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Court acquits Tytler, arms dealer in cheating case

in the 2012 case, CBI accused Tytler and Verma of colluding to deceive ZTE Telecom India Private Limited by allegedly inducing its officials to pay ₹50 lakh through a ‘forged letter’

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Updated on Nov 13, 2024 05:36 AM IST

ByArnabjit Sur

Raksha Bandhan special| Abhishek on brother Abhay Verma's ‘National Crush' tag

In our Raksha Bandhan special series, Abhishek Verma reacts to his younger brother Abhay Verma becoming National Crush after Munjya, while discussing their bond

Abhay Verma and Abhishek Verma on their bond ahead of Raksha Bandhan

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Published on Aug 18, 2024 02:04 PM IST

ByAkash Bhatnagar

Goa minister condemns attack on Dutch tourist, praises hotel staffer who helped her

The Goa Police have arrested Abhishek Verma, a 27-year-old from Uttarakhand capital Dehradun who worked as a bartender at the Yoga retreat resort in north Goa’s Mandrem, for the attack

Goa tourism minister Rohan Khaunte (Twitter/RohanKhaunte)

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Updated on Mar 31, 2023 03:53 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

'BJP limited to Facebook': Arjun Singh rips into ex party after re-joining TMC

Visuals shared by ANI showed BJP flags removed from Arjun Singh's residence in Barrackpore and replaced with TMC flags.

BJP Lok Sabha MP Arjun Singh joins TMC, in Kolkata on Sunday. (ANI Photo)(ANI)

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Updated on May 22, 2022 11:04 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

After Tokyo debacle, pistol shooter Abhishek Verma for one coach in command

India’s federation and the elite shooters are reviewing their showing in Japan after the sport failed to deliver a medal for the second Olympics in a row.

sports

Published on Nov 16, 2021 07:38 PM IST

ByAvishek Roy, New Delhi

Verma makes first round exit from World Cup Final

The 2014 Asian Games gold-medallist Verma, who qualified after winning the third stage of the World Cup in Paris, had won a silver in the 2015 edition.

Abhishek Verma, an Indian compound archer

sports

Published on Sep 30, 2021 10:37 AM IST

PTI |

Gold eludes India yet again at World Archery Championships, two silvers claimed

India were in pursuit of their first ever gold medal at the world event. For a country that doesn't have a gold yet, India have climbed the most podiums at the event -- 10 --, appearing in eight finals and leaving with silver each time.

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Published on Sep 25, 2021 09:10 AM IST

PTI | , Yankton

Archery World Championships: 3 Indians sail into quarters

India have already confirmed two medals by entering the compound women and mixed finals slated in the early hours of Saturday.

A detail view of arrows in the target: File photo(Getty Images)

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Published on Sep 24, 2021 11:41 AM IST

PTI | , Yankton

To put shooters' performance in perspective, must demystify rankings

The scores Indians achieved in the World Cup were good and our medal winners in New Delhi became world No. 1s and No. 2s. But the level and pressure of competition were far from what they experienced at the Olympics.

Officials watch the men's 10m air rifle final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games(AFP)

sports

Updated on Jul 26, 2021 09:56 AM IST

ByJoydeep Karmakar

Saurabh wins silver, Abhishek bags bronze in 10m Air pistol event

The fancied world number four Chaudhary was humbled in the final shot by Iran's Javed Foroughi, currently ranked 107th in the ISSF rankings.Foroughi, who had only 14 seconds on the clock to fire his final shot, scored a winning 10.5 after the 18-year-old Chaudhary managed 9.8 in his last attempt of the gold medal round.

Saurabh Chaudhary of India and Abhishek Verma(REUTERS)

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Published on Mar 20, 2021 07:58 PM IST

PTI |

Top India shooters gear up for first meet after wait due to pandemic

All 15 shooters who have Tokyo Olympics quota places, in eight events, will be in action alongside other top shooters of the country. The NRAI has restricted the entries for the trials to a small number, based on rankings, to avoid a big gathering.

File photo of Karni Singh Shooting range(HT Photo)

sports

Updated on Jan 05, 2021 11:24 AM IST

New Delhi | ByAvishek Roy

Tokyo-bound India shooter Abhishek Verma to start legal practice

Abhishek Verma is fairly confident of striking a balance between shooting and legal practice. The multi-faceted Verma, who also holds a BTech in computer science, wants to deal with cases related to cyber crime.

Gold medallist Saurabh Chaudhary of India and bronze medallist Abhishek Verma of India hold up their medals.(REUTERS)

sports

Updated on Jun 29, 2020 03:43 PM IST

Press Trust of India | ByPress Trust of India

Maintaining form, focus till next year’s Olympics a challenge, but I am prepared: Abhishek Verma

The ongoing nationwide lockdown, enforced to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, has halted training schedules of all the sportspersons.

sports

Updated on Apr 04, 2020 03:49 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Anjum Moudgil wins gold, top shooters continue to dominate nationals

While Anjum Moudgil was crowned champion in 50m rifle 3 positions, Yashaswini and Abhishek won the top prize in 10m pistol mixed team competition.

