India: Today’s news in pictures

Updated On Jul 24, 2018 05:53 pm IST

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from Maratha protesters demanding reservation in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district and parts of Marathwada, set vehicles of fire even as two men tried to commit suicide to India extending lines of credit (LoCs) worth $200 million to Rwanda.

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Authorities on Tuesday rushed more forces and shut down internet services as Maratha protesters demanding reservation in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district and parts of Marathwada set vehicles, including those of the police and fire departments, on fire and pelted stones even as two men tried to commit suicide. (ANI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 05:53 pm IST

Authorities on Tuesday rushed more forces and shut down internet services as Maratha protesters demanding reservation in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district and parts of Marathwada set vehicles, including those of the police and fire departments, on fire and pelted stones even as two men tried to commit suicide. (ANI)

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India has extended lines of credit (LoCs) worth $200 million to Rwanda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the first Indian diplomatic mission will be opened in the East African nation. Modi gifted 200 cows in a symbolic gesture to villagers in Rwanda’s Rweru model village under the Rwandan Government’s Girinka Programme. (PIB / PTI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 05:53 pm IST

India has extended lines of credit (LoCs) worth $200 million to Rwanda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the first Indian diplomatic mission will be opened in the East African nation. Modi gifted 200 cows in a symbolic gesture to villagers in Rwanda’s Rweru model village under the Rwandan Government’s Girinka Programme. (PIB / PTI)

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Tuesday morning was complete chaos in and around Mumbai’s business district of Lower Parel as the Delise bridge, commonly called the Lower Parel ROB, was closed for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic after an audit deemed the structure unsafe, owing to corrosion. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 05:53 pm IST

Tuesday morning was complete chaos in and around Mumbai’s business district of Lower Parel as the Delise bridge, commonly called the Lower Parel ROB, was closed for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic after an audit deemed the structure unsafe, owing to corrosion. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

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The lawyer of Pakistani-American convict in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case David Coleman Headley has denied reports that he was attacked at a detention centre in Chicago. (PTI File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 05:53 pm IST

The lawyer of Pakistani-American convict in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case David Coleman Headley has denied reports that he was attacked at a detention centre in Chicago. (PTI File)

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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday insisted that the party will forge an alliance with the Congress party only if they are offered a respectable number of seats. Mayawati’s reaction came amid reports that she asked the Congress party to firm up an alliance in election-bound states including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. (Shailendra Bhojak / PTI File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 05:53 pm IST

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday insisted that the party will forge an alliance with the Congress party only if they are offered a respectable number of seats. Mayawati’s reaction came amid reports that she asked the Congress party to firm up an alliance in election-bound states including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. (Shailendra Bhojak / PTI File)

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The entire Taj Mahal precinct should be declared a no-plastic zone and all polluting industries in the region closed, the Uttar Pradesh government suggested in its first draft report of a vision document on protection and preservation of the 17th century monument filed in the Supreme Court today. (Saumya Khandelwal / REUTERS File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 05:53 pm IST

The entire Taj Mahal precinct should be declared a no-plastic zone and all polluting industries in the region closed, the Uttar Pradesh government suggested in its first draft report of a vision document on protection and preservation of the 17th century monument filed in the Supreme Court today. (Saumya Khandelwal / REUTERS File)

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A passenger aboard an IndiGo airlines’ Chandigarh-Srinagar flight was detained on Tuesday after he shouted that the flight had been hijacked. Sources said the threat seemed to be a prank and the credentials of the passenger were being ascertained. (PTI File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 05:53 pm IST

A passenger aboard an IndiGo airlines’ Chandigarh-Srinagar flight was detained on Tuesday after he shouted that the flight had been hijacked. Sources said the threat seemed to be a prank and the credentials of the passenger were being ascertained. (PTI File)

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