Indian shooter Manu Bhaker secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota for India after she finished fifth in the women's 25m pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championships 2023 in Changwon.
As per Olympics.com, it is India's second medal in senior competition at the championships after Sarabjot's bronze in men's 10 m air pistol medal on Tuesday.
India enjoyed double-medal glory in the men's 10m Air Pistol SH1 event as Rudransh Khandelwal and Manish Narwal clinched silver and bronze medals respectively.
Sarabjot Singh shot 221.1 in the final to finish behind two Chinese, Zhang Yifan (gold, 243.7) and Liu Jinyao (242.1) respectively. The Indian had earlier qualified for the top eights with a score of 581, which helped in clinching the eighth spot.
"Within 12 hours, four youths who committed hooliganism, assault, vandalism and aerial firing near Chandrabhaga bridge in Rishikesh were arrested by Dehradun police within 12 hours. 1 country-made pistol with 3 live cartridges, 2 hockey sticks, 1 stump and a car was recovered from them," pos
According to officials, two IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), two hand grenades, pistols, cartridges, detonators and batteries were recovered from them.
In a statement issued by Doda Police, it was told that acting on specific information about a terrorist hideout, a joint search operation was launched by Doda Police and Army (04 RR) and the searching party busted a hideout in upper reaches (forest area) of Seoz Dhar Bhaderwah.
The Special Task Force of Kolkata Police, in a joint operation with its counterparts in Bihar, on Thursday unearthed an illegal improvised active firearms (Pistol) manufacturing unit operating in Gaya.
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has congratulated the Indian shooting duo of Sarabjot Singh and Divya Subbaraju, who secured a silver medal in the mixed 10m air rifle pistol team event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday
Indian shooter Sarabjot Singh celebrated his birthday along with Chinese shooters after winning silver in the 10M Mixed Team Pistol event at the Asian Games on Saturday.
The 17-year-old said she got emotional after watching the national flag soar high and the anthem play and it felt like she actually did something for India
The Indian shooting trio of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Subbaraju continued the country's unstoppable run at shooting as they secured a silver medal in the Women's 10m Air Rifle Pistol team final at the ongoing Asian Games on Friday.