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India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from a fresh warning of thunderstorms in West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to internet services being suspended in Aligarh district on Friday amid the Jinnah portrair controversy.

Updated on: May 04, 2018 5:39 PM IST

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The government on Friday issued a fresh warning for thunderstorms in West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh even as several states continued relief work in the aftermath of Wednesday’s powerful dust storm that left more than 100 people dead. (PTI File)

Updated on May 04, 2018 5:39 PM

The government on Friday issued a fresh warning for thunderstorms in West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh even as several states continued relief work in the aftermath of Wednesday’s powerful dust storm that left more than 100 people dead. (PTI File)

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Internet services were suspended in Aligarh district on Friday after a controversy over a portrait of Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The controversy began earlier this week when Aligarh BJP MP Satish Gautam wrote to AMU vice chancellor Tariq Mansoor seeking justification for the portrait of Jinnah, blamed by many for the partition of India. (PTI)

Updated on May 04, 2018 5:39 PM

Internet services were suspended in Aligarh district on Friday after a controversy over a portrait of Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The controversy began earlier this week when Aligarh BJP MP Satish Gautam wrote to AMU vice chancellor Tariq Mansoor seeking justification for the portrait of Jinnah, blamed by many for the partition of India. (PTI)

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Karnataka BJP president and chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yediyurappa (2L) releases the party’s manifesto along with other senior party leaders from the state in Bangalore. The manifesto called “Namma Karnataka Namma Vachana” for the May 12 Karnataka elections promised a range of schemes for farmers, from waiving all loans of up to Rs 1 lakh to sending them abroad for training. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

Updated on May 04, 2018 5:39 PM

Karnataka BJP president and chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yediyurappa (2L) releases the party’s manifesto along with other senior party leaders from the state in Bangalore. The manifesto called “Namma Karnataka Namma Vachana” for the May 12 Karnataka elections promised a range of schemes for farmers, from waiving all loans of up to Rs 1 lakh to sending them abroad for training. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday called PM Narendra Modi a “natural liar”, and said he had insulted Bengaluru by referring to it as a garbage city. Gandhi’s condemnation comes a day after Modi attacked the Congress party’s government in Karnataka for destroying the cityscape. (PTI File)

Updated on May 04, 2018 5:39 PM

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday called PM Narendra Modi a “natural liar”, and said he had insulted Bengaluru by referring to it as a garbage city. Gandhi’s condemnation comes a day after Modi attacked the Congress party’s government in Karnataka for destroying the cityscape. (PTI File)

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Maoists blew up a culvert on the Bhadrachalam-Charla highway in Telangana’s Bhadradri-Kothagudem district on Friday as part of their call for a state-wide shutdown in protest against the alleged fake encounters in Dandakaranya forests. The blast was so powerful that it left a big crater on the road. (PTI)

Updated on May 04, 2018 5:39 PM

Maoists blew up a culvert on the Bhadrachalam-Charla highway in Telangana’s Bhadradri-Kothagudem district on Friday as part of their call for a state-wide shutdown in protest against the alleged fake encounters in Dandakaranya forests. The blast was so powerful that it left a big crater on the road. (PTI)

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Vijay Singh (C), the man accused of killing Shail Bala Sharma the officer leading a demolition drive against illegal constructions in Himachal Pradesh’s Kasauli town has said he shot her “out of anger” after she refused to accept a bribe. (PTI)

Updated on May 04, 2018 5:39 PM

Vijay Singh (C), the man accused of killing Shail Bala Sharma the officer leading a demolition drive against illegal constructions in Himachal Pradesh’s Kasauli town has said he shot her “out of anger” after she refused to accept a bribe. (PTI)

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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected controversial mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy’s appeal to visit Ballari and campaign for his younger brother Gali Somashekhara Reddy, who is contesting the Karnataka elections from the seat as a candidate for BJP. The court said Janardhan Reddy is on bail and cannot visit Ballari for the May 12 assembly elections. (Arijit Sen / HT File)

Updated on May 04, 2018 5:39 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected controversial mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy’s appeal to visit Ballari and campaign for his younger brother Gali Somashekhara Reddy, who is contesting the Karnataka elections from the seat as a candidate for BJP. The court said Janardhan Reddy is on bail and cannot visit Ballari for the May 12 assembly elections. (Arijit Sen / HT File)

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Almost 30% of trains ran late in financial year 2017-18, Indian Railways’ worst punctuality performance in three years, according to official data. From April 2017-March 2018, the punctuality of mail and express trains was 71.39%, down from 76.69% in the corresponding period of 2016-2017, which is a deterioration of 5.30%. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

Updated on May 04, 2018 5:39 PM

Almost 30% of trains ran late in financial year 2017-18, Indian Railways’ worst punctuality performance in three years, according to official data. From April 2017-March 2018, the punctuality of mail and express trains was 71.39%, down from 76.69% in the corresponding period of 2016-2017, which is a deterioration of 5.30%. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

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