Indian shooters fed up with shooting blanks

India's marksmen are threatening to quit preparations for the Olympics unless the government steps in to help alleviate a shortage of ammunition for training.
The nation's leading medal prospects for the August Games are in shooting, with Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore fancied to bring home a gold medal after winning a double trap silver four years ago in Athens.
However, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) secretary Baljit Singh Sethi said a shortage of ammunition for air weapon competitors was hampering preparations. Read more...........................Indian marksmen fed up with shooting blanks

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Fire Engines are not for Film Shooting

Recently bollywood star Ajay Devgan wanted to film rain sequence for his upcoming film "U Me Aur Hum". Earlier he had attempted filming the sequence using water tankers. But he was not too happy with the results as the machines were not powerful enough and did not give the desired effect. Then Ajay approached the fire brigade department for a few fire engines.

As per one source, “The fire brigade department was taken aback at our request. After much dilly-dallying they said that they cannot give out the machines for a film shoot.”

Below was the reply of the fire brigade department:

“Devgan did come to us and wanted these fire engines for shooting. However, we maintain that these machines are used only to put out fires in the city and not for any other purpose.”

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