Ronjan Singh Sodhi

At the shooting range, Jitu Rai took completed a hat-trick of gold medals when he first combined with Gurpreet Singh and Omkar Singh to ensure a top finish for the SSCB in the 10m pistol team event before coming out trumps in the individual competition.

Ronjan Sodhi and Manavjit Singh Sandhu, are the brains behind the first Indian Shotgun Open. It is a first-of-its-kind shooting league, that lets inexperienced shooters compete with the experienced ones.

Congress vice-President Rahul Gandhi was speaking at the launch of National Youth Policy 2014 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan, a Centrally Sponsored Plan Scheme. Sports Minister Jitendra Singh, Mary Kom, Vijender Singh, P Gopichand, Ashwini Nachappa, Ronjan Sodhi and Karnam Malleswari were also present on the occasion.

The ace shooter received India's highest sporting honour from President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday.

Sports ministry decides to go with awards committee's recommendation that shooter Ronjan Sodhi is the best candidate.

Prominent Olympians and Arjuna awardees were of the view that Poonia should also be recommended for the country's top sporting award, along with double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi whose name has already been recommended by a selection panel under controversial circumstances.

Poonia on Wednesday claimed that voting for the prestigious Khel Ratna Award, which was on Tuesday decided by the government to be conferred upon double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi, is manipulated.

Sports ministry's decision to recommend Olympian shooter Ronjan Sodhi for the Khel Ratna award this year has angered discus thrower Krishna Poonia and Paralympian HN Girisha. Both Poonia and Girisha feel they deserve India's highest sporting honour.

A selection panel member told PTI that Commonwealth Games gold-medallist discus thrower Krishna Poonia and London Paralympics silver medallist H N Girisha were shortlisted for voting by 11 out of 12 selection panel members and Sodhi's name was not considered initially.

Double trap shooter, who has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, says he is privileged to join Sachin Tendulkar in getting India's highest sporting honour

Ace shooter Ronjan Sodhi is set to be awarded with the Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour.

Leaving behind the London Olympics disappointment, India's ace double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi on Monday won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Slovenia.

Another medal hope dashed when Indian shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi failed to qualify for the final of the Men's Double Trap event.

India's top double trap shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi, a strong medal prospect, said weather can be the deciding factor in his event during the London Games.

Ronjan Singh Sodhi became the first Indian shooter to defend his World title. Ronjan Singh Sodhi won the Silver medal at the 2011 ISSF World Cup, China, to book his ticket to London.

At the shooting range, Jitu Rai took completed a hat-trick of gold medals when he first combined with Gurpreet Singh and Omkar Singh to ensure a top finish for the SSCB in the 10m pistol team event before coming out trumps in the individual competition.

Ronjan Sodhi and Manavjit Singh Sandhu, are the brains behind the first Indian Shotgun Open. It is a first-of-its-kind shooting league, that lets inexperienced shooters compete with the experienced ones.

Congress vice-President Rahul Gandhi was speaking at the launch of National Youth Policy 2014 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan, a Centrally Sponsored Plan Scheme. Sports Minister Jitendra Singh, Mary Kom, Vijender Singh, P Gopichand, Ashwini Nachappa, Ronjan Sodhi and Karnam Malleswari were also present on the occasion.

The ace shooter received India's highest sporting honour from President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday.

Sports ministry decides to go with awards committee's recommendation that shooter Ronjan Sodhi is the best candidate.

Prominent Olympians and Arjuna awardees were of the view that Poonia should also be recommended for the country's top sporting award, along with double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi whose name has already been recommended by a selection panel under controversial circumstances.

Poonia on Wednesday claimed that voting for the prestigious Khel Ratna Award, which was on Tuesday decided by the government to be conferred upon double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi, is manipulated.

Sports ministry's decision to recommend Olympian shooter Ronjan Sodhi for the Khel Ratna award this year has angered discus thrower Krishna Poonia and Paralympian HN Girisha. Both Poonia and Girisha feel they deserve India's highest sporting honour.

A selection panel member told PTI that Commonwealth Games gold-medallist discus thrower Krishna Poonia and London Paralympics silver medallist H N Girisha were shortlisted for voting by 11 out of 12 selection panel members and Sodhi's name was not considered initially.

Double trap shooter, who has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, says he is privileged to join Sachin Tendulkar in getting India's highest sporting honour

Ace shooter Ronjan Sodhi is set to be awarded with the Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour.

Leaving behind the London Olympics disappointment, India's ace double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi on Monday won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Slovenia.

Another medal hope dashed when Indian shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi failed to qualify for the final of the Men's Double Trap event.

India's top double trap shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi, a strong medal prospect, said weather can be the deciding factor in his event during the London Games.

Ronjan Singh Sodhi became the first Indian shooter to defend his World title. Ronjan Singh Sodhi won the Silver medal at the 2011 ISSF World Cup, China, to book his ticket to London.