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India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from the Supreme Court's order on immigrants in Assam to DMK president M.K. Stalin and Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao meeting over a 3rd front agaisnt the BJP.

Updated on: May 14, 2019 6:29 PM IST
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Around 190 declared foreigners in detention camps in Assam could be set free, an Assam police official said on Monday, after the Supreme Court’s order on the conditional release of those who have served three years or more in such centres. (Amal KS / HT File) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 14, 2019 6:29 PM

Around 190 declared foreigners in detention camps in Assam could be set free, an Assam police official said on Monday, after the Supreme Court’s order on the conditional release of those who have served three years or more in such centres. (Amal KS / HT File)

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DMK President MK Stalin Tuesday said he saw no chances for a non-BJP, non-Congress “third front” post Lok Sabha polls, but a decision could be taken only after May 23, the counting day. Stalin’s remarks come a day after TRS supremo and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekara Rao, who has been pushing for a non-Congress, non-BJP federal front of regional parties, called on the DMK chief. (PTI) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 14, 2019 6:29 PM

DMK President MK Stalin Tuesday said he saw no chances for a non-BJP, non-Congress “third front” post Lok Sabha polls, but a decision could be taken only after May 23, the counting day. Stalin’s remarks come a day after TRS supremo and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekara Rao, who has been pushing for a non-Congress, non-BJP federal front of regional parties, called on the DMK chief. (PTI)

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Authorities in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park are busy with preparations, including building highlands, to avoid loss of animal lives with monsoon and the accompanying annual floods barely a few weeks away. (PTI File) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Authorities in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park are busy with preparations, including building highlands, to avoid loss of animal lives with monsoon and the accompanying annual floods barely a few weeks away. (PTI File)

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In an interim order, the National Green Tribunal has held Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)’s Panipat refinery responsible for violating environmental norms and spreading pollution to nearby villages. The tribunal has also directed IOCL officials to deposit a sum of Rs 17.31 crore within a month as interim compensation, subject to further orders. (Arvind Yadav /  HT Archive) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 14, 2019 6:29 PM

In an interim order, the National Green Tribunal has held Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)’s Panipat refinery responsible for violating environmental norms and spreading pollution to nearby villages. The tribunal has also directed IOCL officials to deposit a sum of Rs 17.31 crore within a month as interim compensation, subject to further orders. (Arvind Yadav / HT Archive)

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Rural wages barely rose during 2018-19, stoking a slowdown in demand, consumption and corporate earnings. Real or inflation-adjusted agricultural wages grew 2% in February, compared to a 1.5% the previous month. Similarly, growth in real non-farm wages has been weak. They grew 1.4% in February, compared to 2% the previous month according to several consumer product firms. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT File) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 14, 2019 6:29 PM

Rural wages barely rose during 2018-19, stoking a slowdown in demand, consumption and corporate earnings. Real or inflation-adjusted agricultural wages grew 2% in February, compared to a 1.5% the previous month. Similarly, growth in real non-farm wages has been weak. They grew 1.4% in February, compared to 2% the previous month according to several consumer product firms. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT File)

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Monsoon rains are expected to arrive on the southern Kerala coast on June 4 and deliver less rainfall than average in 2019, Skymet, the country’s only private weather forecasting agency said on Tuesday, dampening prospects of higher farm and economic growth in the $2.6 trillion Indian economy. (Sonu Mehta / HT File) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Monsoon rains are expected to arrive on the southern Kerala coast on June 4 and deliver less rainfall than average in 2019, Skymet, the country’s only private weather forecasting agency said on Tuesday, dampening prospects of higher farm and economic growth in the $2.6 trillion Indian economy. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

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The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted three-week parole to Santosh Kumar Singh (C), who is serving a life term for the 1996 rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo, to write his LLM examination. The court said Singh’s examinations are scheduled to commence from May 24 and he be released from jail from May 21 after the Delhi government did not oppose his plea. (HT Archive) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 14, 2019 6:29 PM

The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted three-week parole to Santosh Kumar Singh (C), who is serving a life term for the 1996 rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo, to write his LLM examination. The court said Singh’s examinations are scheduled to commence from May 24 and he be released from jail from May 21 after the Delhi government did not oppose his plea. (HT Archive)

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