explosives

Sukma, Seven Naxalites were arrested in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh and explosives were recovered from them. Police gave this information on Friday.These cadres, aged between 20 and 37, were caught near Mukram village under Chintalnar police station limits on Thursday when a joint team of...

New Delhi, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has directed PESO to formulate a model of safety measures to allow petrol pumps to operate in inhabited areas within 30 to 50 metres.The Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO), a subordinate office of the DPIIT, plays a vital...

Accordingly, the Minister has directed PESO to formulate guidelines in consultation with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) to create a model of safety measures to enable the operation of gasoline pump retail outlets in cases where...

In New Delhi [India], Union Minister Piyush Goyal announced a substantial 80 per cent concession in licensing fees for women entrepreneurs and a 50 per cent fee reduction for MSMEs.According to a press release from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, these incentives are expected to...

Raipur, Security personnel have recovered a cache of arms, ammunition and explosives from the site of an encounter in which five Naxalites were killed in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district a day ago, a senior police official said on Wednesday.Prima facie, it appears that the slain cadres...

The incident occurred when roadside explosives hit a security forces vehicle in the province's Kalat district, police sources in the area told Xinhua news agency.Police sources said the force vehicle was on routine patrol in the area when the blast occurred.After the explosion, police and...

Police, Army and BSF recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives in a joint operation in the general area of ​​Nangari forests in Dardpora village of the district, police said.“The search operation led to the recovery of a huge cache of war material, which includes eight AK...

Known as SEBEX 2, this locally manufactured explosive has successfully passed certification tests conducted by the Indian Navy.Developed by Economic Explosives Ltd (EEL) in Nagpur, a subsidiary of Solar Industries under the 'Make In India' initiative, SEBEX 2 aims to increase the effectiveness...

Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Economic Explosives Limited, a subsidiary of Solar Industries, Nagpur, has developed three new explosive formulations which can prove to be a game changer for the armed forces due to increased lethality and explosive effect. Industries officials said.Solar...

Sivagangai (Tamil Nadu) [India], A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Sivagangai for illegally storing explosive material in a house, Sivagangai district police said on Monday.Police said the accused, identified as S Aravindan of Arasaneri Keelamedu, was detained on Saturday evening after...

"They were intricately planted homemade bombs, but explosives experts destroyed them without causing any damage," Major Ahmed Saber of Mosul police told Xinhua news agency.He said the site was now ready to resume restoration work carried out by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...

NAGPUR: The death toll in a blast at an explosives factory in Maharashtra's Nagpur district has risen to nine with the death of the last person, officials said on Sunday.Director of Dande Hospital, Dr. Pinak Dande said that Pramod Chavre died of burns at a private medical facility here on...

Bijapur: Four Naxalites, including two women, were arrested in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday, one of whom had a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head, police said.An official here said that explosives were also recovered from them.The development occurred on a day when eight...

Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], A day after six workers died in a blast at an explosives manufacturing unit in Dhamna, Nagpur, the director and manager of the factory were granted bail by the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class Court (JMFC), Hingna.Earlier in the day, Chamundi Explosives...

Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Indian Army has inducted indigenous loiter munition, Nagastra-1, developed by Nagpur-Besar Solar Industries.The Indian Army has placed an order with Solar Industries subsidiary Economics Explosives Ltd (EEL) for the supply of 480 Loiter munitions under an...

Nagpur: The owner and manager of an explosives factory near Nagpur city where six workers lost their lives were arrested on Friday and later granted bail.Chamundi Explosives Private Limited director Jai Shivshankar Khemka (49) and factory manager Sagar Deshmukh were arrested and produced in...

Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], A day after six workers died in a blast at an explosives manufacturing unit in Nagpur's Dhamna, the factory director and manager have been arrested, the city police said on Friday.Police Inspector Vinod Godbole of Hingna Police Station, Nagpur said that Chamundi...

Sukma: Security forces have recovered a cache of explosives from a Maoist dump in the forests of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said on Friday.A joint team of District Reserve Guard, Bastar Fighters and Central Reserve Police Force's Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) made...

NAGPUR: Police on Friday arrested the director of an explosives factory and its manager, an official said, a day after an explosion at the unit near Nagpur city killed six workers.Chamundi Explosives Pvt Ltd director Jai Khemka (49) and factory manager Sagar Deshmukh were arrested and will be...

Nagpur: The wife of a man who was seriously injured in Thursday's blast at an explosives manufacturing unit in Nagpur is lying unconscious in the hospital where he is undergoing treatment and unfortunately the factory authorities are yet to contact her.Six workers, including five women, were...