India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from inauguration of the Bogibeel bridge, connecting Assam’s Dibrugarh on the south bank to Dehamji near Arunachal Pradesh in the north to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 94th birth anniversary.

Updated on: Dec 25, 2018 5:35 PM IST

News

Share via

• 
• 
• 
• 

Copy link

• 

1/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Dec 25, 2018 5:35 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Bogibeel bridge, India’s longest rail and road bridge, connecting Assam’s Dibrugarh on the south bank to Dehamji in the north, bordering Arunachal Pradesh. The bridge over the Brahmaputra will boost defence logistics along the China border and reduce travel time for rail passengers and road users. (PTI File)

2/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Dec 25, 2018 5:35 PM

Air pollution in Delhi touching ‘severe’ category, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that the vehicle rationing Odd- Even scheme, may be implemented if needed. In the scheme, cars with licence plates ending in an odd number and even number are allowed to ply on alternate days. Implemented first in 2016, the scheme got into controversies over exemptions granted to various categories. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

3/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Dec 25, 2018 5:35 PM

Sadaiv Atal, a memorial of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was dedicated to the nation Tuesday on his 94th birth anniversary. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, BJP national president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among dignitaries who paid tributes to the former statesman at the memorial built near the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

4/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Dec 25, 2018 5:35 PM

Cold wave conditions intensified across Kashmir, except Srinagar city, as the mercury slipped further below freezing point, resulting in frozen water bodies and supply lines in several residential areas on Tuesday. Srinagar recorded its coldest night in 11 years on Monday at -6.8C, but saw some respite as the mercury settled over a degree higher at -5.5C last night. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

5/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Dec 25, 2018 5:35 PM

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy is under fire from the BJP over his comment on camera about instructing someone to kill the attackers of a local Janata Dal(Secular) leader “mercilessly in a shootout”. Leaders of the BJP have said Kumaraswamy’s statement after Honnalagere Prakash was killed in south Karnataka’s Mandya district on Monday was irresponsible and that he should apologise. (PTI File)

6/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Dec 25, 2018 5:35 PM

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath inducted 20 ministers into his cabinet on Tuesday. The names of the ministers have been finalised keeping in view regional and caste equations as well as national polls due next year, Congress leaders said. They were cleared after Nath met Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over the weekend. (Mujeeb Faruqui / HT File)

7/7

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Dec 25, 2018 5:35 PM

The Reserve Bank of India will soon introduce a new Rs 20 currency note with additional features, according to a document of the central bank. The bank has already issued new look currency notes in the denominations of Rs 10, Rs 50, Rs 100, and Rs 500, besides introducing Rs 200 and Rs 2,000 bank notes. The new look notes are being introduced since November 2016 under Mahatma Gandhi (New) series. (Arijit Sen / HT Archive)