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.
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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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