India: Today’s news in pictures
India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from first phase of the assembly election in Chhattisgarh to the Congress President Rahul Gandhi meeting Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey in New Delhi.
Updated on: Nov 12, 2018 7:50 PM IST
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Voters wait in queues to cast their votes during the first phase of Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh at a polling station in Narayanpur. Chhattisgarh recorded 33.86% turnout till 1.30 pm for 18 seats spread over eight districts on Monday, in the first phase of the assembly election, as an encounter broke out between suspected Maoists and police in Bijapur’s Pamed area. (HT Photo)
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Police personnel pays tribute to Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar in Bengaluru. Kumar, 59, passed away in Bengaluru early Monday morning after battling lung cancer for several months. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. (Shailendra Bhojak / PTI)
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Upendra Kushwaha, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief, met Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav in New Delhi on Monday as the issue of seat sharing ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year in Bihar has become contentious among the NDA’s alliance partners. (PTI)
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Supreme Court dismissed a plea filed by some Manipur police personnel seeking recusal of the judges of the bench in Manipur fake encounter cases in which the CBI special investigation team (SIT) is carrying out a probe. A bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit said that there was no reason for these policemen to doubt the SIT and the probe conducted by it in these cases. (Manvender Vashist / PTI)
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An inquiry report on ousted CBI director Alok Verma was submitted to the Supreme Court, prompting the judges to defer the case to Friday. The top court had earlier given the Central Vigilance Commission, which was probing corruption charges against Verma, two weeks to submit its report. The deadline ended on Sunday. (Ravi Choudhary / HT Archive)
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The Yogi Adityanath government is most likely to prohibit the sale of meat and liquor within the geographical boundaries of the new district of Ayodhya that was known as Faizabad till recently. Similar bans may be imposed in the area around Lord Krishna’s birthplace in Mathura and other holy places in the state. (Pawan Kumar / REUTERS File)
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