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India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Chennai to the killing of a former Special Police Officer in Pulwama district of South Kashmir.

Updated on: Mar 13, 2019 5:19 PM IST

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Students take pictures with Congress President Rahul Gandhi at Stella Maris Women’s College after an interaction, in Chennai. During the interaction Gandhi said that it was a pity that the Prime Minister “did not come and take your advice before he did demonetisation because he would have got the right answer.” (PTI)

Updated on Mar 13, 2019 5:19 PM

Students take pictures with Congress President Rahul Gandhi at Stella Maris Women’s College after an interaction, in Chennai. During the interaction Gandhi said that it was a pity that the Prime Minister “did not come and take your advice before he did demonetisation because he would have got the right answer.” (PTI)

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On Wednesday, SpiceJet cancelled 14 flights after the DGCA issued an order to ground all Boeing 737-MAX planes and banned the planes from Indian airspace 4pm onwards till further decision. In a statement, SpiceJet said that it had already initiated grounding of its MAX fleet. (Aniruddha Chowdhury / Mint Archive )

Updated on Mar 13, 2019 5:19 PM

On Wednesday, SpiceJet cancelled 14 flights after the DGCA issued an order to ground all Boeing 737-MAX planes and banned the planes from Indian airspace 4pm onwards till further decision. In a statement, SpiceJet said that it had already initiated grounding of its MAX fleet. (Aniruddha Chowdhury / Mint Archive )

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As the listing of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar comes up in the UN Security Council, China on Wednesday said that it will adopt a “responsible attitude” towards the move and pitch for a solution acceptable to all sides. The Chinese foreign ministry added that the move to designate Azhar a global terrorist must follow all the rules and procedures laid down by the UN. (AP / PTI File)

Updated on Mar 13, 2019 5:19 PM

As the listing of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar comes up in the UN Security Council, China on Wednesday said that it will adopt a “responsible attitude” towards the move and pitch for a solution acceptable to all sides. The Chinese foreign ministry added that the move to designate Azhar a global terrorist must follow all the rules and procedures laid down by the UN. (AP / PTI File)

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The Supreme Court came down hard on the Assam government and said that it was not treating the issue of deportation of illegal migrants seriously enough. “This has gone too far. This has become a joke,” the court said. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 13, 2019 5:19 PM

The Supreme Court came down hard on the Assam government and said that it was not treating the issue of deportation of illegal migrants seriously enough. “This has gone too far. This has become a joke,” the court said. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

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On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tagged top politicians including Congress president Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, celebrities including Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh, and other prominent personalities on Twitter urging them to “encourage” people to vote in record numbers in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. He also named industry leaders Ratan Tata and Anand Mahindra in his posts for “ensuring maximum participation in voting.” (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 13, 2019 5:19 PM

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tagged top politicians including Congress president Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, celebrities including Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh, and other prominent personalities on Twitter urging them to “encourage” people to vote in record numbers in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. He also named industry leaders Ratan Tata and Anand Mahindra in his posts for “ensuring maximum participation in voting.” (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)

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On Wednesday, a former Special Police Officer was shot dead by militants in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Ashiq Ahmed Nayek, they said. (Habib Naqash / AFP File)

Updated on Mar 13, 2019 5:19 PM

On Wednesday, a former Special Police Officer was shot dead by militants in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Ashiq Ahmed Nayek, they said. (Habib Naqash / AFP File)

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A BJP delegation comprising Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nirmala Sitharaman, JP Nadda, Bhupender Yadav, Kailash Vijayvargiya and others leaves after meeting with the Election Commission of India, in New Delhi. The BJP Wednesday urged the EC to declare West Bengal as a “super sensitive state” to ensure fair Lok Sabha polls there and demanded that central forces be deployed at all polling stations in the state. (Subhav Shukla / PTI)

Updated on Mar 13, 2019 5:19 PM

A BJP delegation comprising Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nirmala Sitharaman, JP Nadda, Bhupender Yadav, Kailash Vijayvargiya and others leaves after meeting with the Election Commission of India, in New Delhi. The BJP Wednesday urged the EC to declare West Bengal as a “super sensitive state” to ensure fair Lok Sabha polls there and demanded that central forces be deployed at all polling stations in the state. (Subhav Shukla / PTI)

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