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New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Its arrival day at the season-opening International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol leg in Granada, Spain and a star-studded field is set to fire the first competition shots come Tuesday at the Las Gabias Shooting Range. A total of 434 athletes from 51 National Olympic Committees have entered the fray, including a 24-strong Indian contingent, across the 10 Olympic events on the roster, as per a press release from the National Rifle Assoc ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 2 (PTI) Firearms including pistols and revolvers, weapons like knives and swords as well as fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 3.52 lakh were allegedly recovered from the house of a history sheeter in Dombivali in Thane district following a raid, a police official said on Thursday. The raid on the house of Surendra Pandurang Patil (55), a construction businessman with several criminal cases against his name, in Davdi was carried out on March 30 following a tip ...Read More >
Influencer builder Surendra Patil was arrested in Thane and cache of pistols, air guns, ammo and weapons were seized from his bungalow. A 55-year-old builder who also enjoys a large following on social media has been arrested in Maharashtra's Thane district after police allegedly uncovered a cache of weapons hidden inside his bungalow, officials said on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Surendra Panduranga Patil, has more than 3 lakh followers on Instagram and is known for his gangster-theme ...Read More >
Maharashtra: Surendra Panduranga Patil, a 55-year-old social media influencer and builder, was detained in Maharashtra's Thane district on Tuesday for allegedly owning illicit firearms, according to police. Patil, who has more than 3.04 lakh Instagram followers, was arrested on Saturday night after the Crime Branch raided his bungalow in the Dawdi neighborhood of Dombivli. Officials got specific information on potential illicit weapons at the site, which prompted the action. Raid at Dombivli b ...Read More >
Thane, April 1: In a high-stakes operation, the Thane Crime Branch (Unit-3, Kalyan) has arrested a notorious 55-year-old history-sheeter and social media personality, Surendra Pandurang Patil, following the discovery of a massive arsenal of illegal weapons and counterfeit currency hidden in his luxury residence. The raid and recovery Acting on a confidential tip-off, a team led by Assistant Police Inspector Sarjerao Patil conducted a strategic raid at Patil's residence, Ekvira Bungalow, locate ...Read More >
Thane, Mar 31 (PTI) A 55-year-old builder and social media influencer has been arrested for alleged possession of a cache of weapons in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Tuesday. The accused, Surendra Panduranga Patil, who has more than three lakh followers on Instagram, was arrested on Saturday night, just a week after being released on bail in a separate case, an official said. "Acting on a tip-off, our team searched Patil's bungalow in the Dawdi area of Dombivli late on Saturday ...Read More >
Mumbai Police successfully rescued 19 hostages, 17 of them children, from a Powai building. The operation followed a three-hour standoff with the kidnapper, Rohit Arya. Arya died after sustaining a bullet injury during a shootout with police. He had lured the children to the building for a fake web series audition. Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Thursday freed 19 hostages, including 17 children, from a building in Powai after a 3-hour standoff with a kidnapper, identified as Rohit Arya, who had taken ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Chaos unfolded in Mumbai's Powai area on Thursday after 17 children and two adults were held hostage by a man inside a studio for well over two hours. In the crossfire that occurred during a rescue operation, the man who had taken several children hostage was killed. The accused, identified as Rohit Arya, allegedly attempted to open fire, prompting police to retaliate. A bullet hit Arya in the chest, resulting in his death. The police successfully rescued 17 students and two adults who ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 30: A social media channel owner was shot dead by Mumbai Police in a hostage drama plotted by him using an air gun to confine 20 children at R A Studio in Mumbai's Powai on Thursday, a police official said. Rohit Arya died of excessive bleeding while being taken to the hospital after the police stormed the premises where he held the children hostage for about 30 minutes under the garb of conducting an acting audition, police said. After holding the students hostage, Arya circulated ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a major development in the Powai hostage crisis, Rohit Arya -- the man who held 17 children hostage inside a Powai acting studio on Thursday -- has died after sustaining bullet injuries during an exchange of gunfire with police. Authorities confirmed that Arya succumbed to the wounds following the shoot-out. All children were rescued safely during the operation. Earlier in the day, panic gripped RA Studios in Powai after Arya locked nearly 17 children inside the premises and threaten ...Read More >
