' office of Manipur DGP Rajeev Singh said in a statement on Saturday. It further said that 'these intelligence-based operations mark a major achievement for the Manipur police, the security forces, in their continued efforts to restore normalcy, maintain public order, and ensure the safety and security of citizens and their property. 'The public is urged to cooperate with the police & security forces and report any suspicious activities or information related to illegal weapons to the nearest police station or Central Control Room,' the police said in its statement. Senior police officials are coordinating with all security stakeholders to ensure that such operations continue in a sustained and focused manner to restore normalcy, maintain public order, and ensure the safety and security of citizens and their properties, added the police. Sources said around 5000 weapons have been recovered from across Manipur since ethnic violence broke out, of which a little less than 1,100 were surrendered. Remaining were seized by police and security forces during raids and searches. As per CRPF sources, 991 weapons were surrendered between Feb 20 and expiry of the deadline set by Manipur governor Anay Bhalla in his appeal to rebels for voluntarily returning the weapons looted following the outbreak of ethnic violence in Manipur in May 2023. Around 11,526 ammunition items, 366 hand grenades, 230 bombs and 10 IEDs were also surrendered by the rebels or protesters across state, during this period.
Time of India
25-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Paras Defence to consider stock split at April-end board meeting
Paras Defence and Space Technologies said in a stock exchange filing on Friday that its board of directors will meet on April 30 to consider and approve a proposal to split the company's existing equity shares. The agenda for the board meeting also includes consideration of the audited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter and financial year ended March 31, 2025, and a proposal to recommend a dividend for the year, the company said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 단 3%만이 레벨 8을 통과할 수 있습니다. 과연 해적을 물리칠 수 있을까요? Stormshot 플레이하기 Undo The company said the stock split would be taken up under the provisions of Section 61 of the Companies Act, 2013. Paras Defence did not disclose the proposed ratio of the stock split in its filing. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Shares of Paras Defence have gained 40% over the past year and are up 9% in the last six months. In the last week alone, the stock has risen 2.6%. On the technical front, the stock is trading above seven of its eight key simple moving averages but remains below its 200-day simple moving average. The 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) stands at 63.8, indicating that the stock is neither oversold nor overbought. Live Events At the start of this year, Paras Defence announced it had received a lifetime-validity manufacturing license from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to produce MK-46 and MK-48 belt-fed Light Machine Guns. The license allows an annual production capacity of 6,000 units for each model and is granted under the Arms Act, 1959. Also read | Paras Defence shares rally 10% on getting license to make Light Machine Guns ( Disclaimer : Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of The Economic Times)
