Tag: Shooting

Angul: A dhaba (roadside eatery) owner was shot dead by two unidentified miscreants at NTPC market this afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Mangulu Pradhan. According to sources, 2 bike borne miscreants fired at Mangulu’s head and chest between 2 -2.15PM. Later Mangulu was shifted to hospital in critical condition where doctors declared him […]

Cuttack: A person was injured in an early morning shooting incident on Cantonment Road here on Monday. The injured, identified as Shaik Jalil of Mani Sahu chaak, was shot in the stomach and leg. He is undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital. The reason behind the shooting is yet to be found. But, […]

Sambalpur: Panic gripped Kutisingha village under Naktideula police station limits after a man was shot dead by his younger brother this morning. Reports said altercation ensued between Birabara Munda and his younger brother Dhira Munda after a calf of the former ate paddy from a paddy stack of the latter. Enraged, Dhira opened fire at […]

Athgarh: The blood stained body of a youth was found on the roadside near Tarasingh village in Athgarh this morning. According to sources, a gunshot wound is seen on the hand of the youth. Moreover, empty cartridge is also seen at the crime scene. Given the circumstantial evidences, sources expect that the youth has been […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bizarre incident, a homeopathy doctor shot at a man allegedly for urinating near his clinic in Indradhanu Market in Nayapalli area of Bhubaneswar this morning. The victim identified as Maheswar Routray, a CESU staff, has been shifted to Cuttack SCB hospital after being initially admitted to Capital Hospital here. His condition is […]

Jakarta: Indian shooter Sanjeev Rajput clinched a silver medal in the men’s 50 metre Rifle 3 Positions event at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday. Sanjeev scored 452.7 in the final. The 37-year-old had earlier bagged bronze in the same category at the 2006 Doha Asian Games. China’s Hui Zicheng secured the gold medal after […]

Houston: A shooting at a nightclub in Little Rock in the US state of Arkansas has injured two persons, police said. The injured were admitted to the hospital following the incident on Monday. One of them sustained life-threatening injuries, Xinhua reported citing the police. According to police, officers were called to Club 428 shortly after […]

Gold Coast (Australia): Indian shooters Tejaswini Sawant and Anjum Moudgil have won gold and silver respectively in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Friday. Tejaswini registered a new Games record 457.9 points to take the title. Anjum scored 455.7. Seonaid McIntosh of Scotland took bronze with 444.6. […]

Gold Coast (Australia): Indian shooter Heena Sidhu won gold in the women’s 25 metre Pistol event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Tuesday. Heena notched up a CWG record of 38 points in the final to take the title in style. Elena Galiabovitch of Australia scroed 35 to take silver while Malaysia’s Alia […]

Sydney: Emerging Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan clinched the gold medal along with a couple of world records in the women’s 10 metre Air Rifle event at the the ISSF Junior World Cup here on Thursday. Valarivan was in red hot form and started off brilliantly by shooting 631.4 in the qualification round and created a […]

Cairo: At least ten people were killed in a shootout outside a church here on Friday, state media reported. “The security forces thwarted an attack on Mar Mina Church in the Helwan district,” said an Interior Ministry statement. The Health Ministry said the ten killed include one attacker and one policeman, who are Muslims, and […]

Washington: Around two persons were killed after a gunman open fired on a crowd outside of a Walmart store of Denver in the US state of Colorado, informed police. The attack took place on Wednesday night in the city of Thornton, reports The New York Times. The police has warned people in the area to […]

Washington: The Virginia State University (VSU) was put on lockdown after a shooting occurred in its campus, police said. At least one person was shot on Saturday night and has non life-threatening injuries, reports CBS News. “Police scene still active and the campus remains on lockdown,” VSU police tweeted and urged people to avoid the […]

Mexico City: At least 14 people were killed and eight injured in a shooting late on Tuesday in a drug rehab centre in Mexico’s northern state of Chihuahua, local police said. The assailants entered the centre “Uniting Families” and opened fire at the people inside, Xinhua reported. It is estimated that about 25 people were […]

New Delhi: A 17-year-old youth and a young man have been arrested for fatally shooting an Assistant Security Officer of APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) in north-west Delhi earlier this month, police said on Tuesday. Sumer Singh was found dead in the APMC complex in Azadpur in the early hours of September 13. Deputy Commissioner […]