Mumbai: October 30: A man who held 17 children hostage in Powai, Mumbai, has died in hospital of a bullet injury sustained during an exchange of gunfire with police. Authorities said officers mounted a rapid response after a video circulated in which the suspect identified himself as Rohit Arya and announced his plan. Children rescued from RA Studios Police confirmed that all 17 children were rescued from RA Studios, located on the ground floor of a building in the Powai neighbourhood. The chi ...Read More >
Arya had apparently called the children -- boys and girls around 15 years old -- for an audition for a web series, the official said. He was also carrying an air gun and some chemicals, he added. Police received a call at about 1.45 pm about a man holding children hostage inside RA Studio in Mahavir Classic building, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Datta Nalawade. Powai police officials, along with a Quick Response Team (QRT), Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad and a fire brigade team reache ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30: Isha Anil Taksale and Himanshu staged a thrilling fightback to win the 10m air rifle mixed team gold against country-mates Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Naraen Pranav, while Vinay Pratap Chandrawat bagged a bronze in men's trap as India maintained its No. 1 spot in the ISSF Junior World Cup with 23 medals, here on Tuesday. On the penultimate day of the event when India took its tally to seven gold, nine silver and seven bronze, the pair of Isha and Himanshu defeated Shambhavi and ...Read More >
IMAGE: India's Jonathan Gavin Antony won gold in the men's 10m air pistol with a score of 244.8 in the final. Photograph: NRAI/X India's 16-year-old Jonathan Gavin Antony stole the limelight on day two of the ISSF Junior World in New Delhi by winning the men's 10m air pistol title with a flawless performance. The young Indian, who had topped qualification with 586-19x, carried his form into the finals, shooting 21 of 24 shots in the 10s to secure gold with a commanding margin of 8.5 points. I ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): In a final where the latest Chinese sensation Peng Xinlu shattered the world record, India's Meghana Sajjanar, playing a first world final in eight years, clinched bronze in the women's 10m air rifle, her first ever world cup medal, to help India finish the season-ending International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Ningbo, China, in fifth place on the medal tally with one gold and one bronze medal on Sunday. Meghana shot 230.0 i ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (UNI) Olympian and reigning mixed team pistol world champion Esha Singh, ended India's medal drought at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Ningbo, China, in style, bagging gold in the women's 10m air pistol, leaving home favourite and in-form Yao Qianxun 0.1 behind in the final at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Centre on Saturday (Sep 13, 2025) morning. Reigning Olympic champion in the event, Oh Yejin of Korea, had to settle for bronze. Thr ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Indian shooters logged 50 medals at the 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, after Neeru Dhanda won the women trap gold and the junior women 25m pistol trio of Payal Khatri (gold), Naamya Kapoor (silver) and Tejaswini (bronze), registered a podium sweep in the individual event, as competition day eight concluded at the Shymkent Shooting Plaza on Monday. In the women trap, Preeti Rajak fell short at 105, but Neeru (20,23,20,23,21) and Aash ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan expressed her delight after clinching a gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the Asian Shooting Championship 2025, stating that winning for the country is always a proud moment. Elavenil, along with fellow Olympian Arjun Babuta, secured the top podium finish in the event held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Saturday. 'It's great when we win for the country and see so many people supporting us when we come back,' V ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Suhl Junior World Cup 2025 champion Kanak Budhwar and Agam Grewal led a 1-2 finish for India in the 10m Air Pistol Youth Women event, on competition day two of the 16th Asian Shooting Championship Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Kanak shot 238.2 to secure the gold medal, to continue her fine form in the season while Agam Grewal shot 236.0 to settle for silver. The third Indian in the final Gamberya V. Gowda finished in fifth with a score of 172.5 ...Read More >
