India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from stone-pelters targeting a school bus carrying children in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir to underworld don Chhota Rajan and nine others convicted of killing senior journalist J Dey seven years ago.

Updated on: May 02, 2018 6:41 PM IST

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A Class 2 student suffered a head injury when a school bus carrying 35 children was attacked by stone-pelters in Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir. The incident evoked a sharp reaction from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who said perpetrators of this senseless and cowardly act will be brought to justice soon. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Relatives of assistant town and country planning officer Shail Bala Sharma wait at IGMC hospital in Shimla on Wednesday. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the murder of the woman government officer during an anti-encroachment drive in Himachal Pradesh’s Kasauli was extremely serious and said that the hotel owner, who allegedly killed her, had brazenly defied its orders. (PTI)

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Transgender devotees dress in white saris after a ritual signifying their marriage to the warrior god Aravan at the Koothandavar Temple in the village of Koovagam, Tamil Nadu. Devotees from all over India gather at the Koothandavar Temple each year during the full moon of the Tamil month of Chitrai, to participate in the re-enactment of a tale of the epic Mahabharata. (Arun Sankar / AFP)

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A special CBI court on Wednesday convicted underworld don Chhota Rajan and nine others of killing senior journalist J Dey seven years ago. The court, however, acquitted journalist Jigna Vora and Paulson Joseph, a member of Rajan’s gang, in the murder case. Dey, who was Editor (Investigations) of Midday was shot dead on June 11, 2011 on his way home. (Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP File)

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A mechanic repairs an umbrella during rain in Guwahati on Wednesday in Assam. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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The Allahabad high court on Wednesday pulled up the CBI for its work in the Unnao rape case, faulting the agency for not recording the statement of the victim. The CBI took over the case from the Uttar Pradesh Police on April 12 after allegations that the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party government was shielding party lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the main accused. (Subhankar Chakraborty / HT File)

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Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will hold talks with Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Rao has already met with Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee, JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda, DMK working president MK Stalin, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemanth Soren and Chhattisgarh leader Ajit Jogi in his bid to gather support for a federal front of regional parties as an alternative to the Congress and the BJP. (PTI File)

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The Indian capital has once again been found to be the world’s most polluted city and Mumbai is fourth, according to air quality data compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for megacities with a population of 14 million or more. Greater Cairo in Egypt is the second most polluted city, followed by Dhaka. Beijing ranks fifth. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)