Abrogation of Article 370 and Sushma Swaraj’s demise-India this week

From the government’s move to scrap Article 370, a historical provision that had extended a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, to the death of former External Affairs Minister and veteran BJP leader Sushma Swaraj due to cardiac arrest; a roundup of top photos from across the country.

Updated on: Aug 11, 2019 1:41 PM IST

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Paramilitary troopers stand guard behind a barbed fence wire as they block a road during a curfew in Srinagar. The Union Government moved a resolution in Rajya Sabha to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. He also added that revocation of Article 370 will kickstart the development of Kashmir. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)

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People gathered around the location of a fire that broke out in a multi-storey building in Okhla’s Zakir Nagar in the early hours of the day, in New Delhi. At least six people died and 10 were injured. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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People watch as a group of B-boying practice their skills at Girgaum chowpatty in Mumbai. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)

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A flood-affected boy carries his dog as he and others are moved to a safer place in Paravur in Ernakulam district in the southern state of Kerala. The army, air force and the NDRF had launched massive relief and rescue operation in Kerala after incessant heavy rain had deluged the state. (Sivaram V / REUTERS)

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Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad watching Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address on a journalist’s phone, in New Delhi. Azad was stopped at the Srinagar International airport on Thursday morning and sent back to Delhi by the local administration. He was accompanied by state Congress chief GA Mir. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Army recruits seen during a training demonstration at the Jak Rifles regimental centre at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. (Uma Shankar MISHRA / AFP)

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Water logging after rain seen at Parliament House premises, in New Delhi. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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A passenger breaks down as she arrives at Old Delhi Railway station, in New Delhi, India, on Friday, August 9, 2019. The Samjhauta Express which was stopped at the Wagah border by Pakistani authorities on Thursday reached Old Delhi railway station with 117 passengers at 8:05 am on Friday, four-and-a-half hours behind schedule, the railways said. (Sushil Kumar / HT Photo)

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Senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, at AICC headquarter, in New Delhi. “Sonia Gandhi is the new Congress president,” party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest policy-making body, ended at around 11pm. The CWC finally accepted the resignation Rahul Gandhi submitted as president on May 25. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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A trader cleans his goat before selling it at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in the old quarters of Delhi. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)

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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP working President JP Nadda, various political leaders and other supporters seen as the mortal remains of Sushma Swaraj are brought out from BJP headquarters and transferred into a hearse to be taken for cremation, in New Delhi. The veteran leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) breathed her last at the AIIMS on Tuesday night. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Athletes perform during 46th Inter Service Gymnastics Championship was inaugurated at INS Hamla,Marve Malad in Mumbai. (Pramod Thakur / HT Photo)

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A school girl recieves a deworming tablet as part of India's National Deworming Programme at a school in Hyderabad. (NOAH SEELAM / AFP)

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Two large turtles - Indian roofed turtle (left) and Leith's softshell turtle (right) - were rescued by a fisherman Hemant Kohli , near Worli village on Sunday. While both turtles are known to have found in inland waters, it is not clear whether they were left at sea or had washed ashore. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

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A view of the waterlogged tracks and between Sion and Kurla and surrounding areas after the water level of Mithi river rose following heavy monsoon rains at Chunabhati in Mumbai. (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)