India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from the outbreak of the 'Nipah' virus in Kerala to a group of Muslim organisations demanding that a minority leader be made the deputy chief minister of Karnataka.

Updated on: May 22, 2018 5:16 PM IST

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Updated on May 22, 2018 5:16 PM

Animal Husbandry department and forest officials collect bats from the well of a house after the outbreak of ‘Nipah’ virus, near Perambra in Kozhikode on Monday. A nurse caring for patients infected with a deadly virus has died from the disease. The 31-year-old nurse left behind two young children, a husband who works overseas and a letter that she wrote in the hours before her death. (PTI)

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Updated on May 22, 2018 5:16 PM

JD(S) leader and Karnataka chief minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy visits Manjunatha Swamy temple, ahead of his swearing-in ceremony, at Kshetra Dharmasthala in Karnataka. With a day to go for his government’s inauguration demands for portfolios grew with leaders of various parties and outfits posturing ahead of the swearing in. A group of Muslim organisations demanded today that a minority leader be made the deputy chief minister of the state. (PTI)

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Updated on May 22, 2018 5:16 PM

State Bank of India (SBI) reported its deepest-ever quarterly loss on Tuesday, far beyond estimates, as the Reserve Bank of India set aside more provisions for bad loans after a change in banking regulation. Gross bad loans as a percentage of total loans rose to 10.91% from 10.35% three months earlier and 6.90% a year prior, SBI said. (Rupak De Chowdhuri / REUTERS File)

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Updated on May 22, 2018 5:16 PM

Across the four metropolitan cities, petrol prices rose around 30 paise on Tuesday. In Delhi and Mumbai, the fuel was sold at Rs 76.87 and Rs 84.70 per litre respectively, up from Rs 76.57 and Rs 84.40 on Monday. After reaching unprecedented highs in Delhi and Mumbai, petrol prices touched a record high in Chennai, at Rs 79.79 per litre. (PTI)

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Updated on May 22, 2018 5:16 PM

Garbage is seen on the polluted banks of the river Yamuna near Agra’s Taj Mahal. The 17th century mausoleum is turning yellow and green under filthy air in the world’s eighth-most polluted city. Tiny insects from the drying Yamuna, into which the city pours its sewage crawl into the Taj Mahal, their excrement further staining the marble, an environmental lawyer told the Supreme Court. (Saumya Khandelwal / REUTERS)

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Updated on May 22, 2018 5:16 PM

A joint operation conducted by the 6 Assam Rifles and 27 Assam Rifles on Monday got them a major breakthrough against subversive elements through the recovery of a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives in Manipur’s Ukhrul district. (Aaron Chown / AFP Representative Photo)

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Updated on May 22, 2018 5:16 PM

An outreach programme planned by the Army on the occasion of Iftar went awry at a village in Shopian district on Monday evening when a group of youngsters allegedly began pelting stones at security personnel. four people sustained gunfire injuries in the clash that followed. (S Irfan / PTI File)

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Updated on May 22, 2018 5:16 PM

A policeman looks at a hole made in a wall of a police station caused as Pakistani Rangers opened fire and lobbed mortars along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir early on Tuesday. This triggered panic among border residents and forced many to take shelter in government-run camps. Two persons were injured. (Channi Anand / AP)