India: Today’s new in pictures

India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s top news across the country from heavy rains continuing to lash parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, killing six people and blocking roads, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating Pakyong Airport, Sikkim’s first-ever airport.

Updated on: Sep 24, 2018 5:08 PM IST

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Heavy rains lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh killing six people and blocking roads, officials said on Monday. Many roads including several national highways have been blocked due to landslides across the state. The tourist town of Manali has been cut off after an overflowing Beas river submerged roads after torrential rain during the last 24 hours. (HT Photo)

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The distressed yacht, Thuriya, with Commander Abhilash Tomy of the Indian Navy on board, floats in the southern Indian Ocean. Tomy was injured and his boat wrecked in a massive storm while on his second circumnavigation of the globe. He was later rescued by a French naval vessel on Monday. (AP / AMSA)

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Franco Mullakal, the former Jalandhar Bishop arrested on charges of raping a nun, has been sent to prison after the Kerala High Court deferred his bail application to Thursday. He was arrested last week by the police after questioning him for three days. In June, the 43-year-old nun, also a mother superior, had complained to the police that Mullakkal had raped her 13 times between 2014 and 2016. (Sivaram V / REUTERS File)

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Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar has dropped two ministers in his cabinet as part of the first step to counter criticism from the Congress that the BJP-led coalition government had stopped functioning and brought governance to a halt. The two ministers, Francis DeSouza and Pandurang Madkaikar, who have been ailing for some time, will be replaced by BJP lawmakers Nilesh Cabral and Milind Naik. (PTI File)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Pakyong Airport, Sikkim’s first-ever airport, on Monday. It is a Greenfield airport which will circumvent the need for a five-hour journey through mountainous roads and bring citizens of Sikkim closer to the state capital. Located around 60km from the Indo-China border, the airport is strategically relevant from a security point of view. (PTI / Twitter)

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A delegation of senior Congress leaders met the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) on Monday and demanded registration of a case of alleged corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal. The meeting comes days after a Congress delegation met the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and urged the apex auditor to prepare a report on alleged irregularities in the deal and present it in Parliament. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday arrived in his parliamentary constituency of Amethi on a two-day visit. He is set to participate in a series of programmes including laying the foundation stones of development projects that would be implemented using his MPLAD funds. During his address in Amethi, Gandhi asked PM Modi for answers on why Rafale price was not disclosed and how Anil Ambani’s Reliance got the contract. (Atul Yadav / PTI File)