Barack Obama directs new gun background check measures

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 09:38

The Obama administration proposed two new gun control regulations aimed at clarifying restrictions on gun ownership for the mentally ill and strengthening a database used for background checks before firearm purchases.

Search operations against Maoists yield huge piles of firearms

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 14:51

Three Maoists were on Thursday arrested and a huge haul of arms and ammunition, including 100 grenades and 1,325 SLRs, recovered during an intensive operation launched by the Special Task Force of Bihar Police.

19 pistols, 24 cartridges recovered; 2 held in Delhi

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 01:04

Two men were arrested and 19 pistols and 24 live cartridges recovered from them by police which claimed on Tuesday to have busted a gang which `home delivered` illegal firearms after taking the order on phone and getting the payment deposited in their accounts.

3-D printers raise concerns over potential misuse for developing plastic firearms

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 21:21

As the three-dimensional (3D) printers make artists` and hobbyists` dream a reality by allowing them to produce virtually anything from garden gnome figures to nuts and screws.

3-D printers raise concerns over potential misuse for developing plastic firearms

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 15:33

As the three-dimensional (3D) printers make artists` and hobbyists` dream a reality by allowing them to produce virtually anything from garden gnome figures to nuts and screws, analysts believe that the devices raise serious concerns about their potential misuse.

Five youth arrested with arms from DU: 2 sent in PC, 3 to JC

Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 20:23

A law student of Delhi University and another youth, who were among 5 arrested with weapons from campus ahead of student union polls, were remanded in two-day police custody by a court here.

Batla encounter: Accused refutes police theory on firearms

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 21:45

Suspected IM operative Shahzad Ahmad claimed before a court that Delhi police Inspector MC Sharma was not killed by bullet from his gun.

US Secret Service arrests man with firearms near White House

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 16:28

US Secret Service has arrested a man from across the street near the White House for carrying an unlicensed pistol and other fire arms.

Police seize sophisticated firearms in two separate incidents

Last Updated: Monday, June 10, 2013, 23:07

In two separate cases, the city police confiscated seven sophisticated firearms, including a foreign made 9 mm carbine machine gun and 17 rounds after arresting three suppliers.