India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from Pune violence spreading to several parts of Mumbai to the 45-day long Magh Mela in Allahabad starting today. ...read more

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Eldine Fernandes, an artist at his vandalized workshop of sculptures at Koregaon Bhima, Pune. At least one person died and four were injured after violence broke out in Pune on Monday during celebrations to mark the bicentenary of a British-era war. (Prathamesh Gokhale / HT Photo)

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Violent protests erupted in several parts of Mumbai with protestors damaging a BEST bus, blocking roads and holding a rail roko on Tuesday, a day after a 28-year-old Dalit died in Pune district following the bicentenary of a British-era war. (Vijayanand Gupta / HT Photo)

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A priest offers prayers after taking the ritual dips in the water at the “Sangam”, on the auspicious day of “Paush Purnima” during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad. Hundreds of thousands of devotees are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days starting today celebrated as Magh Mela. (Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)

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A man in Patna crosses a railway track as cold wave conditions continued to sweep across northern India on Tuesday. In Delhi, as many as 20 flights were delayed and six were cancelled, while 64 trains were delayed, 24 were rescheduled and 21 cancelled, while dense fog continued to shroud many places in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. (PTI)

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Eldine Fernandes, an artist at his vandalized workshop of sculptures at Koregaon Bhima, Pune. At least one person died and four were injured after violence broke out in Pune on Monday during celebrations to mark the bicentenary of a British-era war. (Prathamesh Gokhale / HT Photo)

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Devotees look at the damage inflicted on the Golden Temple in Amritsar after the Operation Bluestar in 1984. Even after 33 years, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has preserved 147 bullet marks on the walls of its HQ, so they can serve as evidence in a Rs. 1,000-crore suit related to a military attack on the Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star. (HT Archive)

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The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, which has already been passed by the Lok Sabha, makes instant triple talaq illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband. The bill is listed for introduction in the Rajya Sabha by law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. (PTI / TV Grab)

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A view of OPD at Chinmaya Mission Hospital, Bengaluru which is functioning partially as Indian Medical Association called nationwide strike in protest against a central bill, which seeks to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) with the new body under the National Medical Commission Act (NMCA). (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)