China becomes world`s number three arms exporter: study

Last Updated: Monday, March 16, 2015, 19:59

China has eased ahead of Germany and France to become the world`s number three arms exporter after the United States and Russia, a Stockholm-based think-tank said Monday.

Treaty regulating global arms trade takes effect today

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 02:11

A landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade comes into force tomorrow, a milestone hailed by the United Nations and campaigners seeking to stop weapons sales to dictators, terrorists and human rights abusers.

Bangladesh arms haul case: Jamaat defers nationwide strike

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 21:43

The fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday deferred to Thursday a planned strike to protest the death sentence given to its chief along with ULFA leader Paresh Barua because of an annual congregation of Muslims and Saraswati Puja.

Bangladesh arms haul case: Jamaat calls nationwide strike

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 17:49

Jamaat-e-Islami called a nationwide general strike in Bangladesh on Monday to protest the death sentence given to its chief along with ULFA leader Paresh Barua in an arms smuggling case.

Global arms sales fall, Russia sales rise sharply in 2012

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 07:20

Russian firms increased weapons sales sharply in 2012 helped largely by a Kremlin armaments program, while global sales of arms and military services by private companies fell for a second straight year, data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute showed.

Illegal arms factory unearthed, three arrested

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 13:04

An illegal arms manufacturing factory was unearthed by police and three persons were arrested in Sikri village under Bhopa police station in the district.

Large arms, contraband haul from truck

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 16:48

Nine persons were arrested after a large haul of arms were recovered from a truck bearing a fake registration number of a paramilitary force at Phulbari in Siliguri on Thursday.

Nine held, huge amount of ganja, arms recovered in Bengal

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 15:24

Nine people were arrested and ganja worth over Rs.5 crore, besides arms and ammunition including an AK 47 rifle, were seized in West Bengal`s Darjeeling district, police said Thursday.

Syria has shipped less than 5% of chemical arms: Sources

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 02:19

Less than five percent of the most dangerous chemicals in Syria`s arsenal have left the country and Damascus will be pressured to move faster, sources close to the world`s chemical watchdog said.

LeT operative gets seven-yr RI in 2010 arms recovery case

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 19:26

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq was Wednesday sentenced to seven-year rigorous imprisonment by a local court in connection with a 2010 case of recovery of weapons from him.

More Syrian chemical arms toxins shipped out: Inspectors

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 03:21

More Syrian chemical weapons materials were loaded onto ships and transferred out of Syria on Monday, a joint inspection mission run by the United Nations and the global chemical arms watchdog said.

ED seizes over 3 dozen paintings from Abhishek Verma`s properties

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 00:18

Enforcement Directorate seized three dozen paintings and documents from premises of arms dealer Abhishek Verma after searches were carried out by sleuths in connection with money laundering probe.