India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country from a gunfight between militants and security forces in Budgam district in Kashmir claiming Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Naveed Jutt killed to assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram. ...read more

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Villagers gather near a damaged house after a gunfight between militants and security forces, in Chattergam, Budgam district, central Kashmir. Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Naveed Jutt, who according to Jammu and Kashmir police was the prime accused in the killing of senior journalist Shujhaat Bukhari, and another militant were killed in the gun battle with security forces. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Madhya Pradesh is voting today to elect a 230-member assembly. The state has witnessed a high decibel campaign for the poll, which remains a direct battle between BJP and Congress. The BJP has fielded candidates for all 230 seats while the Congress is contesting 229, leaving Jatara in Tikamgarh district, for the Sharad Yadav-led Loktantrik Janata Dal. (Mujeeb Faruqui / HT Photo)

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Mizoram went to polls today with 209 candidates in the fray for the 40-member legislative assembly. Voting began at 7 am and ended at 4 pm. Voting in some booths was delayed due to faults in 42 VVPATs, 19 control units and 25 ballot units. 58% voter turnout was recorded till 3 pm according to the office of the chief electoral officer. (PTI)

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External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday India will not attend the SAARC summit in Pakistan and unless the neighbouring country stops sponsoring terror activities even as she welcomed Islamabad’s decision to build the Kartarpur corridor. (PTI)

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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation stone for the construction of the corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district of India’s Punjab. India was represented by Union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri at the event. Congress leader and Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu also present at the ceremony. (Arif Ali / AFP File)

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The “kamdar” is in a fight against the “naamdar” in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during an election rally, making a distinction between the one who works and the dynast in a jibe against Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Driving home the difference, Modi he said he was like the people and was not born with a golden spoon. (Mahesh Kumar A. / AP File)

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of 88 convicts in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. The 88 convicts had been arrested in East Delhi’s Trilokpuri area and had been sentenced to 5-year jail terms each by a trial court in 1996. The convicts had been held guilty of rioting, burning houses and curfew violations by the trial court. (Natinder Nanu / AFP File)

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed over all 16 Bihar shelter home abuse cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), rejecting the state government’s contention that such a move would cast a doubt on its ability. This takes up the number of cases CBI is probing to 17 as the agency is already probing the Muzaffarpur shelter home case. (PTI File)