Army Ammunition Depot

A bomb, swept away from the Army's ammunition depot at Bardang in East Sikkim district during a flood around 10 months ago, was defused on Thursday, the police said.

Six people were killed and 10 were injured this morning after an artillery shell exploded during handling near an ordnance depot in Maharashtra's Wardha. The 23 mm shell exploded while it was being unloaded for disposal, a defence official said. Four were killed on the spot, and two died during treatment at a hospital, the police said.

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Nirmal Singh has landed into a controversy with the Army objecting to the construction of his house adjacent to an ammunition depot along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.

A fire broke out at the Army's ammunition depot in Bathinda district of Punjab early in the morning today. There was no report of any casualty in the incident.

Delay in procurement and recruitment has resulted into a shortage of firefighting trucks and personnel in ammunition depots of the army across the country, the government today said.

A week after 19 soldiers were killed in the explosion at the Army's ammunition depot at Pulgaon in Maharashtra, the Eastern Command has undertaken a safety audit of depots in eastern India.

The anti-tank mines that exploded at the Pulgaon Central Ammunition Depot killing 19 people earlier this week, were defective and leaking and despite repeated reminders no action was taken, top government sources have told NDTV.

In two states separated by distance but united in grief, bodies of two brave Indian army officers, Lt Col Ranjit Singh from Uttarakhand and Major Manoj Kumar from Kerala, were laid to rest today with full military honours.

"Mecca of Ammunition" says a board outside Pulgaon's Central Ammunition Depot, Asia's biggest. A fire there yesterday killed at least 19 people, including two Army officers and many fire-fighters who had rushed to douse the blaze that broke out a little after 1 am.

A fire at a massive military ammunition depot in Pulgaon in Maharashtra has killed two Army officers, a jawan and 13 civilian fire fighters. 17 people were injured and reported to be are in stable condition, the Army said today.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Army Chief General Dalbir Singh visited Pulgaon in north Maharashtra, where a massive fire in an ammunition depot has killed 17 Army personnel, including two officers. At least 19 people are injured.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked Defence Minister to visit the central ammunition depot in Maharashtra's Pulgaon to take stock of the situation after a major fire killed at least 17 security personnel, including two Army officers, there.

Seven U.S. Marines were killed and seven people injured during a training exercise at a military ammunition storage facility in western Nevada, U.S. military officials said on Tuesday.

Huge blasts were heard at the Army base at Panagarh in Burdwan district of West Bengal after its ammunition depot caught fire a little after midnight.

A bomb, swept away from the Army's ammunition depot at Bardang in East Sikkim district during a flood around 10 months ago, was defused on Thursday, the police said.

Six people were killed and 10 were injured this morning after an artillery shell exploded during handling near an ordnance depot in Maharashtra's Wardha. The 23 mm shell exploded while it was being unloaded for disposal, a defence official said. Four were killed on the spot, and two died during treatment at a hospital, the police said.

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Nirmal Singh has landed into a controversy with the Army objecting to the construction of his house adjacent to an ammunition depot along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.

A fire broke out at the Army's ammunition depot in Bathinda district of Punjab early in the morning today. There was no report of any casualty in the incident.

Delay in procurement and recruitment has resulted into a shortage of firefighting trucks and personnel in ammunition depots of the army across the country, the government today said.

A week after 19 soldiers were killed in the explosion at the Army's ammunition depot at Pulgaon in Maharashtra, the Eastern Command has undertaken a safety audit of depots in eastern India.

The anti-tank mines that exploded at the Pulgaon Central Ammunition Depot killing 19 people earlier this week, were defective and leaking and despite repeated reminders no action was taken, top government sources have told NDTV.

In two states separated by distance but united in grief, bodies of two brave Indian army officers, Lt Col Ranjit Singh from Uttarakhand and Major Manoj Kumar from Kerala, were laid to rest today with full military honours.

"Mecca of Ammunition" says a board outside Pulgaon's Central Ammunition Depot, Asia's biggest. A fire there yesterday killed at least 19 people, including two Army officers and many fire-fighters who had rushed to douse the blaze that broke out a little after 1 am.

A fire at a massive military ammunition depot in Pulgaon in Maharashtra has killed two Army officers, a jawan and 13 civilian fire fighters. 17 people were injured and reported to be are in stable condition, the Army said today.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Army Chief General Dalbir Singh visited Pulgaon in north Maharashtra, where a massive fire in an ammunition depot has killed 17 Army personnel, including two officers. At least 19 people are injured.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked Defence Minister to visit the central ammunition depot in Maharashtra's Pulgaon to take stock of the situation after a major fire killed at least 17 security personnel, including two Army officers, there.

Seven U.S. Marines were killed and seven people injured during a training exercise at a military ammunition storage facility in western Nevada, U.S. military officials said on Tuesday.

Huge blasts were heard at the Army base at Panagarh in Burdwan district of West Bengal after its ammunition depot caught fire a little after midnight.