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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from Bhai Dooj festival celebrations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Bastar’s Jagdalpur ahead of Chhattisgarh elections.

Updated on: Nov 09, 2018 5:16 PM IST

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Women show their proofs of identity before entering the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Central Jail to meet their brothers on the occasion of ‘Bhai Dooj’, in Jabalpur. (PTI)

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Indian Youth Congress (IYC) members stage a protest march on the 2nd anniversary of demonetisation outside RBI Headquarters, in New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat and others pose for a group photograph at the formal induction of three major artillery gun systems, including the M777 American Ultra Light Howitzers and the K-9 Vajra, into the Army during a ceremony at Deolali artillery centre, in Nashik district. (PTI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at his first election meeting for next week’s state elections in Bastar’s Jagdalpur, said the Congress had to answer to the people why it spoke in defence of urban Maoists. “Urban Maoists live in air-conditioned homes, study abroad, roam around in fancy cars but ruin lives of tribal youth here through a remote control. Why is Congress supporting these urban Maoists?” he said. (ANI)

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Pictures of the world’s best-known comedian, Charlie Chaplin, hang from a temporary structure during preparations for the ‘Kolkata International Film Festival 2018’. The week-long festival commences tomorrow. (Swapan Mahapatra / PTI)

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Officials on Friday said that CBI Director Alok Verma appeared before a panel headed by Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary and countered corruption charges levelled against him by his deputy and special director in the probe agency Rakesh Asthana, for the second consecutive day. (Ravi Choudhary / HT Archive)

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AIADMK ministers and party cadres protest the release of actor Vijay’s latest Tamil film “Sarkar” at cinema halls in Chennai. Filmmaker AR Murugadoss said in a petition, filed through his counsel Vivekanantha, that there was no intention to cast any leaders in poor light. He added they have removed the “objectionable” scenes and muted an apparent reference to the late Jayalalithaa. (IANS)