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Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner cancels gun licences of realtor, criminal

December 02, 2025 3:59 pm

According to the police, the real estate dealer got injured after his revolver, kept in his waist, fell on the floor as he was preparing for the Ganesh festival on August 27, and a bullet was misfired.

Gun licence can be given to legal heir without threat to life: Karnataka High Court

November 21, 2025 8:01 pm

A Mangaluru resident wanted to give his .32 calibre revolver to his son.

Discharged from IGMC, Bumber Thakur visits Assembly, demands security and gun licence

March 25, 2025 9:05 pm

Speaking with the media, the BJP MLA said the attack on Bumber Thakur was the outcome of a gang war.

J&K revenue secretary to become first IAS officer to face trial in ‘gun licence scam’

January 01, 2025 7:34 am

Comes after the J&K HC’s criticism of ‘selective prosecution’ in the case pertaining to over 2.75 lakh illegal gun licences

Emboldened Biden, Dems pushing semi-automatic weapons ban

November 25, 2022 10:28 pm

The tough talk on guns follows passage in June of a landmark bipartisan bill on guns, and it reflects steady progress that gun control advocates have been making in recent years.

Gujarat: MLA questions cancelling gun licences of those above 60 years

March 16, 2022 4:08 am

Around 2,000 tribals in Kawant region of Chhota Udepur district were granted gun licence for agriculture purposes in 1975 by the state government, following a spate of robberies there.

In Patiala, plant 10 saplings to get arms licence, 5 to renew it

July 30, 2020 10:17 am

Under the Trees - For - Gun initiative, anyone desirous of attaining a new arms license or renewing an existing one would have to plant 10 trees for a new license and 5 for renewal. One would have to submit a selfie with each planted sapling at the time of filing an application.

Of India's 33.69 lakh gun licences, 12.77 lakh in Uttar Pradesh: MHA

October 02, 2017 1:18 pm

Punjab, which witnessed terrorism in 1980s and 1990s, has 3,59,349 active gun licences, most of which were issued during the two decades wherein militancy had engulfed the state. Punjab has a population of 2,77,43,338 as per the 2011 census.

In MP district, no toilet means no guns

June 05, 2016 2:32 am

As part of an initiative to dissuade people from defecating in the open and to motivate them to build a toilet at home, the district administration has come up with this unusual rider.

NCC tragedy: 10 months on,Parag Ingle still in coma

November 26, 2013 1:59 am

Parag Ingle was accidentally shot in the head by his teacher.

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