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India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from the Bharatiya Janata Party's release of its Sankalp Patra or election manifesto for the upcoming elections to restoration of security cover for 400 politicians and activists in Kashmir after it had been withdrawn last month

Updated on: Apr 08, 2019 7:01 PM IST

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Releasing the BJP Sankalp Patra, or manifesto, for Lok Sabha elections 2019, PM Modi said the government was moving ahead with ‘one mission and one direction. He said the development had to be flexible to suit the country’s diversity, it had to be multi-layered and multi-directional. The party manifesto charted 75 milestones India @75 had to achieve, chief focus being on the farm sector, education, health and infrastructure. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday appeared before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for questioning in connection with a terror funding case. According to NIA sources, the Mirwaiz will be questioned regarding the seizures made by the agency in raids that were carried out in February this year and in May 2017, ANI reported. (HT Photo)

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40 teams of 30,000 people across the globe are keeping track of posts being shared on Facebook to scan for violations against hate speech and fake news; or that have potential to impact the elections in India. This workforce includes experts from across sectors such as cyber security and engineering across operational centres in Menlo Park, India, Dublin and Singapore. (Manish Swarup / AP File)

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The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi and the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled municipalities are likely headed for another face-off with the government asking the civic bodies to pay the ₹25 crore fine that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had imposed on it for failing to curb air pollution in the city. The NGT had penalised the government in December last year on a petition filed by two city residents. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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A day after at least 30 armed men had allegedly forced the closure of meat shops in Dundahera near the Delhi-Gurugram border, police on Sunday arrested two persons for allegedly threatening owners to shut shop during Navratri. Birem Singh, ACP Udyog Vihar, said the two men claimed to be members of Hindu Sena and raids were on to round up other suspects. (Noemi Cassanelli / AFP File)

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The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday restored the security cover of 400 politicians and political activists which had been withdrawn last month. Top state government sources said Governor Satya Pal Malik’s administration took the decision aimed at providing protection to them. The restoration of the security cover, however, does not include separatist leaders. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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A judge in the appeals court of the London high court has rejected Vijay Mallya’s application for permission to appeal against home secretary Sajid Javid’s February 4 order to extradite him to India. The refusal suggests that the judge may not have seen merit in Mallya’s application. (Toby Mellville / REUTERS File)