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Indian shooters disappoint in International Shooting Sport Federation

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 7, 2013

  Rai finished 11th with a total score of 579 while Amanpreet Singh finished 17th after shooting 576 over six series. Gagan Narang missed out on the finals by fraction of a point in the men's air rifle event in the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning.

Indian shooting coach denied US visa to accompany team

Press Trust of India | Monday May 6, 2013

The NRAI had a feeling that Ali could face problems in getting the visa, so the federation had informed him in advance to file his application. Some of the pistol shooters taking part in the competition in the USA are Annu Raj Singh and Heena Sidhu...

Shooters oppose ministry decision allowing airlines to charge them extra for sports equipment

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 2, 2013

The shooting trio - Rahi Sarnobat, Anjali Bhagwat and Tejaswini Savant - as well as officials of the Maharashtra Olympic Association, wanted the permission granted to airlines for levying extra charges towards ferrying sports equipment to be withdr...

Tracking gunfire with your smartphone

Press Trust of India | Monday April 29, 2013

The technology can transform an Android smartphone into a simple shooter location system.

India's trap shooters shine in shotgun World Cup

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 17, 2013

The tournament, however, started on a sour note for the Indian women trap shooters as none of them cleared the qualifying hurdle. Shreyasi Singh was the best-placed Indian at 25th position after she shot 64 over three rounds.

BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj's murder: Rs 1 lakh reward for info leading to arrest of Pratibhanand

Press Trust of India | Friday April 12, 2013

Delhi Police today declared a reward of Rs one lakh for those who help in the arrest of Swami Pratibhanand who is suspected to have arranged shooters to kill local BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj.

ISSF World Cup: Shooter Sanjeev Rajput fails to qualify for 50-metre rifle finals

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 9, 2013

Rajput finished 10th after scoring a total of 1144 in the three sections -- kneeling, prone and standing. Only the top-8 are entitled to compete in the medal round.

Shooter Vijay Kumar misses out on a medal in World Cup

Press Trust of India | Monday April 8, 2013

Vijay shot 278 in stage 1 and 286 in stage 2 for a total of 564 with the help of 11 x, finishing a disappointing 18th in the qualification stage

BSP leader's murder: Delhi Police release photos of spiritual guru

Press Trust of India | Sunday April 7, 2013

Delhi Police yesterday released photographs of a spiritual guru, who is suspected to have given money to shooters, to kill local BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj.

Prakash Nanjappa wins bronze in pistol event at World Cup

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday April 6, 2013

This is Prakash's first ever medal in an ISSF competition. He had also finished in the spotlights two days ago, when he ranked eighth at the Men's 50m Pistol Men final. The 37 year old shooter had never made it to a final round, before.

Four-year-old girl fatally shot in car in Miami, shooter could be another child

Associated Press | Monday April 1, 2013

Authorities say a four-year-old girl was fatally shot while she was sitting in a car, and detectives are investigating whether another young child inside the car fired the gun.

National level shooter says he was attacked for protesting wife's harassment

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday March 29, 2013

National level shooter Bibaswan Ganguly and his family members were injured after they were allegedly attacked by a gang of miscreants in West Bengal's Hooghly district after he protested their harassment of his wife, police said on Thursday.

Three dead, including shooter, in Swiss factory shooting

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 27, 2013

Two people were killed and seven others wounded when a gunman opened fire in a Swiss factory on Wednesday, police said, adding the gunman also died.

Government will save wrestling from Olympic axe, feels shooter Vijay Kumar

Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 27, 2013

Wrestling was not included in the 25 core sports despite the fact that it goes back to the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896 and had always been a core sport.

Woman shot dead near bus terminus in Delhi, shooter arrested

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday February 25, 2013

A 25-year-old woman was reportedly shot dead by a man at the Sarai Kale Khan bus terminus in east Delhi. According to initial reports, Pooja, a resident of Bhajanpura in east Dellhi, had an altercation with a man, who then shot her in the face.