India: Today’s news in pictures

Updated On Aug 02, 2018 05:58 pm IST

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from the second day of the Test match between India and England to a state-wide bandh called by Left parties in Bihar.

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Murali Vijay is given out LBW during the second day of the first test match between India and England at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Earlier, Ravichandran Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets while Mohammed Shami took three as England were bowled out for 287. Joe Root top scored for England with 80 runs but was run out from a throw by Virat Kohli. (Andrew Boyers / Action Images via Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Aug 02, 2018 05:58 pm IST

Murali Vijay is given out LBW during the second day of the first test match between India and England at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Earlier, Ravichandran Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets while Mohammed Shami took three as England were bowled out for 287. Joe Root top scored for England with 80 runs but was run out from a throw by Virat Kohli. (Andrew Boyers / Action Images via Reuters)

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Children ride a cart as they move through a flooded colony, inundated by the Yamuna river, in Mathura on Thursday. (PTI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Children ride a cart as they move through a flooded colony, inundated by the Yamuna river, in Mathura on Thursday. (PTI)

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Normal life was hit in parts of Bihar during a state-wide bandh called by Left parties in protest against the alleged sexual abuse of minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur city and against incidents of atrocity on Dalits. (PTI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Aug 02, 2018 05:58 pm IST

Normal life was hit in parts of Bihar during a state-wide bandh called by Left parties in protest against the alleged sexual abuse of minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur city and against incidents of atrocity on Dalits. (PTI)

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Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has repeated his assertion that roads in Madhya Pradesh are better than those in the United States as he criticised the Congress party for making it a “bimaru” or an ailing state during its regime. (PTI File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has repeated his assertion that roads in Madhya Pradesh are better than those in the United States as he criticised the Congress party for making it a “bimaru” or an ailing state during its regime. (PTI File)

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Police and public stand near a school bus that was attacked by a mob after it hit a couple riding a bicycle, in Gurugram on Thursday. Both the husband and wife were killed in the accident. (Parveen Kumar / HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Police and public stand near a school bus that was attacked by a mob after it hit a couple riding a bicycle, in Gurugram on Thursday. Both the husband and wife were killed in the accident. (Parveen Kumar / HT Photo)

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The government is planning to clear the appointment of two high court chief justices, Indira Banerjee and Vineet Sharan, to the Supreme Court in the coming week, but not that of Justice KM Joseph, a top government functionary said on Wednesday. The SC collegium recommended the two new names and sent its recommendation again on Joseph to the law ministry on July 16. (Sajjad Hussain / AFP file) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Aug 02, 2018 05:58 pm IST

The government is planning to clear the appointment of two high court chief justices, Indira Banerjee and Vineet Sharan, to the Supreme Court in the coming week, but not that of Justice KM Joseph, a top government functionary said on Wednesday. The SC collegium recommended the two new names and sent its recommendation again on Joseph to the law ministry on July 16. (Sajjad Hussain / AFP file)

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