Anjum Moudgil of India in action.(REUTERS)

sports

Updated on Dec 25, 2019 10:18 PM IST

Bhopal | ByIndo Asian News Service

No end to archers’ misery as AAI suspension overshadows stellar 2019 show

The biggest blow to Indian archery came in August when World Archery suspended the national federation after two warring groups conducted parallel elections in Delhi and Chandigarh in a clear defiance of the international body’s guidelines.

sports

Updated on Dec 25, 2019 12:26 PM IST

Kolkata | ByPTI

Abhishek-Jyoti combine claims compound mixed pair gold at Asian Archery

Verma and Vennam won the mixed pair gold by overwhelming their Chinese Taipei opponents Yi-Hsuan Chen and Chieh-Luh Chen 158-151. India ended with one gold, two silver and four bronze medals.

File photo of Jyothi Surekha Vennam.(Getty Images)

sports

Updated on Nov 27, 2019 02:30 PM IST

Bangkok | ByPress Trust of India

Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das bag bronze medal at Asian Archery Championships

The Indian archers opened their account with a bronze medal in the recurve mixed pair event where Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari defeated Yichai Zheng and Shaoxuan Wei of China 6-2 without breaking a sweat.

A file photo of Deepika Kumari.(REUTERS)

sports

Updated on Nov 25, 2019 06:26 PM IST

Bangkok | ByPress Trust of India

Triple high for India in World Cup Finals: Manu, Elavenil, Divyansh claim top honours

The 17-year-old Bhaker shot 244.7 to claim the top prize in the prestigious season-ending tournament of International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).

sports

Updated on Nov 21, 2019 10:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAvishek Roy

Saurabh Chaudhary shoots silver at 14th Asian Championship

Chaudhary and Verma had earlier qualified for the final in the seventh and sixth place respectively. Both have already secured their quotas for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary celebrates after winning the final round.(PTI)

sports

Updated on Nov 11, 2019 07:35 PM IST

Doha | ByIndo Asian News Service

41-member Indian team announced for Asian Shooting Championship

The selection committee of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), which met in the capital on Wednesday, announced the team consisting of shooters across the 15 Olympic events.

A file photo of Indian shooter Sanjeev Rajput.(REUTERS)

sports

Updated on Sep 19, 2019 03:53 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Need mental stability of different level for Olympic medal: Abhishek Verma

The Indian also bagged a silver with Yashaswini Singh Deswal in mixed 10m air pistol and his performance has fuelled hopes of a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

sports

Updated on Sep 08, 2019 01:43 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPTI

India finish with 5 gold medals at ISSF World Cup

The results ensured an unprecedented top finish for India across all four ISSF World Cup stages this year as they won 16 gold, four silver and two bronze medals in 2019.

sports

Updated on Sep 03, 2019 01:23 PM IST

Rio de Janerio | ByIndo Asian News Service

Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary win gold, unprecedented finish for India

Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma won the silver as India picked up the maximum possible medals on the final day of the tournament.

Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won he mixed 10m air pistol gold.(Twitter)

sports

Updated on Sep 03, 2019 06:27 AM IST

Rio de Janeiro | ByPress Trust of India

Abhishek Verma wins gold, bronze for Saurabh Chaudhary in ISSF World Cup

Verma, a part-time lawyer, shot 244.2 in the eight-man final on Thursday, while the 17-year-old Chaudhary’s 221.9 was good enough to get him the bronze after five gold medals this year.

File photo of Abhishek Verma and Saurabh Chaudhary.(REUTERS)

sports

Updated on Aug 30, 2019 05:10 PM IST

Rio de Janeiro | ByPress Trust of India

India top medal tally at Beijing Shooting World Cup

India topped the medals tally ahead of hosts China (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze), who won five medals in total.

India's Manu Bhaker (R) and Saurabh Chaudhary pose for photographs with their gold medals after winning the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the ISSF World Cup(PTI)

sports

Updated on Apr 28, 2019 03:26 PM IST

Beijing | ByPTI

ISSF World Cup: Abhishek Verma wins gold in 10m Air Pistol, secures Olympic quota

This is India’s fifth Tokyo 2020 quota in shooting and the second in 10m air pistol after Saurabh Chaudhary clinched the first in New Delhi.

A file photo of Indian shooter Abhishek Verma.(PTI)

sports

Updated on Apr 27, 2019 10:45 PM IST

Beijing | ByAjai Masand

Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary triumph as India continue domination in Asian Airgun Championship

Manu Bhaker won the women’s 10m Air Pistol on day three of the Asian Airgun Championship while Saurabh bagged a team gold in the men’s event.

sports

Updated on Mar 29, 2019 05:38 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPTI

Cheque without check: IOA bloopers mar Asian Games felicitation ceremony

Around 15 medallists including compound archers Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma were given just bouquets as their names were misprinted on cheques.

Abhishek Verma was one of the athletes whose name was spelt wrong.(AFP)

sports

Updated on Sep 23, 2018 07:38 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Archers write to President seeking Dronacharya award for coach

Teja was recommended for the Dronacharya Award by the selection committee, headed by justice Mukul Mudgal, but the Sports Ministry struck off his name citing a past incident of indiscipline against the coach.

