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India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from the century-old Grand Hotel in Shimla destroyed by fire to Odisha chief minister's announcement of rebuilding houses in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani.

Updated on: May 13, 2019 5:34 PM IST

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A major portion of the more than a century-old Grand Hotel was destroyed in a fire that broke out late on Monday night in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla. Three floors of the recently renovated Mayo Block was gutted in the fire, which broke out at the heritage Grand Hotel’s reception at about 12:30am and was doused at around 3am on Tuesday morning. (PTI)

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The government of Odisha revised the death toll caused by Cyclone Fani to 64 with Puri accounting for 39 deaths. CM Naveen Patnaik announced that all families whose houses were damaged due to the cyclone would get a pucca house. As per preliminary assessment, more than 5.08 lakh houses were left damaged, after winds exceeding 250 kmph battered Puri and Khurda affecting 1.4 crore people. (Asit Kumar/ AFP File)

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Makkal Needhi Maiyam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan has stoked a possible controversy, saying free India’s first “terrorist was a Hindu,” referring to Nathuram Godse who killed Mahatma Gandhi, while addressing an election campaign in Tamil Nadu’s Aravakurichi last night. (Vidya Subramanian/ HT PHoto)

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According to the Election Commission of India. In Uttar Pradesh, where 14 Lok Sabha seats were at stake, recorded just 54.12% polling on Sunday — the lowest among the seven states and union territories that went to polls in the penultimate sixth round of the seven phase national election. (Sheeraz Rizvi / HT Photo)

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The number of yaks that died of starvation in north Sikkim could be 500 or more, authorities have said after talking to herders who graze the animals in Mukuthang Valley in the state near the border with China. On Saturday, the figure had stood at 300 yaks after herders came down to lower altitudes to save themselves from the cold, leaving flocks behind. (AFP File)

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Frequent hailstorms have left farmers in Himachal Pradesh worried as their crops are getting destroyed and they are unable to get a fair price for their produce in the market. The farmers have appealed the state government to provide compensation as this year, the unpredictable weather has already jeopardized various crops. (HT Archive)