In 48kg weight lifting competition Sonia Shanu(2nd Place), Sandhya Rani(3rd Place) were participated for India and won a Silver and A Bronze Medal respectively. Agastina Nigam from Nigeeria won the Gold medal.
With Silver and a Bronze medal (totally 2 medals) India is leading the first place in the Commonwealth competition.
Later, men weightlifters Sukhen Dey and V Srinivasa Rao picked up two more medals for the home side by winning the silver and bronze, respectively, in the 56 kg class behind Malaysia's Ibrahim Amirul Hamizan, who took the gold.
Chanu was the pre-event favourite for the 48 kg gold, but had to settle for silver as she cleared 167 kg, eight kg below what Nigeria's Augustina Nwaokolo lifted to emerge the surprise winner and give her country the first gold of the Games.
Both were tied with the same clearance of 94 kg in the snatch but Nwaokolo settled the issue in the clean and jerk. Sandhya Rani got the bronze with a total clearance of 165 kg. She lifted the same as Malaysia's Zaira Zakaria but got the medal for being the lighter competitor.
The 17-year-old Nwaokolo set new Games records in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall categories to win with a lift of 175 kg.
Nwaokolo became the first Nigerian woman to win a gold in the Games in a sport other than athletics.
All the 48 kg Commonwealth Games records were formerly held by India's Kunjarani Devi.
In swimming, the Indian quartet of Virdhawal Khade, Anshul Kothari, Arjun Jayaprakash and Aaron D'Souza finished sixth in their preliminary round race with 3:28:06.
Badrinath Melkote and Subha Chittaranjan made it to the next stage in the individual events but many of their compatriots failed to make it.
India's Leander Paes and Sania Mirza swamped Stacey Roheman and Alberton Richeliue of St. Lucia 6-1, 6-0 in just 39 minutes in the opening round of the mixed doubles today as tennis made its debut in the Commonwealth Game.
It was a good day for the hosts as Rohan Bopanna, Rushmi Chakravarthi and Poojashree Venkatesh also won their singles matches against much weaker opponents.
Paes and Mirza will now meet Colin Fleming and Jocelyn Rae of Scotland in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles event.
In table tennis, India had won their opening match in the women's team competition but were edged out 3-2 by New Zealand in their second outing.
Both teams knew that a second win would virtually guarantee them a place in the last eight and it was a close affair that lasted for nearly two and a half hours.
For New Zealand, Karen Li won two matches, coming from behind twice in the fourth match to level the tie at 2-2 by beating Shamini Kumaresan 6-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4.
Annie Yang then sealed it for New Zealand with an impressive 11-4, 11-13, 15-13, 11-4 victory over Madhurika Suhas Patkar.
In the men's team championship, India began its title defence in style by beating Vanuatu 3-0. They had rested their top singles player Sharath Kamal for the match.
In women's hockey, the hosts, who were runners-up at the last Games in Melbourne in 2006, came from behind to manage a 1-1 tie against Scotland after failing to penetrate the Scottish defence in the early stages of the match.
Holly Cram helped Scotland take a 1-0 lead in the third minute, making no mistake in converting a pass from mid-fielder Vikki Bunce.
In the 45th minute, Jasjeet Kaur Handa of India scored with a reverse stick shot between the Scottish goalkeeper's legs to give the hosts the equaliser.
At the Siri Fort Complex, in badminton, India got off to a flying start, demolishing Kenya 5-0 in its opening match in Group D.
India's top player Chetan Anand gave his team the lead with a straight games win over Victor Munga. World number 3 Saina Nehwal prevailed over Mercy Joseph with ease to give the hosts a 2-0 lead.
The men's doubles pair of Sanave Thomas and Rupesh Kumar made it 3-0 for the home team.
In squash, India's Saurav Ghosal beat Ian Rukunya of Uganda 11-1, 11-4, 11-0 in the men's singles while Harinder Pal Sandhu outplayed Mohammed Shopon Pervez of Bangladesh 11-3, 11-1, 11-2.
India, along with England, dominated archery events on the opening day. Rahul Banerjee and Jayanta Talukdar were at the top of the men's individual recurve rankings. Forrmer world champion Deepik Kumari, with a score of 609, was at the top in the women's individual recurve rankings ahead of tomorrow's elimination round, with compatriot Dola Banerjee behind her in second place.
