India: Today’s news in pictures

By HT Correspondent

Updated On Jul 05, 2018 05:38 pm IST

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from heavy monsoon showers lashing parts of Delhi to Karnataka government announcing a much-expected farm loan waiver up to Rs 34,000 crore, bringing relief to lakhs of farmers across the state.

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Heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital this afternoon and evening with the weatherman predicting the showers to continue overnight. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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Heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital this afternoon and evening with the weatherman predicting the showers to continue overnight. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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Goa agriculture minister Vijai Sardesai said the state’s paddy yield would increase if farmers chanted vedic mantras in their fields and adopted “cosmic farming” techniques. The technique requires a farmer to meditate and channel “flow of cosmic energy” by chanting a mantra for at least 30 minutes for better yields, said the minister. (HT File)

Updated on Jul 05, 2018 05:38 pm IST

Goa agriculture minister Vijai Sardesai said the state’s paddy yield would increase if farmers chanted vedic mantras in their fields and adopted “cosmic farming” techniques. The technique requires a farmer to meditate and channel “flow of cosmic energy” by chanting a mantra for at least 30 minutes for better yields, said the minister. (HT File)

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In its aim towards a human spaceflight, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday carried out the first in a series of tests to qualify a crew escape system. ISRO in a statement said the crew escape system is a critical technology for human spaceflight. (PTI)

Updated on Jul 05, 2018 05:38 pm IST

In its aim towards a human spaceflight, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday carried out the first in a series of tests to qualify a crew escape system. ISRO in a statement said the crew escape system is a critical technology for human spaceflight. (PTI)

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Mukesh Ambani today unveiled an ultra high-speed fixed line fibre broadband for homes and enterprises across 1,100 cities. Jio GigaFiber offers the largest yet roll-out of high speed optical fibre network based broadband. Reliance Jio is also looking at building an ecosystem for high-speed IoT and other futuristic technologies such as Virtual Reality. (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 05, 2018 05:38 pm IST

Mukesh Ambani today unveiled an ultra high-speed fixed line fibre broadband for homes and enterprises across 1,100 cities. Jio GigaFiber offers the largest yet roll-out of high speed optical fibre network based broadband. Reliance Jio is also looking at building an ecosystem for high-speed IoT and other futuristic technologies such as Virtual Reality. (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)

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Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal greets justice (retired) Satyendra Singh Chauhan during his oath taking ceremony as the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission chairperson at Delhi Secretariat, in the presence of deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, power minister Satyendar Jain and others. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal greets justice (retired) Satyendra Singh Chauhan during his oath taking ceremony as the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission chairperson at Delhi Secretariat, in the presence of deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, power minister Satyendar Jain and others. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday the Supreme Court’s ruling over the fight for control of Delhi does not add or take away from the powers of the state government and the Centre even as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the Lieutenant Governor and bureaucrats of disrespecting Wednesday’s order. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday the Supreme Court’s ruling over the fight for control of Delhi does not add or take away from the powers of the state government and the Centre even as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the Lieutenant Governor and bureaucrats of disrespecting Wednesday’s order. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Delhi’s Patiala House Court has granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted Tharoor relief on personal bond of Rs one lakh while directing him to neither tamper with evidence nor leave the country without the court’s prior permission. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File)

Updated on Jul 05, 2018 05:38 pm IST

Delhi’s Patiala House Court has granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted Tharoor relief on personal bond of Rs one lakh while directing him to neither tamper with evidence nor leave the country without the court’s prior permission. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File)

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The Karnataka government announced a farm loan waiver up to Rs 34,000 crore, bringing relief to lakhs of farmers across the state with loan liability of less than two lakh, as he presented a Rs 2.13 lakh crore budget. The loan waiver package is an attempt to stick to the Rs 53,000 crore write-off Kumaraswamy had announced in the election manifesto of the JD(S). (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 05, 2018 05:38 pm IST

The Karnataka government announced a farm loan waiver up to Rs 34,000 crore, bringing relief to lakhs of farmers across the state with loan liability of less than two lakh, as he presented a Rs 2.13 lakh crore budget. The loan waiver package is an attempt to stick to the Rs 53,000 crore write-off Kumaraswamy had announced in the election manifesto of the JD(S). (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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A massive traffic jam was reported on the Mumbai-Goa highway near Mahad in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Thursday morning after the busy road was blocked by a landslide following heavy rains. Traffic snarls stretched up to 5km on both Mumbai and Goa-bound carriageways. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 05, 2018 05:38 pm IST

A massive traffic jam was reported on the Mumbai-Goa highway near Mahad in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Thursday morning after the busy road was blocked by a landslide following heavy rains. Traffic snarls stretched up to 5km on both Mumbai and Goa-bound carriageways. (HT Photo)

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Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal must follow the orders of the Supreme Court, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday in another indication that the power tussle in the Union territory is far from over. Sisodia’s comments come after the AAP government issued an order on Wednesday withdrawing all powers of transfer and posting of IAS officers and other employees from the L-G, the chief secretary and heads of departments. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

Updated on Jul 05, 2018 05:38 pm IST

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal must follow the orders of the Supreme Court, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday in another indication that the power tussle in the Union territory is far from over. Sisodia’s comments come after the AAP government issued an order on Wednesday withdrawing all powers of transfer and posting of IAS officers and other employees from the L-G, the chief secretary and heads of departments. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

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The Supreme Court has sought a response from Congress leader Sajjan Kumar accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases, on a plea filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) challenging the anticipatory bail granted to him by Delhi High Court. A bench of Justice AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said it is high time that these cases are tried at the earliest. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

Updated on Jul 05, 2018 05:38 pm IST

The Supreme Court has sought a response from Congress leader Sajjan Kumar accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases, on a plea filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) challenging the anticipatory bail granted to him by Delhi High Court. A bench of Justice AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said it is high time that these cases are tried at the earliest. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

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