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India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from Prime Minister Modi announcing in a rare televised address to the nation that India holds successfully tested capabilities of intercepting and destroying satellites and ballistic missiles in low earth orbit, to Bollywood actor Urmila Matondkar joining the Indian National Congress.

Updated on: Mar 27, 2019 4:55 PM IST

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India has shot down a low earth orbit satellite with an indigenously-developed missile, a giant leap for the country’s space capability that propelled India into an elite club comprising US, Russia and China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a rare televised address to the nation on Wednesday. The weapon allows for attacks on enemy satellites - blinding them or disrupting communications - as well as providing a technology base for intercepting ballistic missiles. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 4:55 PM

India has shot down a low earth orbit satellite with an indigenously-developed missile, a giant leap for the country’s space capability that propelled India into an elite club comprising US, Russia and China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a rare televised address to the nation on Wednesday. The weapon allows for attacks on enemy satellites - blinding them or disrupting communications - as well as providing a technology base for intercepting ballistic missiles. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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Sixty eight artworks from the collection of Nirav Modi, the billionaire jeweller accused of fraud and currently under arrest in London, went under the hammer on Tuesday. The sale, conducted by a Mumbai-based auction house on behalf of the Tax Recovery Officer of the IT Department, included a large collection of modern and contemporary Indian paintings, and a clutch of contemporary Chinese works. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 4:55 PM

Sixty eight artworks from the collection of Nirav Modi, the billionaire jeweller accused of fraud and currently under arrest in London, went under the hammer on Tuesday. The sale, conducted by a Mumbai-based auction house on behalf of the Tax Recovery Officer of the IT Department, included a large collection of modern and contemporary Indian paintings, and a clutch of contemporary Chinese works. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)

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Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant Wednesday dropped deputy CM Sudin Dhavalikar after two MLAs of the latter’s MGP broke away and joined the ruling BJP. Dhavalikar was the lone MGP MLA who did not break away from the party. Dhavalikar was allotted portfolios of Transport and Public Works which would be now looked after by Sawant. (PTI File)

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 4:55 PM

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant Wednesday dropped deputy CM Sudin Dhavalikar after two MLAs of the latter’s MGP broke away and joined the ruling BJP. Dhavalikar was the lone MGP MLA who did not break away from the party. Dhavalikar was allotted portfolios of Transport and Public Works which would be now looked after by Sawant. (PTI File)

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The government does not need to take permission from the Election Commission in matters of national security, poll panel sources said after PM Modi announced the success of ‘Mission Shakti’ with just weeks to go for the elections. The assertion came amid statements by Opposition leaders that the announcement violated the poll code of conduct that kicks in the day elections are announced. (Shashank Parade / PTI)

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 4:55 PM

The government does not need to take permission from the Election Commission in matters of national security, poll panel sources said after PM Modi announced the success of ‘Mission Shakti’ with just weeks to go for the elections. The assertion came amid statements by Opposition leaders that the announcement violated the poll code of conduct that kicks in the day elections are announced. (Shashank Parade / PTI)

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Bollywood actor Urmila Matondkar on Tuesday joined the Congress. The ‘Masoom’ (1983) child actress is said to be in the reckoning for a Congress nomination from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency. Matondkar, 45, has been doing the rounds since the past few days as a possible candidate as the Congress grappled for an effective counter to the BJP. (Twitter / PTI)

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 4:55 PM

Bollywood actor Urmila Matondkar on Tuesday joined the Congress. The ‘Masoom’ (1983) child actress is said to be in the reckoning for a Congress nomination from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency. Matondkar, 45, has been doing the rounds since the past few days as a possible candidate as the Congress grappled for an effective counter to the BJP. (Twitter / PTI)

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Terror groups recruited the most number of locals from Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama both in 2018 and in 2019, according to a report prepared by security agencies and shared with the Prime Minister’s office, among others. About 63 locals were recruited from Pulwama in 2018 and two more this year. Shopian district was a distant second, with 46 joining in 2018, but none this year. (AFP / Representative Image)

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 4:55 PM

Terror groups recruited the most number of locals from Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama both in 2018 and in 2019, according to a report prepared by security agencies and shared with the Prime Minister’s office, among others. About 63 locals were recruited from Pulwama in 2018 and two more this year. Shopian district was a distant second, with 46 joining in 2018, but none this year. (AFP / Representative Image)

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Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram pitched a strong defence of the minimum income guarantee poll promise made by Rahul Gandhi. Chidambaram said a scheme of this scale, expected to cost around Rs 3.6 lakh core, “could not have been implemented 20 years ago and certainly not 40 years ago” owing to the size of the economy. (R Senthil Kumar / PTI)

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 4:55 PM

Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram pitched a strong defence of the minimum income guarantee poll promise made by Rahul Gandhi. Chidambaram said a scheme of this scale, expected to cost around Rs 3.6 lakh core, “could not have been implemented 20 years ago and certainly not 40 years ago” owing to the size of the economy. (R Senthil Kumar / PTI)

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The Army is India’s most trusted institution followed by the judiciary while the police, government officials and political parties are the least trusted, according to a report released by Bengaluru’s Azim Premji University and Delhi-based research institute Lokniti Centre For the Study of Developing Societies. The report is based on a survey of public opinion related to politics, society, and governance between elections. (Manish Swarup / AP / Representative Image)

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 4:55 PM

The Army is India’s most trusted institution followed by the judiciary while the police, government officials and political parties are the least trusted, according to a report released by Bengaluru’s Azim Premji University and Delhi-based research institute Lokniti Centre For the Study of Developing Societies. The report is based on a survey of public opinion related to politics, society, and governance between elections. (Manish Swarup / AP / Representative Image)

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At 21, the death toll from swine flu in Delhi this year (till March 24) is already the highest since 2010 when the H1N1 virus infection killed 77 in the entire year, according to data from the National Centre for Disease Control. The city has recorded 3,512 cases this year, the second highest since 2010. In 2010, swine flu infected 2,725 people. The highest number of infections, 4307, was in 2015. (Yogendra Kumar / HT File)

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 4:55 PM

At 21, the death toll from swine flu in Delhi this year (till March 24) is already the highest since 2010 when the H1N1 virus infection killed 77 in the entire year, according to data from the National Centre for Disease Control. The city has recorded 3,512 cases this year, the second highest since 2010. In 2010, swine flu infected 2,725 people. The highest number of infections, 4307, was in 2015. (Yogendra Kumar / HT File)

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