Chanu was the pre-event favourite for the 48 kg gold, but had to settle for silver as she cleared 167 kg, eight kg below what Nigeria's Augustina Nwaokolo lifted to emerge the surprise winner and give her country the first gold of the Games.
Both were tied with the same clearance of 94 kg in the snatch but Nwaokolo settled the issue in the clean and jerk. Sandhya Rani got the bronze with a total clearance of 165 kg. She lifted the same as Malaysia's Zaira Zakaria but got the medal for being the lighter competitor.
The 17-year-old Nwaokolo set new Games records in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall categories to win with a lift of 175 kg.
Nwaokolo became the first Nigerian woman to win a gold in the Games in a sport other than athletics.
All the 48 kg Commonwealth Games records were formerly held by India's Kunjarani Devi.
In swimming, the Indian quartet of Virdhawal Khade, Anshul Kothari, Arjun Jayaprakash and Aaron D'Souza finished sixth in their preliminary round race with 3:28:06.
Badrinath Melkote and Subha Chittaranjan made it to the next stage in the individual events but many of their compatriots failed to make it.
India's Leander Paes and Sania Mirza swamped Stacey Roheman and Alberton Richeliue of St. Lucia 6-1, 6-0 in just 39 minutes in the opening round of the mixed doubles today as tennis made its debut in the Commonwealth Game.
It was a good day for the hosts as Rohan Bopanna, Rushmi Chakravarthi and Poojashree Venkatesh also won their singles matches against much weaker opponents.
India's Rohan Bopanna and Nirupama Sanjeev during their first round mixed doubles match against Paul Hanley and Anastasia Rodionovo, which they lost 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 in the CommonwealthGames in New Delhi on October 4, 2010.
However, Bopanna and Nirupama Sanjeev lost 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 to Paul Hanley and Anastasia Rodionova in another mixed doubles first round match.Paes and Mirza will now meet Colin Fleming and Jocelyn Rae of Scotland in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles event.
In table tennis, India had won their opening match in the women's team competition but were edged out 3-2 by New Zealand in their second outing.
Both teams knew that a second win would virtually guarantee them a place in the last eight and it was a close affair that lasted for nearly two and a half hours.
For New Zealand, Karen Li won two matches, coming from behind twice in the fourth match to level the tie at 2-2 by beating Shamini Kumaresan 6-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4.
Annie Yang then sealed it for New Zealand with an impressive 11-4, 11-13, 15-13, 11-4 victory over Madhurika Suhas Patkar.
In the men's team championship, India began its title defence in style by beating Vanuatu 3-0. They had rested their top singles player Sharath Kamal for the match.
In women's hockey, the hosts, who were runners-up at the last Games in Melbourne in 2006, came from behind to manage a 1-1 tie against Scotland after failing to penetrate the Scottish defence in the early stages of the match.
Holly Cram helped Scotland take a 1-0 lead in the third minute, making no mistake in converting a pass from mid-fielder Vikki Bunce.
In the 45th minute, Jasjeet Kaur Handa of India scored with a reverse stick shot between the Scottish goalkeeper's legs to give the hosts the equaliser.
At the Siri Fort Complex, in badminton, India got off to a flying start, demolishing Kenya 5-0 in its opening match in Group D.
India's top player Chetan Anand gave his team the lead with a straight games win over Victor Munga. World number 3 Saina Nehwal prevailed over Mercy Joseph with ease to give the hosts a 2-0 lead.
The men's doubles pair of Sanave Thomas and Rupesh Kumar made it 3-0 for the home team.
In squash, India's Saurav Ghosal beat Ian Rukunya of Uganda 11-1, 11-4, 11-0 in the men's singles while Harinder Pal Sandhu outplayed Mohammed Shopon Pervez of Bangladesh 11-3, 11-1, 11-2.
India, along with England, dominated archery events on the opening day. Rahul Banerjee and Jayanta Talukdar were at the top of the men's individual recurve rankings. Forrmer world champion Deepik Kumari, with a score of 609, was at the top in the women's individual recurve rankings ahead of tomorrow's elimination round, with compatriot Dola Banerjee behind her in second place.
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