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  NRAI suspends national coach Ankush Bharadwaj after minor accuses him of sexual harassment

  Other Sports | January 08, 2026 11:23 IST

  A prominent member of India's shooting coaching staff, Ankush Bhardwaj, has been accused of sexual harassment by a minor shooter, prompting the national federation to suspend him. NRAI (National Rifles Association of India) confirmed that an FIR has been filed against Bhardwaj in Faridabad.

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  Zomato Pay, Swiggy Diner discount progs against interest of restaurant owners: NRAI

  India | September 02, 2022 23:02 IST

  Zomato-Swiggy discount programmes: Restaurants must also compulsorily pay a commission in the range of 4-12 percent on every transaction made via the respective payment gateway to Zomato or Swiggy.

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  NRAI postpones shooting selection trials owing to surge in COVID-19 cases

  Other Sports | January 05, 2022 12:23 IST

  The selection trials (pistol) were scheduled to be held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges, New Delhi on January 13-22, 2022.

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  India end junior worlds with 30 medals, finish top of the table

  Other Sports | October 09, 2021 12:39 IST

  Indian shooters Anish Bhanwala, Adarsh SIngh and Vijayveer Sidhu combined to win the gold medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol team event as the nation ended the ISSF Junior World Championship on top of the standings.

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  14-year-old Naamya Kapoor wins Women’s Sports Pistol gold in Junior Shooting World Championship

  Other Sports | October 05, 2021 14:08 IST

  Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar then clinched the Junior Men’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions gold to make it a clean sweep for India in the two medal events.

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  Manu Bhaker clinches second gold medal at junior shooting world championship

  Other Sports | October 03, 2021 11:45 IST

  Manu Bhaker winning her second gold of the tournament, this time in partnership with Sarabjot Singh in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.

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  12 Indians make finals of ISSF Junior World Championship

  Other Sports | September 30, 2021 14:06 IST

  Rudrankksh Patil, Dhanush Srikanth and Paarth Makhija made it to the junior men's 10m Air Rifle finals with scores of 630.2, 629.6 and 629.2 respectively in the qualification round to make the cut for the top eight.

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  Raninder Singh re-elected NRAI president for fourth time

  Other Sports | September 18, 2021 21:07 IST

  The general body election of the NRAI had representation from 59 of its members, out of whom 56 voted in favour of Raninder, while 3 votes were cast in favour of his opponent Shyam Singh Yadav.

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  Ministry directs NRAI to initiate fresh election process

  Other Sports | September 17, 2021 14:45 IST

  In view of the ministry order, the elections are set to be declared null and void.

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  Jaspal Rana was not enlisted in 'essential' category when NRAI finalised its Olympics accreditation

  Other Sports | August 03, 2021 14:15 IST

  According to the list, the seasoned pistol coach and former shooter was not a priority for the national federation when it was assigning coaches to the Olympic-bound shooters.

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  Gun manufacturer's 'unconditional apology' to NRAI for Manu Bhaker's pistol malfunction comments

  Other Sports | July 30, 2021 21:21 IST

  The cocking lever of Bhaker's pistol broke after the 16th shot in the qualifications and in getting it fixed, the 19-year-old shooter lost more than 15 minutes, which affected her rhythm when she resumed shooting.

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  Shooting: Deepak, Divyansh finish way down in Tokyo Olympics men's 10m air rifle

  Other Sports | July 25, 2021 12:03 IST

  Indian shooters Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar finished a lowly 26th and 32nd, respectively, in the men's 10m air rifle event of the Tokyo Olympics.

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  Ahead of Olympics it cannot get better than this, says Manu Bhaker on Croatia tour

  Other Sports | June 08, 2021 16:07 IST

  Thirteen Olympic-bound pistol and rifle shooters are currently training in Zagreb after having participated as guest invitees in the European Championship recently in Osijek. 

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  NRAI tells coaches to communicate through 'proper channel to avoid confusion' ahead of Olympics

  Other Sports | June 08, 2021 14:36 IST

  The Olympic-bound Indian shooting team is currently in Croatia on a training-cum-competition tour, at the end of which, it will fly directly to Tokyo.

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  Indian team selection for Tokyo Olympics on April 3, NRAI to keep two reserves per event

  Other Sports | March 28, 2021 18:23 IST

  Indian shooters have secured an unprecedented 15 Olympic quota places for the country but, as per the federation's selection policy, the final team will be picked taking into the account the scores in all tournaments and trials leading up to the Games.

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  ISSF World Cup: Following women's gold triumph, Men's 10m air pistol team clinches gold too

  Other Sports | March 21, 2021 14:52 IST

  A dominant India claimed both the gold medals on offer by some distance in the men's and women's 10m air pistol team events on the third competition day.

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  Indian shotgun coach tests positive for COVID-19 in Cairo

  Other Sports | February 28, 2021 11:49 IST

  The unnamed coach is asymptomatic and is in quarantine at the moment; other members of the Indian contingent returned negative.

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  Indian shooters look to shine in first ISSF World Cup after COVID-19 hiatus

  Other Sports | February 23, 2021 15:43 IST

  As many as 191 athletes from 33 countries have entered the fray and for the first time.

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  Elavenil wins gold, Shahu Mane silver in Sheikh Russel International Air Rifle Championship

  Other Sports | October 18, 2020 18:28 IST

  Elavenil shot a modest 627.5 to come out on top; Shahu shot 623.8 to settle for second place as Japan's Naoya Okada shot a solid 630.9 for gold.

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  India's Visnu wins gold in 10m air rifle event in 5th International Online Shooting Championship

  Other Sports | October 03, 2020 22:11 IST

  Visnu shot the second-best score of 630.8. The second place was won by world no. 27 Etienne Germond of France while Olympic quota winner Martin Strempfl of Austria took the third place.