The ace shooter qualified for the men's 50m rifle prone event at the 2008 Olympic Games.
The selection committee meeting to pick the Indian team for the one-day series against England will go ahead on Friday despite the BCCI being hit by administrative crisis following the latest Supreme Court order. The BCCI announced that the selection panel headed by former India wicketkeeper MSK Prasad will gather in Mumbai on Friday to pick the Indian team for England series, comprising three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals, starting January 15. The selectors will also pick the India A squad for two warm-up matches against England to be held at CCI, Mumbai.
Twenty-one sportspersons, including cricketer Virender Sehwag, footballer I M Vijayan and hockey player Gagan Ajit Singh, have been named for the Arjuna awards 2002.
The 31-year-old passenger was travelling to Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region, from his home state of Bihar.
Defender Dilip Tirkey will lead the team for the four-Test series, starting on September 24.
Sanjeev Rajput was the highest placed Indian at the 13th position in the ISSF World Cup.
Gagan Narang and Samaresh Jung earned India two more gold medals at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Melbourne.
India beat Ireland 6-2 to win the third and last Test in Cologne, Germany.
Deepak Thakur and Kanwalpreet Singh scored two goals each as India registered their second victory in the four-nation hockey tournament in Dusseldorf.
Gagan Ajit Singh, Jugraj Singh and Prabhjot Singh are shortlisted Young Player of the Year award, while Devesh Chauhan and Dilip Tirkey are in the running for the senior award.
Sher-e-Jalandhar beat a fighting Maratha Warriors 3-0 via tie-breaker in the Premier Hockey League.
Gagan Ajit Singh scored a brace in a 5-0 victory in the Premier Hockey League.
The IHF president said he made the "mistake" of including the likes of Dhanraj Pillay in the team for the Olympics.
The Forbes 5th annual '30 Under 30' list features 600 women and men.
Gagan Ajit Singh scored three minutes before the final whistle in a Super League match of the Nehru hockey tournament.
The 25-year-old GAIL employee was three shots ahead of his nearest competitor and elder brother Simarjeet Singh after round 3 in the Royal Challenge golf championship.
India scored twice in each half for a 4-1 win in the Hamburg Masters hockey tournament.
PM Modi proposed a USD one billion line of credit to promote projects that support physical and digital connectivity between India and ASEAN.
The 20-year-old's top prize, however, did not translate into an Olympic quota for India as Apurvi Chandela and Anjum Moudgil have already secured the maximum two berths available per country in last year's World Championships.
Heena Sidhu clinched the 10m air pistol gold medal to give India a perfect start at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Brisbane on Tuesday.
Ravinder Gosain, 60, was returning home after attending a morning drill at RSS shakha when he was attacked.
Social activist Anna Hazare has called upon his supporters to ignore the threat to his life and to continue working.
Young Indian shooter Lakshay claimed the silver medal in the men's trap event of the Asian Games, in Palembang, on Monday.
OGQ has launched a crowd funding campaign to assist training and preparation of their potential medal winning athletes -- Irfan KT (Race Walking), Vikas Gowda (Discus Throw), Ayonika Paul and Pooja Ghatkar (both Rifle Shooting).
The duo enabled North Zone gain a 95-run first innings lead over Central in the Duleep Trophy match.
Central Zone were 532 for seven in the first innings on the second day of the Duleep Trophy league match
The opener was unbeaten on 145 as Central ended day one of the Duleep Trophy match against West on 227 for 2.
India's hockey coach said the fine performance Down Under was possible due to the induction of several members of the junior World Cup-winning team.
An NBFC must actively manage its collateral positions, differentiating between encumbered and unencumbered assets, and monitor such assets so that they can be mobilised in a timely manner, central bank says in circular.
Olympic Association is yet to get an official confirmation about shooting being scrapped from the programme of 2022 Commonwealth Games but said it will ask the organisers to reconsider its decision.
'Everyone has to recalibrate their plans, preparations, peaking, meaning the tournaments they will play in in the lead-up to the Olympics.'
The Kolkata pro extended his lead to eight strokes at the end of the penultimate round of the tournament.\n\n
Sharma scalped six for 18 as Rajasthan took a commanding first innings lead of 135 on the second day at the Manasarovar Stadium.
A 3-1 victory over Pakistan in the final gave India the gold medal.
World champion Olga Dovogun recorded the magical score to win the women's 50m sport rifle prone gold at the Afro Asian Games.
Prabhjot Singh and Gagan Ajit Singh scored a brace each in a 5-1 victory in the men's hockey tournament at the Afro Asian Games.
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested the CEO of a defaulting firm on money laundering charge in connection with its probe in the National Spot Exchange Limited scam case.
