The father of Olympic shooting champion Abhinav Bindra was arrested in Delhi on Thursday for alleged fraud. He was arrested in connection with two cases of fraud and a trial court in Delhi issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him.
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Neeraj Chopra's rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular.
Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang won a bronze in 10 meter air rifle event at the World Cup in Beijing.
Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, said he felt sort of empty as he stood atop the podium during the presentation ceremony for the 10 metre Air Rifle event at the Beijing Olympics.
Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, who called on President Pratibha Patil along with his father Dr A S Bindra and mother Babli on Thursday morning, denied reports that his gun was tampered with before the final of the 10 metres Air Rifle event at the Beijing Olympics. 'No, it is not true at all. I am not aware of any such thing,' he said.
India's Olympic campaign began on a dismal note, as the shooting trio of Anjali Bhagwat, Avneet Kaur Sidhu and Samresh Jung, considered the country's best bets for a medal, fell by the wayside in the qualifying rounds in Beijing on Saturday.
Rifle shooter Ravi Kumar is the second athlete after boxer Sumit Sangwan whose dope test results have come positive on Tuesday. Ravi accepted the results and is expecting the punishment, to be meted out by NADA, in a few days' time.
Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang won the gold and set a new world record in the men's air rifle category at the Olympic test event in Hannover, Germany. Gagan, who shot a score of 704.3 on Thursday, toppled Austrian shooter Thomas Farnik record score 703.1 set in the 2006 World Cup finals at Garnada.
The shooters bagged three gold and one silver medal in five events that took India's tally to four gold and three silver after two days.
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Abhinav Bindra climbed 24 rungs to second position in the 10m Air Rifle rankings while Olympic silver medallist Lt Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is fifth in the Double Trap event.
The men's and women's team won the air rifle event.
Indian shooting star Gagan Narang on Friday won the bronze medal in the men's 10 meter air rifle event of the first ISSF World Cup of the year in Chongwon, Korea.
India's shooters struck it rich at the Commonwealth Games on Friday morning, winning three gold medals and a silver.
The ace shooter won the gold in the air rifle event, on the opening day of the ISSF World Cup.
India registered a no-medal day for the first time in the tournament. Even though Rhythm topped qualification with her 595, teammates Esha Singh and Manu shot 582 and 578 respectively to finish at 13th and 27th positions.
Gagan Narang, P T Raghunath and Navanath Fartade won the bronze in the 10m air rifle team event at the Asian Games.
'I would like to dedicate this win to my parents and thank Gagan Sir and my coaches at GFG who have been working continuously behind me to make a shooter capable of winning titles at the world stage'
Besides his strategic and tactical acumen, it was his amazing personality, quick wit and ability to remain unflustered under any circumstances that stood him apart from almost any leader one has read about or known, recalls Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
The Indian girl finished eighth in the 10m Air Rifle event at the ISSF World Shooting Championships, but snatched a berth at the Beijing Games.
Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10 m air rifle event at World shooting championships.
Anjali Bhagwat and Deepali Deshpande continued to prove their mettle in women's air rifle event of the 47th National Shooting Championship.
The Indian shooter finished with a total of 498.7 points behind Singapore's Jingna Zang 500.1.
The ace Indian marksman won the Air Rifle event at the Intershoot Den Haag-2005 Championship.
The 22-year-old shooter jumped 18 places to take the top ranking in the in the men's 10m air rifle category.
Gagan Narang claimed the gold medal in the 10m air rifle event and earned a spot in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Rhythm Sangwan staged a fantastic comeback at the back-end of the women's 10m air pistol final to clinch a bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Baku.
Abhinav Bindra is also very impressed by the young shooters' ability to compete at the highest level with such remarkable consistency.
President Droupadi Murmu has approved 76 gallantry awards, including four Kirti Chakras posthumously and 11 Shaurya Chakras to personnel of the security forces, on the eve of the 77th Independence Day, officials said.
Gagan Narang claimed the silver medal in men's 10 metre air rifle event at Munich Open Shooting Championship.
The ace shooter scored 598 out of 600 in the second trial of the 10m Air Rifle event.
India won the men's 10m air rifle team gold at the Games.\n\n
Heena has been ignored for the Asian Games mixed team air pistol -- an event where she has excelled since its introduction last year.
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In a disappointing year for Indian shooters, Double Trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore stood out, booking an Olympic berth.
Gagan Narang and Samaresh Jung earned India two more gold medals at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Melbourne.
The Hyderabad shooter, who was a last-minute entry, won the men's 10m air-rifle event at the Afro Asian Games.
