Yumnam, who set a new Commonwealth Games record of 90 kg in the snatch with her third attempt, had also won the gold at the Melbourne Games in 2006.
Yumnam had a combined total of 197 kg today. She beat Australia's Seen Lee (192 kg combined) and 16-year-old Zoe Smith of England (188 kg).
The hosts, who had grabbed five golds yesterday, added five more today. The day started with ace shooters Gagan Narang and Anisa Sayyed picking up golds as India staged one-two finishes in the 10m Air Rifle Men's Singles and the Women's 25m Pistol.
Omkar Singh then won a gold in the 50 m Air Pistol at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range and wrestler Rajinder Singh won gold in the 55 kg in the Greco Roman Style event by subduing Pakistan's Azhar Hussain 11-0 in a one-sided encounter.
Narang shot a perfect 600 out of 600 in the qualification round of 10 m Air Rifle Men's Singles event and then set a new meet record with 103.6 points in the final to win the gold.
His compatriot and Beijing Olympic Games gold medallist Abhinav Bindra bagged the silver in the event with a final sore of 698. James Huckle of England, who finished with 693.5 points, took the bronze.
Sayyed set a Games record of 786.8 points on her way to gold, fending off a challenge from teammate Rahi Sarnobat, who settled for the silver with a score of 781.
Pei Chin Bibiana Ng of Malaysia sneaked past Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lalita Yauhleuskaya of Australia to win the bronze with a total of 778.2.
Narang took his time in the opening round but hit the bull's eye with all ten shots. He maintained this in the remaining five rounds to achieve the maximum score of 600.
Rani Rampal of India scoring India’s only goal against Australia in a women's hockey match at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi on October 6, 2010. India lost 1-2.
Bindra recovered from a shaky start and reached peak form towards the end of the event but by then Narang had more or less clinched the issue.
The duo had won the gold in the 10m Air Rifle Men's Pairs with a score of 1193 points on the second day of competitions yesterday.
Narang had achieved the 600 points mark in the qualification round of the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Final in Bangkok on November 5, 2008. His aggregate of 703.5 on that occasion was also a record.
With these, India's tally in the Games so far has gone up to seven golds. The hosts had won two golds in shooting and three in wrestling yesterday to climb to the second place in the medals table. The Games will end on October 14.
With today's victory, Sayyed managed to end the monopoly of Australians in the 25m Pistol Women's event at the Commonwealth Games. This event was won by an Australian women all four times it was held.
Sayeed had also won the Pairs 25m Pistol yesterday and has, thus, taken two gold medals in the Games.
"I was dreaming for this since yesterday. I was very nervous, my legs were shaking and didn't laugh since morning. But training camp worked a lot," she said after the event.
"I have a long way to go and hard work is needed. I will perform best at the Asian Games next month and most importantly at the next Olympics Games," she added.
The Indian pair of Ronjon Sodhi and Asher Noria, however, were pushed to second place for silver in the double trap, which was won by Steven Scott and Steven Walton of England. They had a total of 188 against the English pair's 189.
In tennis, India's unranked Rushmi Chakravarthi suprised England's no. 3 seed Katie O'Brien to make it to the last eight in the women's singles.
She lost the first set 1-6 but then pulled herself together to win the next two 7-6, 7-5 for the biggest upset in the competition so far.
"It's the first time I've played her and she's seeded, so it was a tough one. It was difficult as I'm not playing on the circuit, so it was one of the best wins of my career," she said after the match.
"In the first set, I struggled to get into it. I was missing a lot of shots. I was more consistent in the second set with my forehand and serve," she said.
"It was difficult in the heat. But these are my home courts, so I've played here a lot before and I know the surface," she added.
O'Brien apparently went into the match with a right shoulder injury. "She's had a bad shoulder for a few weeks, so she hasn't played any tennis since she's been here," England team captain Paul Hutchins said. "The lack of practice was definitely a contributing factor," he said.
Chakravarthi will now meet sixth seed Olivia Rogowska of Australia in the quarter-finals.
Another Indian, Poojashree Venkatesha lost 6-7, 3-6 to fifth seed Heather Watson of Guernsey.
Medal contender Sania Mirza of India had little difficulty in despatching Brittany Teei of Cook Islands 6-0, 6-2 and will now meet eighth seed Marina Erakovic of New Zealand in the quarter-finals.
India's tennis star Sania Mirza in action against Brittany Teei of Cook Islands at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi on October 6, 2010.
In the men's singles, India's top seed Somdev Devvarman moved into the last eight with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Amresh Jayawickreme of Sri Lanka and will now meet Rubin Statham of New Zealand.
However, his team-mate Rohan Bopanna lost 2-6, 6-7 to Peter Luczak of Australia.
The Indian archery women's compound team beat Austraila to qualify for the semi-finals, with the trio of Gagandeep Kaur, Jhano Hansdah and Bheigyabati Chanu prevailing over Rebecca Darby, Fiona Hyde and Cassie McCall by a narrow 227-220 margin.
In aquatics, para-athlete Prasanta Karmakar won the bronze in the men's 50m freestyle to clinch the first ever swimming medal for India in the Commonwealth Games. He recorded a time of 27.48 seconds, behind Australia's John Cowdrey (25.33) and Jay Miller of England (26.7).
In badminton, India, which had won bronze at Melbourne, sailed into the last eight, swamping Wales 5-0.
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