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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 BSF's women bikers preparing for Republic day to an Indian television channel's bureau chief Taha Siddiqui's narrow escape from an abduction bid in Pakistan.

Updated on: Jan 10, 2018 5:34 PM IST
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A daredevil squad of the BSF’s all-woman Janbaaz stunt team seen on their first day of rehearsals in New Delhi. Republic Day celebrations this year will for the first time have this all woman stunt team from the BSF participating in the parade. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jan 10, 2018 5:34 PM

A daredevil squad of the BSF’s all-woman Janbaaz stunt team seen on their first day of rehearsals in New Delhi. Republic Day celebrations this year will for the first time have this all woman stunt team from the BSF participating in the parade. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui who reports for France 24 and is the Pakistan bureau chief of Indian television channel WION, said on Wednesday he had narrowly escaped being kidnapped by armed men, in an incident that comes months after he complained of being harassed by security services. (Caren Firouz / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jan 10, 2018 5:34 PM

Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui who reports for France 24 and is the Pakistan bureau chief of Indian television channel WION, said on Wednesday he had narrowly escaped being kidnapped by armed men, in an incident that comes months after he complained of being harassed by security services. (Caren Firouz / REUTERS)

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Attar Kaur who lost her husband along with other relatives during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots poses for a photo in New Delhi. The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it would constitute a fresh three-member SIT, to be headed by a former high court judge, to monitor probe into 186 anti-Sikh riot cases that followed the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, in which investigations were closed. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jan 10, 2018 5:34 PM

Attar Kaur who lost her husband along with other relatives during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots poses for a photo in New Delhi. The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it would constitute a fresh three-member SIT, to be headed by a former high court judge, to monitor probe into 186 anti-Sikh riot cases that followed the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, in which investigations were closed. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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A funeral procession is taken out for eighteen-year-old militant Farhaan Wani at Wanigund in Kulgam district. The teenager had joined militant ranks in mid-2017. In November, his father Ghulam Mohammad Wani put up an emotional Facebook post urging him to relinquish violence and return home. The plea went in vain. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jan 10, 2018 5:34 PM

A funeral procession is taken out for eighteen-year-old militant Farhaan Wani at Wanigund in Kulgam district. The teenager had joined militant ranks in mid-2017. In November, his father Ghulam Mohammad Wani put up an emotional Facebook post urging him to relinquish violence and return home. The plea went in vain. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)

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Delhi Police Jawans march on during Republic Day rehearsals at Vijay Chowk. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jan 10, 2018 5:34 PM

Delhi Police Jawans march on during Republic Day rehearsals at Vijay Chowk. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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