India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from British businessman Christian James Michel, the alleged middleman in the 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal extradited from Dubai to New Delhi to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress conducting several rallies in Telangana and Rajasthan before the states go to the polls on Friday.

Updated on: Dec 05, 2018 5:02 PM IST

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Christian James Michel, 57, the British businessman accused of bribery in the 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, will remain in CBI custody for 5 days, a Delhi Special Judge ordered on Wednesday on a request by the investigating agency. The court said he can meet his lawyers for an hour, twice every day. (Ravi Choudhary / PTI)

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The Reserve Bank of India kept the key interest rates unchanged on Wednesday with the Repo rate at 6.5%, Reverse repo rate at 6.25% and bank rate at 6.75%. The bank also projected the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2019-20 at 7.4% while inflation projection of second half of 2018-19 is 2.7-3.2%. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS File)

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Hours before campaigning is to end in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a stinging attack on the Congress leadership, accusing party chief Rahul Gandhi and his family of corruption and crediting his government for catching Christian Michel, the middleman in the VVIP chopper scandal who was brought late last night from Dubai. (Himanshu Vyas / HT File)

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Rahul Gandhi on the last day of campaigning in Telangana said, “After beating PM Modi in Telangana, Rajasthan and other states, we will beat him in the nation. He snatched your money and fed it to the rich. He divided the country. He launched Gabbar Singh Tax (GST - Goods and Services Tax). He took away the power of India. We will take away the power from Narendra Modi.” (PTI File)

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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will observe Shaurya Diwas on December 6, the 26th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition, and also gear up for programmes lined up on the occasion of Gita Jayanti on December 18 to garner support for the construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. With the 2019 Lok Sabha elections around the corner, all eyes seem to be on the temple town. (AP File)

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BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Pakistan visit, asking his party to clarify if Sidhu had the approval of the party boss. On his return from Pakistan after the Kartarpur event, Sidhu had referred to Rahul Gandhi as his “captain”. (Prabhakar Sharma / HT Photo)

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India’s GSAT 11, weighing 5,854 kg, was successfully launched by the European commercial launch provider Arianespace early Wednesday from Kourou space centre, French Guiana. “GSAT 11 is an advanced communication satellite. It is the largest and heaviest satellite built by ISRO. It will fulfil most needs of providing broadband connectivity to rural and inaccessible gram panchayats under BharatNet project,” ISRO chairman K Sivan said. (Representational Photo / ISRO / PTI)

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Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is being investigated for fraud and money-laundering, on Wednesday “humbly requested” various banks to take back all the money he borrowed to keep his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines afloat as he slammed the Indian media for repeatedly calling him a defaulter. (PTI / AP File)