Shooting: Indian women’s trap team win silver medal at ISSF Shotgun World Cup
The trio of Kirti Gupta, Manisha Keer and Rajeshwari Kumari went down 4-6 to Russia in the final. Representational image | Reuters
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Kirti Gupta, Manisha Keer and Rajeshwari Kumari won a silver medal on the concluding day of the year’s first International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Shotgun stage, in Cairo, Egypt, going down 4-6 to Russia in the final.
The trio engineered a fantastic comeback in the gold medal match, coming back from 0-4 down to tie the final at 4-4. However, they could not hold on in the last series of 15-shot per team and had to be content with being second best.
Shotgun World Cup: Women trap silver, India finish with 2 medals
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JAMMU, Mar 3: Traders of Ware House-Nehru Market and adjoining areas today paid tributes to Akash Mehra, the son of the owner of a popular eatery, who was shot by terrorists in Srinagar.
Led by Rattan Lal Mahajan, outgoing president of Traders Federation Ware House-Nehru Market Jammu, the traders assembled near police post Nehru Market and paid tributes to Akash Mehra. Traders expressed their solidarity with the bereaved family members and appealed the Government to identify the perpetrator of violence so that such incidents could not happen in future.
Talking to reporters, Deepak Gupta, outgoing general secretary of the Federation said that in this hour of grief, the entire trading community of Jammu stands with the bereaved family. He said that militants are targeting non local businessmen in Kashmir which is not a good sign.