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Abhinav Bindra to head NRAI committee to review India's shooting perf
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Aug 25 (ANI): Abhinav Bindra, the country's lone individual Olympic gold medallist, has been appointed as the chairman of a review committee formulated by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) to "examine and identify in a cold and ruthless manner" t
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Rio Olympics: Indian shooting challenge ends with elimination of Narang, C
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 14 (ANI): Indian shooters' run of disappointing results showed no signs of abating even in the last shooting event at the Rio Olympics as Gagan Narang and Chain Singh failed to qualify for the men's 50m rifle 3 positions final here on Sunday.
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Rio Olympics: Gagan Narang fails to qualify for 50m rifle prone finals
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 (ANI): India's dismal show continues at the 2016 Rio Olympics as shooter Gagan Narang failed to qualify for the finals of the 50m Rifle Prone Men's Qualification event on Day 7 here at the Olympic Shooting Centre on Friday.
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Rio Olympics: Bindra misses out on 10M Air Rifle medal, finishes fourth
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
By Vivek Prabhakar Singh
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Rio: Heartbreak for India as Bindra misses medal by whisker in Men's
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.8 (ANI): 2008 Beijing Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra, who was expected to provide a much-needed turnaround for the Indian shooting contingent, failed to clinch a medal in the finals of the Men's 10m Air Rifle event on Day three of the 2016 Rio Olympics here a
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Rio Olympics: Bindra in 10m Air Rifle finals, Narang crashes out
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janerio, Aug 8 (ANI): 2008 Olympic Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra on Monday raised India's hope of bagging its first medal of Rio Olympics2016 after he qualified for the finals of the Men's 10 m Air Rifle event on Day Three here at the Olympic Shooting Centre.
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Rio Olympics: Disappointing start for Indian shooters as Apurvi, Ayonika c
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 6 (ANI): Indian shooting contingent got off to a disappointing start at the Rio Olympics as Apurvi Chandra and Ayonika Paul have failed to qualify for the final of the 10m Air rifle women's event here at the Olympic Shooting Centre on Saturday.
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Wani, two others neutralised jointly by RR, CRPF, J-K Police: GOC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Awantipora (J-K), July 9 (ANI): GOC Victor Force Major General Ashok Narula on Saturday said Burhan Wani and two other terrorists were gunned down by a combined operation launched by Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Jammu and Kashmir Police following inputs
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The era of 'charismatic' militancy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): The phenomenon of militancy underwent a change when Burhan Wani, the recently killed 22-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen commander, was tagged as the poster boy of militancy on social media after posting a picture of his group on a Facebook page in 2014 that showed them in
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