Indian shooters grabbed all the six gold on offer while triathlon players joined the party by winning both the gold and two silver as the hosts swept aside the challenge from other countries.
India stood atop with 268 medals (156 gold, 85 silver and 27 bronze), way ahead of second placed Sri Lanka 163 (25, 55, 83). Pakistan were at third with 81 medals (9, 27, 45).
Indians finished 1-2 in both men's and women's individual triathlon events at the Sarusajai Sports Complex. Dilip Kumar bagged the men's individual event gold with a time of 2:02:53, while compatriot Guru Datta won the silver in 2:05:31. Nuwan Kumara of Sri Lanka took the bronze in 2:10:38.
In the women's individual event, Pallavi Retiwala won the gold with a time of 1:11:57, while team-mate Pooja Chaurushi got the silver in 1:12:36. K C Roja of Nepal took the bronze in 1:16:00.
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Star boxers Devendro Singh and Shiva Thapa bludgeoned their way to convincing wins over their hapless opponents, Tashi Wangdi of Bhutan, and Nepal's Shrestha Dinesh, respectively. Asian gold medallist Vikas Krishnan also tasted success on the first day of event. So were Laishram Sarita Devi, Pooja Rani Devi, Madan Lal, Dheeraj (60kg), Mandeep Jangra (69kg).
Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom got a first round bye and the London Olympics bronze medallist will face Bangladesh's Shamina Akter in the semis tomorrow.
The Indian men and women football teams qualified for the finals of their respective events after comprehensive wins over their counterparts from Bangladesh. While the men recorded an easy 3-0 result, the women thrashed their opponents 5-1 to secure a place in the title clash.
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In taekwondo, P Kumar defeated R Husseini of Afghanistan in 87kg men's final to clinch India's only gold from four events of the day at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences on the outskirts of Shillong city.
The home country's domination in shooting was such that in the three individual events of the day, India swept all the medals in two while winning a gold and a bronze in the remaining one.
Pakistan's Kaleemullah (men's 10m air pistol) was the lone non-Indian to get a medal today in shooting, bagging a silver.
With today's show, the star-studded Indian shooting team, which has six Rio Olympics bound shooters, has taken its tally to 18 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze in four days. Two days are left in the competition.
Omkar, Gurpreet and Jitendra then took the team gold in men's 10m air pistol event with a total score of 1735. Pakistan (1700) and Sri Lanka (1663) took the silver and bronze respectively.
In the women's 25m pistol final, Sarnobat won the gold medal match against compatriot Annuraj Singh with eight points to two, while Anisa Sayyed took the bronze by prevailing over Farhat Nasreen of Pakistan.
There was a tough fight for the gold in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions between Moudgil and Elizabeth Susan Koshy. Moudgil was the better of the two in the kneeling position but Koshy made up the deficit with a strong show in prone.
But, Moudgil took control in the standing position and had taken such a huge lead, that even a very poor 8.0 in the gold medal deciding round could not stop her from grabbing the top spot with a total score of 452.2. Koshy was second with a total of 451.9 while another Indian, Lajja Gauswami, took the bronze.
Not just at the range, India put up a solid show in the ring too. Laishram Sarita Devi outclassed Bangladeshi rookie Akter Saki in a technical knockout lasting less than 30 seconds to storm into the boxing semis in the 60kg.
In Kabaddi, the Indian men's team thrashed Bangladesh 30-17 in the morning session before scrapping past Pakistan in the evening with a 9-8 result at the R G Baruah Sports Complex. The home team topped the league table with an unbeaten record.
As far as football is concerned, the India U-23 team registered a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Bangladesh to breeze into the final of men's event.
India led 2-0 at the interval.
After Udanta Singh put India into the lead in the 22nd minute, Mawihmingthanga followed it up with a fantastic strike from outside the box five minutes before the interval.
Changing over, Jayesh Rane sealed the fate in the 65th minute, which also saw Bangladesh coach Gonzalo Moreno being sent to the stands.