Indian archers Rajat Chauhan, Aman Saini and Abhishek Verma celebrate after winning the Silver medal in men's compound team event, at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta.(PTI)

sports

Published on Sep 20, 2018 06:06 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPTI

Shooter Abhishek Verma receives a hero’s welcome

Asian Games Bronze medallist Abhishek Verma speaks about his proud moment of winning medal for the country and choosing shooting over law.

Asiad bronze medallist and winner of the Silver medal(team) at the World Championship 2018 South Korea in 10M Air Pistol event, Abhishek Verma was received with garlands and his car was followed by a convoy of cars by his family, friends and proud fans alike, on Monday.(Vijay Verma/PTI)

sports

Updated on Sep 12, 2018 12:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNaina Arora, Gurugram

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in the 2012 case, CBI accused Tytler and Verma of colluding to deceive ZTE Telecom India Private Limited by allegedly inducing its officials to pay ₹50 lakh through a ‘forged letter’

In our Raksha Bandhan special series, Abhishek Verma reacts to his younger brother Abhay Verma becoming National Crush after Munjya, while discussing their bond

The Goa Police have arrested Abhishek Verma, a 27-year-old from Uttarakhand capital Dehradun who worked as a bartender at the Yoga retreat resort in north Goa’s Mandrem, for the attack

Visuals shared by ANI showed BJP flags removed from Arjun Singh's residence in Barrackpore and replaced with TMC flags.

India’s federation and the elite shooters are reviewing their showing in Japan after the sport failed to deliver a medal for the second Olympics in a row.

The 2014 Asian Games gold-medallist Verma, who qualified after winning the third stage of the World Cup in Paris, had won a silver in the 2015 edition.

India were in pursuit of their first ever gold medal at the world event. For a country that doesn't have a gold yet, India have climbed the most podiums at the event -- 10 --, appearing in eight finals and leaving with silver each time.

India have already confirmed two medals by entering the compound women and mixed finals slated in the early hours of Saturday.

The scores Indians achieved in the World Cup were good and our medal winners in New Delhi became world No. 1s and No. 2s. But the level and pressure of competition were far from what they experienced at the Olympics.

All 15 shooters who have Tokyo Olympics quota places, in eight events, will be in action alongside other top shooters of the country. The NRAI has restricted the entries for the trials to a small number, based on rankings, to avoid a big gathering.

Abhishek Verma is fairly confident of striking a balance between shooting and legal practice. The multi-faceted Verma, who also holds a BTech in computer science, wants to deal with cases related to cyber crime.

The ongoing nationwide lockdown, enforced to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, has halted training schedules of all the sportspersons.

While Anjum Moudgil was crowned champion in 50m rifle 3 positions, Yashaswini and Abhishek won the top prize in 10m pistol mixed team competition.

The biggest blow to Indian archery came in August when World Archery suspended the national federation after two warring groups conducted parallel elections in Delhi and Chandigarh in a clear defiance of the international body’s guidelines.

Verma and Vennam won the mixed pair gold by overwhelming their Chinese Taipei opponents Yi-Hsuan Chen and Chieh-Luh Chen 158-151. India ended with one gold, two silver and four bronze medals.

The Indian archers opened their account with a bronze medal in the recurve mixed pair event where Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari defeated Yichai Zheng and Shaoxuan Wei of China 6-2 without breaking a sweat.

The 17-year-old Bhaker shot 244.7 to claim the top prize in the prestigious season-ending tournament of International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).

Chaudhary and Verma had earlier qualified for the final in the seventh and sixth place respectively. Both have already secured their quotas for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The selection committee of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), which met in the capital on Wednesday, announced the team consisting of shooters across the 15 Olympic events.

The Indian also bagged a silver with Yashaswini Singh Deswal in mixed 10m air pistol and his performance has fuelled hopes of a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

The results ensured an unprecedented top finish for India across all four ISSF World Cup stages this year as they won 16 gold, four silver and two bronze medals in 2019.

Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma won the silver as India picked up the maximum possible medals on the final day of the tournament.

Verma, a part-time lawyer, shot 244.2 in the eight-man final on Thursday, while the 17-year-old Chaudhary’s 221.9 was good enough to get him the bronze after five gold medals this year.

India topped the medals tally ahead of hosts China (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze), who won five medals in total.

This is India’s fifth Tokyo 2020 quota in shooting and the second in 10m air pistol after Saurabh Chaudhary clinched the first in New Delhi.

Manu Bhaker won the women’s 10m Air Pistol on day three of the Asian Airgun Championship while Saurabh bagged a team gold in the men’s event.

Around 15 medallists including compound archers Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma were given just bouquets as their names were misprinted on cheques.

Teja was recommended for the Dronacharya Award by the selection committee, headed by justice Mukul Mudgal, but the Sports Ministry struck off his name citing a past incident of indiscipline against the coach.

Asian Games Bronze medallist Abhishek Verma speaks about his proud moment of winning medal for the country and choosing shooting over law.

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