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India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control shortly after the release of Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman from Wagah to the first exmas in the CBSE class 10 and 12 boards held today.

Updated on: Mar 02, 2019 4:56 PM IST

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A woman and her two minor children, one of them nine months old, were killed while her husband was critically injured after a Pakistani mortar shell hit their house along the Line of Control in Jhullas area of Poonch district late Friday night. Shelling by Pakistani intensified shortly after Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman was repatriated through the Wagah border following two days of captivity. (Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

Updated on Mar 02, 2019 4:56 PM

A woman and her two minor children, one of them nine months old, were killed while her husband was critically injured after a Pakistani mortar shell hit their house along the Line of Control in Jhullas area of Poonch district late Friday night. Shelling by Pakistani intensified shortly after Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman was repatriated through the Wagah border following two days of captivity. (Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

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Authorities in Kashmir have sealed several properties belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), including residences of some of its activists, police said Saturday, days after the Centre banned the outfit on grounds that it was “in close touch” with militant groups and was likely to “escalate secessionist movement”. It was not clear if the move was linked to the ban on JeI or was done by NIA in its probe into money-laundering. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 02, 2019 4:56 PM

Authorities in Kashmir have sealed several properties belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), including residences of some of its activists, police said Saturday, days after the Centre banned the outfit on grounds that it was “in close touch” with militant groups and was likely to “escalate secessionist movement”. It was not clear if the move was linked to the ban on JeI or was done by NIA in its probe into money-laundering. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Mumbai Airport’s Terminal 2 on Saturday received a threat call following which the offices of various airlines at the departures (level 4), pre-security hold area and the arrivals (level 2) area were evacuated. The threat call was later classified as “non-specific”. No operations, however, were affected since the runway was closed till 5 pm. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT File)

Updated on Mar 02, 2019 4:56 PM

Mumbai Airport’s Terminal 2 on Saturday received a threat call following which the offices of various airlines at the departures (level 4), pre-security hold area and the arrivals (level 2) area were evacuated. The threat call was later classified as “non-specific”. No operations, however, were affected since the runway was closed till 5 pm. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT File)

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Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who crossed the Wagah-Attari border post into India from Pakistan on Friday evening, met with his family members briefly upon his arrival in Delhi late in the night. The Wg Cdr is going through a process called “cooling down” and this exercise is likely to continue for a few more days. He will be kept under medical observation, given counselling as well as debriefed by the air force. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 02, 2019 4:56 PM

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who crossed the Wagah-Attari border post into India from Pakistan on Friday evening, met with his family members briefly upon his arrival in Delhi late in the night. The Wg Cdr is going through a process called “cooling down” and this exercise is likely to continue for a few more days. He will be kept under medical observation, given counselling as well as debriefed by the air force. (PTI)

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Former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak on Saturday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate(ED) for questioning in a money laundering case registered under Prevention of Money Laundering Act. This comes a day after the ED carried out searches against Chanda Kochhar, Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot and a few others. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS File)

Updated on Mar 02, 2019 4:56 PM

Former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak on Saturday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate(ED) for questioning in a money laundering case registered under Prevention of Money Laundering Act. This comes a day after the ED carried out searches against Chanda Kochhar, Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot and a few others. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS File)

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address a rally in Ranchi on Saturday along with leaders of Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand. Gandhi will speak at the partys Parivartan Ulgulan Maha Rally at the Morahbadi ground with leaders of JMM, JVM and RJD, JPCC spokesman Lal Kishore Nath Shahdeo said. (ANI File)

Updated on Mar 02, 2019 4:56 PM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address a rally in Ranchi on Saturday along with leaders of Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand. Gandhi will speak at the partys Parivartan Ulgulan Maha Rally at the Morahbadi ground with leaders of JMM, JVM and RJD, JPCC spokesman Lal Kishore Nath Shahdeo said. (ANI File)

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Students ahead of the Class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) English exam outside an examination centre in New Delhi. CBSE has begun conducting examinations for main subjects for Class 10 and 12 with Students of Class 12 will appear for English while Class 10 students sat for Information and communication technology. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 02, 2019 4:56 PM

Students ahead of the Class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) English exam outside an examination centre in New Delhi. CBSE has begun conducting examinations for main subjects for Class 10 and 12 with Students of Class 12 will appear for English while Class 10 students sat for Information and communication technology. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Australian players Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis take runs on the first One Day International series match between India and Australia in Hyderabad. The visitors won the T20I series 2-0 and Kohli and Co look to hit back in their final international series before the World Cup in UK later this year. (R Senthil Kumar / PTI)

Updated on Mar 02, 2019 4:56 PM

Australian players Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis take runs on the first One Day International series match between India and Australia in Hyderabad. The visitors won the T20I series 2-0 and Kohli and Co look to hit back in their final international series before the World Cup in UK later this year. (R Senthil Kumar / PTI)

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The Aam Aadmi Party has announced the names of its candidates for six of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. The announcement was made by Delhi AAP convenor Gopal Rai, who also said that the party will not be entering into an alliance with the Congress. He said that the Delhi Congress, led by Sheila Dikshit, had refused the tie-up yesterday. (Amal KS / HT File)

Updated on Mar 02, 2019 4:56 PM

The Aam Aadmi Party has announced the names of its candidates for six of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. The announcement was made by Delhi AAP convenor Gopal Rai, who also said that the party will not be entering into an alliance with the Congress. He said that the Delhi Congress, led by Sheila Dikshit, had refused the tie-up yesterday. (Amal KS / HT File)

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