Ravinder Gosain, 60, was returning home after attending a morning drill at RSS shakha when he was attacked.
The 22-year-old shooter jumped 18 places to take the top ranking in the in the men's 10m air rifle category.
Having failed at the World Cup in Guangzhou, he hopes to clinch a place at the event in Brazil later this month.
Gagan Narang claimed the gold medal in the 10m air rifle event and earned a spot in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Having proved his mettle in the 50m rifle three position, Gagan Narang has set his eyes on Olympic quota
Abhinav Bindra had to settle for silver in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions shooting event at the 18th Commonwealth Games.
Earlier, Samresh Jung won the gold medal in men's 50-metre Pistol individual event.
Dilip Tirkey, Gagan Ajit Singh and Deepak Thakur are among many regulars left out of the team, to be coached by Harinder Singh.
Jaspal Rana bettered the world record score to win the centrefire pistol gold on the opening day of the Australia Cup.
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.
'The government has just scratched the tip of the surface with the recent announcement. They are not realising the gravity of the situation.'
The 31-year-old passenger was travelling to Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region, from his home state of Bihar.
The Forbes 5th annual '30 Under 30' list features 600 women and men.
PM Modi proposed a USD one billion line of credit to promote projects that support physical and digital connectivity between India and ASEAN.
They beat Universities and Mumbai respectively to enter the Super League stage in the Senior hockey nationals.
Former players hit back at K P S Gill for his comment that those who played in the Olympics after 1966 were "not Olympians but losers".
The ace shooter qualified for the men's 50m rifle prone event at the 2008 Olympic Games.
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.
Social activist Anna Hazare has called upon his supporters to ignore the threat to his life and to continue working.
Sanjeev Rajput was the highest placed Indian at the 13th position in the ISSF World Cup.
Defender Dilip Tirkey will lead the team for the four-Test series, starting on September 24.
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.
Sometimes it is not meant to be, says legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar after the Indian team faced defeat by nine runs to England in the ICC Women's World Cup.
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.
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.
National chairman of selectors MSK Prasad on Tuesday said that he doesn't believe "you know more when you have played more", hitting back at his detractors for constantly demeaning his panel owing to its modest international record.
The IHF president said he made the "mistake" of including the likes of Dhanraj Pillay in the team for the Olympics.
Gagan Ajit Singh scored three minutes before the final whistle in a Super League match of the Nehru hockey tournament.
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 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.
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.
Heena Sidhu gave India its third gold medal in shooting at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, leaving a host of seasoned campaigners in the shade in the women's 25 metres pistol event on Tuesday.
The star-studded shooting squad was expectedly on target, while the track-and-field athletes continued their golden run as India held on firmly to the top spot by remaining way ahead of competition on the sixth day of the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati
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