India: Today’s news in pictures
Updated On Aug 14, 2018 05:25 PM IST
India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from celebratory gestures in good faith at the Attari-Wagah border in celebration of Pakistan and India's Independence Day and the dropping of rupee’s record to as low as 70.08 per dollar.
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Pakistani Wing Commander Bilal Ahmed (L) presents sweets to Border Security Force (BSF) Commandant, Sudeep Kumar, on the Independence Day of Pakistan at the India-Pakistan Attari-Wagah border post about 35 km from Amritsar on Tuesday. (PTI)
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The weather office said that Shimla, which had experienced a particularly parched summer this year witnessed the highest rainfall for August in 117 years. According to Meteorological (MeT) department data, 277 mm rainfall was recorded in a day in August, 1901. The second highest showers were witnessed, with 172.6 mm rains recorded in 24 hours as per the data recorded at 8.30 am on August 13. (Deepak Sansta / HT Photo)
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on August 20 a plea filed by over 300 army personnel challenging registration of FIRs against them for operations in areas where the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) is in force. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice AM Khanwilkar considered the submissions that army personnel are being prosecuted for performing duties in disturbed areas. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee greets students as she arrives to attend the 5th anniversary of ‘Kanyasree Diwas’ at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. (PTI)
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Members of Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee, led by MP Sushmita Dev stage a protest against Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain for allegedly raping and threatening a 24-year-old married woman in Nagaon district in Guwahati. (PTI)
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Ahead of Independence Day, Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) personnel patrol along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu on Tuesday. (PTI)
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam (DMK) working president MK Stalin hailed the party’s legal wing for getting the Madras high court direction for burial of party supremo M Karunanidhi at the Marina Beach, saying he would have been buried there himself if they had not secured the permission. (R Senthil Kumar / PTI File)
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