2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow Highlights: Late-Night Medal Doubles India's Gold Tally
After Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu lifted a total of 173 kg to get gold, India's Sukhen Dey bagged a gold in men's 56 kg weightlifting category to double India's gold tally. Mirabai Chanu lifted 170 kg to win silver in the women's 48 kg weightlifting category.
The Commonwealth Games started on a rousing note for the Indian contingent as they had an early haul of medals on the first day. Catch all the highlights here (SCHEDULES/RESULTS) (STANDINGS):
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07.00 (IST): Second Gold for India! Sukhen Dey bags it in the 58 kg men's category in weightlifting.  The 25-year-old Dey lifted a total of 248kg (109139) after trailing at the halfway snatch stage, but came back strongly in clean and jerk to win the gold. He had also won a silver in the 2010 Delhi CWG besides bagging a gold in the 2013 Commonwealth Championships in November last year.
23:49 (IST): India's Kalpana Thoudam wins bronze in the 52 kg judo event.
23:21 (IST): Navjot Chana settles for Silver after losing to England's McKenzie in men's 60kg judo.
23:01 (IST): India's Sushila Likmabam loses to Scotland's Kimberley Renicks to settle for silver in women's judo 48kg category.
22:09 (IST): Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu lifted a total of 173 kg to get gold while Mirabai Chanu lifted 170 kg to win silver in the women's 48 kg weightlifting category.
22:03 (IST): Indian women beat Canada 4-2 in their opening hockey match.
21:38 (IST): Saurav Ghosal wins his 1st round match 3-0. He will meet Paul Coll of New Zealand in 2nd round later tonight.
21:23 (IST): India's 2008 Olympic Gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has tweeted that the Commonwealth Games 2014 will be his last.
In the men's 60 kg event, Chana defeated Daniel Le Grange of South Africa in just 1 minute and 51 seconds to storm into the medal round. Chana had a tougher fight in the quarter-finals when he defeated Brandon Dodge of Wales in 3 minutes and 49 seconds while it took him five minutes to win his first round bout against Australian Tom Pappas.
In the women's section, Manipuri judoka Shushila Likmabam reached the finals in the 48 kg category defeating Aussie rival Chloe Rayner in two minutes and 23 seconds. She had earlier defeated Amy Meyer of Australia in 2 minutes and 38 seconds in the quarter-finals while she got better of Mani Medza Effe of Cameroon in a minute and 41 seconds in the pre quarter finals.
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Two more Indians -- Kalpana Thoudam (women's 52kg) and Manjeet Nandal (men's 66kg) are also in contention for a bronze medal. Both lost in the quarterfinals but won their respective repechage round bouts to keep themselves in the reckoning for a bronze medal.
Indian men and women's table tennis teams made a comfortable start at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, defeating Vanuatu and Barbados respectively at the Scotstoun Sports Campus.
The women's team, surprise silver medallists in Delhi four years ago, blanked Barbados 3-0 courtesy a clinical performance by Shamini Kumaresan, Manika Batra and Madhurika Patkar. (Pics: Colours, compassion and competition as CWG 2014 Kicks Off)
Shamini got the better of Sherric Felix 11-3, 11-2, 11-3 in the opening singles before Manika made it 2-0 beating Anthonette Riley 11-2, 11-5, 11-2.
Shamini then teamed up with Madhurika for the doubles rubber, taking place for the first time at the Games. They completed the team's first win of the competition getting past Krystle Harvey and Riley 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3. The women face Kenya later today.
India's top player Sharath Kamal was rested for men's team opener against Vanuatu. Harmeet Desai won the first singles against Ham Lulu 11-2, 11-3, 11-5. Southpaw Sanil Shetty then defeated Yoshua Shing 11-6, 11-2, 7-11, 11-1. Shetty and Anthony Amalraj paired up for the doubles to give India a 3-0 win. They beat Alan Lin and Shing 11-6, 11-5, 11-4. The third seeds next play Northern Ireland later today.
The Games were not without controversy. There was a furore over the India's flag in the official theme song (Watch: Indian flag upside down in CWG official song video).
Then Indian para-powerlifter Sachin Choudhary returned positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency last month.
Jodie Stimpson, a silver medal winner in the World Triathlon Series in 2013, sprinted clear with 400 metres remaining of the final 10km run to win a thrilling race that started with a 1.5km swim in and a 40km cycle around Strathclyde Loch.
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England's double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games due to fitness concerns, his team announced on Thursday.