Despite besting the previous Asian Games record time (3:28.68 in 2014 Incheon), the Indian quartet were outplayed by Bahrain, who secured the gold medal with a new record time of 3:27.65.
Indian boxer Narender went down fighting against Kamshybek Kunkabayev 0-5 in the +92kg category, in the semifinals to earn himself a bronze medal at the ongoing 19th Asian Games.
The Minister along with students and senior management of Mallareddy Educational Institutions also gave a rousing welcome to the star shooter Esha Singh, at Shamshabad airport.
State Minister KT Rama Rao, Mahmood Ali, Koppula Eshwar and Naveen Nicholas felicitated the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society student and presented the cheque