Lucknow: A joint team from Malihabad and Rahimabad police stations arrested a 68-year-old man allegedly involved in manufacturing and selling illegal firearms in the Mirzaganj area of Malihabad on Friday. The accused, Salauddin alias Lala, was also found in possession of prohibited deer skin and a large cache of weapons, ammunition, and tools used in making illegal arms.Police received a tip-off that a man near the old picture hall in Mirzaganj was in possession of illegal weapons and was waitin ...Read More >
Sarnobat claimed top honours in the women's 25m pistol T4 final, while Ghosh and Kumar topped the women's 10m air rifle and the men's 50m rifle 3 position events, respectively. Indian shooters Rahi Sarnobat, Mehuli Ghosh, and Niraj Kumar all came up trumps in their respective events at the National Shooting Trials at Dehradun on Saturday. Sarnobat claimed top honours in the women's 25m pistol T4 final, while Ghosh and Kumar topped the women's 10m air rifle and the men's 50m rifle 3 position ev ...Read More >
Kolkata: A two-member National Commission for Women team on Sunday visited the south Kolkata law college where a student was allegedly gang-raped last week.The team, accompanied by a videographer, was initially denied entry and asked to produce a formal order. After an hour-long discussion at the college entrance, the team, led by Archana Majumdar, was allowed in under two conditions -- no access to the crime scene and no videography permitted.The visit lasted 10 minutes. "We were denied access ...Read More >
Lucknow: The ongoing investigation into the illegal arms manufacturing racket busted in Malihabad has taken a turn, with Lucknow Police uncovering a possible Dubai connection and probing suspected ties to Pakistan.Hakeem Salauddin, 68, who was arrested earlier this week after a late-night raid led police to an illegal arms unit operating out of a residential area in Malihabad. During the raid, police recovered a cache of illicit firearms, live ammunition, and even prohibited wildlife material fr ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 28 (ANI): Day five of the National Selection Trials 3 and 4 for Group A Rifle and Pistol shooters at the at the Trishul Shooting Range, Maharana Pratap Sports College, here in Raipur on Saturday, delivered another round of thrilling contests as Olympian Rahi Sarnobat, mixed team rifle Asian champion Mehuli Ghosh, and Navy's Niraj Kumar came out on top in their respective finals. In the women's 25m pistol T4 final, 2018 Asian Games gold medallist Rahi Sarnoba ...Read More >
Lucknow: A startling development has emerged in the case of the illegal arms factory recently busted in Malihabad, on the outskirts of Lucknow. Investigations have revealed that the accused, identified as Hakeem Salauddin alias Lala, was not only manufacturing weapons at home but allegedly involved in smuggling them as far as Kashmir. Even more alarmingly, his call detail records reportedly show contact with suspects in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), prompting the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist ...Read More >
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant sent a strong message to industries, stating that the dumping of hazardous and industrial waste in non-designated areas would not be tolerated. He chaired a meeting of the Goa Waste Management Corporation on Friday, and said that all types of waste, including industrial, chemical, and biomedical waste generated in the state, will be monitored and tracked.Sawant said that while nearly all hospitals and medical facilities complied with norms for the disposal of ...Read More >
Lucknow: A joint team from Malihabad and Rahimabad police stations arrested a 68-year-old man allegedly involved in manufacturing and selling illegal firearms in the Mirzaganj area of Malihabad on Friday. The accused, Salauddin alias Lala, was also found in possession of prohibited deer skin and a large cache of weapons, ammunition, and tools used in making illegal arms.Police received a tip-off that a man near the old picture hall in Mirzaganj was in possession of illegal weapons and was waitin ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 27 (ANI): Former world champion and Olympian Anish Bhanwala won back to back trials in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Men) event, while Tamil Nadu's Narmada Nithin clinched the top spot in 10m Air Rifle Women on day four of the National Selection Trials 3 and 4 for Group 'A' Rifle and Pistol shooters, currently underway at the Trishul Shooting Range, Maharana Pratap Sports College, here in Raipur. Narmada shot a composed 253.7 in the 24-shot final to edge out ISSF W ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand), June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former world champion and Olympian Anish Bhanwala won back-to-back trials in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Men) event, while Tamil Nadu's Narmada Nithin clinched the top spot in the Women's 10m Air Rifle on Day Four of the National Selection Trials 3&4 for Group 'A' Rifle and Pistol shooters, currently underway at the Trishul Shooting Range, Maharana Pratap Sports College, here in Raipur. Narmada shot a composed 253.7 in the 24-shot final to edge ou ...Read More >
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