Mangaluru: Members of Jai Hind Swimming Club, Mangaluru have bagged several medals at various swimming competitions held in Bengaluru and are set to take part in other competitions including national competitions.

The members of the club participated in events namely, State Level Public Education Department, State Level Professional Education & Pre University, CBSE Zonal, and All India Inter University 14-19 Age Group.

Abhista R Rao, 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze, Aditya G Bhandary        1 Silver  2 Bronze, Alaister S Rego 1 Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze, Diya Shetty 2 Bronze, Ishitha 1 Gold, Janani K 1 Silver 1 Bronze, Saniya Jeslyn D’Souza 3 Gold 2 Silver, Samarth Kumar, 1 Silver 2 Bronze, Spoorthi R Rao, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze, Shrishan S Bangera, 4 Gold, Vindya G Bhandary, 2 Silver, Wafi Abdul Hakeem 1 Gold, 1 Bronzen are the winners.

Janani K, Vindya G Bhandary and Wafi Abdul Hakeem will be participating in the forthcoming CBSE National at Bhopal.

Alaister Samuel Rego, Saniya Jeslyn D’Souza, Samarth Kumar and Shrishan S Bangera will be participating in SGFI Nationals at Delhi. Ishitha will be participating in Nationals at Delhi.

The swimmers were trained by V. Ramakrishna Rao, Head Coach, Rajesh Antony Bengre, K Nagraj, Assistant Coaches.

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Tiruchirappalli (PTI): A Bengaluru bound Air India Express flight with about 137 passengers made an "emergency landing," here following a technical glitch, sources at the airport said.

The Thiruvananthapuram-Bengaluru service suffered the glitch mid-air, following which it made the safe landing here, the sources added.

All the passengers disembarked the flight and the technical crew was attending to the fault.

An Air India Express spokesperson said the flight "was diverted to Tiruchirappalli due to a technical issue."

"A replacement aircraft is being organised to operate the flight to Bengaluru. We are providing all administrative arrangements and regret the inconvenience caused to the travel schedule (of passengers)," the spokesperson added.