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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from an army major and three soldiers killed while foiling an infiltration bid in Gurez sector to Justices KM Joseph, Indira Banerjee and Vineet Saran taking oath as judges of the Supreme Court.
Updated on: Aug 07, 2018 4:56 PM IST
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Paramilitary soldiers stand guard at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk after an army major and three soldiers were killed while foiling an infiltration bid in Gurez sector, on Tuesday. At least two militants were killed in the operation, officials said. The encounter between the patrolling party of the Rashtriya Rifles and the infiltrating group took place at Govind Nallah in Gurez sector of Bandipore district. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)
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Justice KM Joseph on Tuesday took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court after justice Indira Banerjee and justice Vineet Saran amid a controversy over his elevation and altered seniority by the government. Justices Banerjee, Saran and Joseph were administered the oath of the office by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in the Supreme Court in a sequence. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi addresses a meeting of the Congress parliamentary party (CPP), called upon party leaders and workers to tap the “rising tide of anger” against the BJP-led government, and work hard to give the people an alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “bogus promise of achche din (good days)”. (Ajay Aggarwal / HT Photo)
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People row boats during heavy rainfall in Srinagar. In Chandigarh, mercury dropped by seven notches as the city received 18.4mm rain. At 25.4°C, the maximum temperature was lowest recorded on any August day since 1997. It was also the coolest day of the city of this monsoon. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)
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World Champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu today pulled out of the Asian Games after failing to recover from a lower back injury, which is yet to be fully diagnosed. The decision comes in the wake of national coach Vijay Sharma’s recommendation that the Commonwealth gold medallist pull out of Jakarta event to be fit for the Olympic qualifiers, later this year. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images File)
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The Supreme Court on Monday said that Delhi was facing an “emergency situation” due to mountains of garbage as it expressed dissatisfaction over the response of authorities on waste management. The court fumed and said that people have every right to question the decision and even went on to say that the civic body should dump the “waste on the Raj Niwas Marg”, where Delhi lieutenant governor’s official residence is located. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS File)
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A Delhi court on Tuesday extended till October 8 the interim protection from arrest granted to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in Aircel-Maxis cases filed by the CBI and the ED. Special CBI Judge OP Saini put up the matter for October 8 after the counsel appearing for the agencies told the court that the main counsel was not well and requested time. (R Senthil Kumar / PTI File)
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