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Ordnance Factory worker held for sending sensitive info to Pakistani agent: UP ATS
Ordnance Factory worker held for sending sensitive info to Pakistani agent: UP ATS
Published on Mar 14, 2025 06:30 PM IST
PTI |
Ordnance Factories Day 2024: Date, history, significance
Ordnance Factories Day 2024: From history to significance, here's all that you need to know about this special day.
Published on Mar 17, 2024 12:03 PM IST
Tapatrisha Das, Delhi
Ordnance Factory Apprentice Recruitment 2023: Apply for 76 posts, details here
Ordnance Factory will recruit candidates for Apprentice posts. Eligible candidates can apply at munitionsindia.co.in.
Published on Apr 08, 2023 03:03 PM IST
Ordnance Factory Board to be dissolved today, staff retain service conditions
There had been a long-pending proposal to restructure the over 200-year-old defence ministry entity – the Ordnance Factory Board – which, with its 41 ammunition and military equipment production facilities, supplied critical arms and ammunition to the three armed forces and the paramilitary.
Published on Oct 01, 2021 06:34 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Ordnance Factory unions threaten stir against corporatisation bid
In a letter to defence minister Rajnath Singh, the unions said: “there will be serious labour unrest resulting in disturbance of defence production in case the consultants appointed by the defence ministry visits the ordnance factories and OFB headquarters.”
Updated on Jul 11, 2020 06:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
Testing lag, PPE worries and Delhi hotspot: Covid-19 news from India
Here’s a list of top stories from Hindustan Times newspaper
Updated on Mar 31, 2020 10:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
New road map for ordnance factories soon
Early into its second term in office, the Narendra Modi government has in principle decided to corporatise the 41 ordnance factories — the oldest government entities — to increase their efficiency, sharpen their competitive edge and expand their export potential.
Updated on Aug 22, 2019 05:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sudhi Ranjan Sen
Engineer killed, 8 hurt in Kanpur Ordnance Factory explosion
The explosion was deafening and the victims, who suffered burns injuries, were thrown several metres away due impact of the blast.
Updated on Apr 09, 2019 09:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kanpur | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha elections 2019: PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi spar over ordnance factory at Amethi
Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused PM Modi of “lying” to the people of Amethi, and said the ordnance factory in the Congress president’s constituency, where the PM on Sunday launched an India-Russia joint venture for production of AK-203 rifles, was already functioning for the “past many years”.
Published on Mar 04, 2019 10:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Umesh Raghuvanshi
PM Narendra Modi in Amethi today, to unveil string of projects
It will be Modi’s first visit as the PM to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha constituency.
Updated on Mar 03, 2019 07:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manish Chandra Pandey
Faulty ammunition proves lethal, 70 accidents on average every year since 2013-14
Accidents caused by faulty ammunition made in ordnance factories have seen an abnormal rise in the last few years and one of the main anti-aircraft guns, L-70 , is largely inactive due to unserviceable ammunition, according to a senior defence ministry official.
Updated on Dec 15, 2018 07:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sudhi Ranjan Sen
Ordnance factory explosion exposes untrained casual workers, use of ancient equipment
The Pulgaon explosion incident exposes alleged lack of precautions, official-contractor nexus in city’s defence establishment
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 05:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | S Singh
Packet containing live rounds of ammunition found in Lutyens’ Delhi
The officer said it was suspected that they fell from someone’s pocket and added that the ammunition was of Indian Ordnance Factories.
Updated on Jun 26, 2018 03:39 PM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | Press Trust of India
India needs to find a solution to its arms and ammo shortages
The defence public sector (DPS) is beyond repair. According to a Niti Ayog study, the value produced per worker in ordnance factories is a meagre ₹6 lakh versus the minimum of ₹40-50 lakh in value that is required to be produced per employee to make even a micro, small, and medium enterprise financially viable
Published on Jun 14, 2018 01:04 PM IST
Bharat Karnad
Ammo dump blast at army camp kills 1, injures 7
The blast occurred around 3.30 pm when a team from Ordnance Factory was inspecting the ammunition as a routine procedure, police officials of the district said
Updated on May 15, 2018 11:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hoshiarpur | HT Correspondent
One killed in ammo dump blast at Dasuya army camp, 7 injured
The explosion took place during an inspection of defective ammunition
Updated on May 16, 2018 12:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | HT Correspondent, Hoshiarpur