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India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from the Supreme Court rejecting P Rajagopal’s plea for relief to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducting searches at 110 places across 19 states in its probe on cases of corruption and criminal misconduct.

Updated on: Jul 09, 2019 5:44 PM IST

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On Tuesday, a couple was washed away while crossing a bridge on a bike above Gadi river at Panvel. The incident took place at Umroli village along Matheran road, around 15 kilometers from Panvel city around 7.30 am. As the couple was crossing the bridge, the water level of the river increased all of a sudden and the strong current washed away the couple with the bike,” said a police officer from Panvel taluka police station. (Bachchan Kumar / HT File)

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to give relief to P Rajagopal, founder of restaurant chain Saravana Bhavan, who had sought more time to surrender citing medical grounds. Rajagopal was convicted and sentenced to life term for the murder of his employee. Justice NV Ramana rejected the extension of deadline and said he must surrender immediately. Rajagopal was out on bail granted to him in 2009 on health grounds and was directed by the court to surrender by July 7. (ARUN SANKAR / AFP File)

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Former chief minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC President Dinesh Gundurao, AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal and other leaders during a meeting of the Congress legislators at Vidhana Soudha. “According to us these are anti-party activities and they (rebels) have colluded with the BJP. These people are trapped. Even now I request them to come back, withdraw their resignations. The party has taken a decision requesting their disqualification,” Siddaramaiah said. (Shailendra Bhojak / PTI)

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Children look through the window of a school van as it rains in the national capital in New Delhi. Though there was a dip in the mercury level, the humidity was high on Tuesday morning, at 68 per cent. According to private forecaster Skymet, heavy rains were expected over Mumbai, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court sought to know the central government’s stand on a plea by former Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal seeking quashing of a lookout circular against him. Justice Suresh Kait refused to grant any interim relief to Goyal while posting the matter for August 23 for further hearing. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS File)

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting searches at 110 places across 19 states in its probe on cases of corruption and criminal misconduct. “In a nationwide action, CBI is today conducting searches at around 110 places in 19 States/Union Territories. CBI has registered around 30 separate cases relating to corruption, criminal misconduct and arms smuggling etc,” said a CBI official. (PTI File)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instructed BJP MPs to embark on ‘padayatra’ in their constituencies and cover a distance of 150 km between October 2 and October 31, the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel respectively, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said Tuesday. “These yatras will focus on revival of villages and making them self-reliant, plantation drive and zero budget farming,” said Joshi. (PTI File)