An NRI woman in Ludhiana, Punjab, bravely thwarted an alleged robbery attempt by wielding a sword against two bike-borne individuals who were following her car.
A law student in Punjab's Tarn Taran district allegedly shot and killed a female classmate inside their classroom before turning the gun on himself.
India also had a silver medal through Grishma Thorat in the youth women's 77kg.
India has fielded a 12-member squad, the 2017 world champion and 2022 silver medallist Chanu remains the country's lone realistic medal contender.
Harjinder totalled 212kgs (93 in snatch and 119 in clean and jerk) to finish on the podium on Monday night.
England's Sarah Davies won the gold medal with a total of 229 kgs, while Canada's Alexis Ashworth bagged the silver with 214.
Was hoping against hope something would happen and it did: Harjinder Kaur
India's schedule on Day 4 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on August 1, Monday.
Here's a look at Indian athletes' performance on Monday, Day 4 of the Games.
Apart from Mirabai, the four other Indian lifters were placed in groups C and D, failing to finish even in the top 20 at the Worlds, earlier this month.
India have finished as the best-performing nation in the sport in the 1990, 2002, and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Singh said the nation and the society as a whole are gradually getting conditioned to look at things in the eye instead of getting confused by duplicities.
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