Assault Rifles Archives

News Reports

Union cabinet approves ₹5,100 crore project to manufacture 5 lakh AK-203 rifles in Amethi, to replace the INSAS rifle

OpIndia Staff - 4 December, 2021

Cabinet Committee on Security headed by PM Modi has approved the ₹5,100 crore project to manufacture 5 lakh AK-203 riffles at Korwa in Amethi

Government and Policy

Indo-Russian joint venture to soon produce 6.7 lakh AK-203 assault rifles in Amethi factory

OpIndia Staff - 9 October, 2019

A complete technology transfer with all components of the assault rifles produced in India will happen after the production of the first 1 lakh assault rifles in the Amethi factory.

Politics

Suspended BJP MLA Pravin Singh ‘Champion’ asks for security even as state unit recommends permanent suspension for him

OpIndia Staff - 11 July, 2019

A video of Pranav Singh Champion brandishing assault rifles and dancing to the tunes of Bollywood scores had recently gone viral

Social Media

Mujhko Rana Ji Maaf Karna: Meet the ‘Champion’ MLA who loves dancing shirtless with guns in hand

OpIndia Staff - 10 July, 2019

MLA Deshraj Karnwal had stated earlier that Pranav Singh 'Champion' is mentally imbalanced and he should get himself treated in Agra's mental hospital.

Crime

Before claiming ‘assassination attempt by sniper rifle’, Congress should have at least understood it could not have been a sniper rifle at all

Raju Das - 11 April, 2019

Real sniping is less about focusing on someone on the crosshair through the viewfinder, and more about understanding complex physics.

News Reports

Rahul Gandhi takes credit for Amethi Ordnance Factory, but it was lying idle before Modi revived it

OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2019

Interestingly, even after three years of the inauguration, the factory at Amethi did not even have carbine design which it can produce. The CAG in its audit report of 2010-11 had observed that the sanction of an ordnance factory at Amethi was an ill-conceived idea for several reasons.

News Reports