Competing at the Sree Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium, Pavithra Venkatesh won the title for a 4:05m leap while Baranica Elangovan (4.00m) secured silver and Mariya Jaison (3.80m) won bronze, as per Olympics.
In that contingent, Baranica Elangovan is the only Pole Vaulter. She will be bidding to become the 1st Indian in history to medal in the women’s pole vault event at the Asian Athletics Championships, an event that has been traditionally dominated by Chinese and Japanese athlet
Following an impressive performance during the 62nd National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships and 26th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships, athletes Jyothi Yarraji, Jinson Johnson, Baranica Elangovan, Mohammed Afsal, Gulveer Singh will now set their sights on the
Amlan Borgohain, in particular, will have happy memories of the tournament, having broken the men's 200m national record in the last edition. Jyothi Yarraji, the national record holder in the 100m hurdles event, will also compete in the 200m event.
As several places of Barrackpore are communally sensitive, paramilitary forces have been deployed in Baranagar, Kamarhati and Titagarh of Barrckpore for the time being, police said.
Head constable Gul Baran died in the attack. The assailants shot Baran while he was on his way back home, police spokesman Syed Yaqoob Bukhari was quoted in the Dawn report as saying.
She was nominated along with Christine Baranski for ('The Good Fight'), Sharon Horgan ('Bad Sisters'), Laura Linney ('Ozark'), Mandy Moore ('This Is Us') and Kelly Reilly ('Yellowstone').
With the mercury continuously dipping in parts of Rajasthan, the District Collector of Baran issued the order to extend winter vacations in Government and Private schools till Monday.
Mirza had arrived at Mirzapur on a motorcycle to give food to his family members and other labourers present at a farm, when he was attacked by a group. The attackers used lathi, sharp weapons and also fired at Mirza.
The protest took place a day after a second-year medical student and hosteller, identified as Priyaranjan Singh, allegedly attempted suicide at the hostel on Monday night.