** Delhi: In a first, woman cop part of encounter team

In a first, a woman police officer was part of a Crime Branch encounter team that arrested a gangster and his accomplice in Central Delhi’s Pragati Maidan on Thursday.

Police said the accused fired at sub-inspector Priyanka while she was trying to catch them but the bullet hit her jacket and she wasn’t injured.

** ISSF WC: India win gold in women’s 25m pistol team event

India’s Chinky Yadav on Wednesday clinched the gold medal in the women’s 25m pistol event.

India women’s 25m pistol team comprising of Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat, and Chinki Yadav on Thursday won a gold medal in the ongoing ISSF Shooting World Cup. The Indian team defeated Poland 17-7 in the final to win the gold medal.