India shooter Ramita Jindal qualified for the final, while Elavenil Valarivan suffered another heartbreak in the women's 10m air rifle event in the ongoing Paris Olympics on Sunday at the National Shooting Center.
A group of two to three armed personnel coming from Pakistan side crossed the Line of Control and fired on a forward Army post from close proximity while taking advantage of bad weather and poor visibility in Machhal Sector in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.
Senior Vice President of National Rifle Association of India, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, said on Saturday that India "narrowly" missed a medal in the 10 m air rifle mixed team event at the ongoing Paris 2024.
After failing to qualify for the final in the 10 m air rifle mixed team event at the Paris Olympics, Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan said that she gave her 100 percent during the event, and that is what matters to her.
Indian shooter Arjun Babuta, who could not get through the qualification round in the 10 m air rifle mixed team event in the Paris Olympics, said that they missed by a small margin and have individual matches to look forward to
"If videos are going around, these are doctored videos. I can tell you I have about 30 to 40 videos which have been circulating. They don't even belong to the northeast. They are from Myanmar, they are from....Some of them are from the Rohingya region," Nair said.
"We have to be constantly prepared for any kind of role that can come our way. We are sitting in this headquarters to constantly visualise the evolving security situation and what kind of roles would be given to us. So keeping that in mind, we feel there is a need for modernising our weap
A statue of Capt Haneef Uddin, Vir Chakra awardee, a gallant officer of the Rajputana Rifles, was unveiled at Kerala School, his alma mater, in a solemn ceremony on Friday. The event was attended by Lt Gen ADS Aujla, Colonel of the Rajputana Rifles, and other dignitaries.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday that as of July 1, 2024, there are 84,106 vacancies in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR) against a total sanctioned strength of 10,45,751.