India: Today’s news in pictures
India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from the celebrations of Army Day to India levelling a 3 match ODI series with a win in the second match against Australia with 6 wickets to spare.
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Army soldiers march past during the Army Day Parade at Carriappa Parade Ground in New Delhi. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted soldiers on the occasion of Army Day, saying the nation is proud of their grit and determination. “I bow to their courage and bravery,” he tweeted. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)
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Kanaka Durga, 44, one of the two women who made history by becoming the first in centuries to enter the Sabarimala hill temple in Kerala, was attacked by relatives on her return home in Perinthalmanna on Tuesday morning. She has been admitted to a hospital. (REUTERS File)
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Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav wishes Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on her 63rd birthday at her residence in Lucknow. The BSP supremo on Tuesday appealed to workers of her party and the Samajwadi Party to forget their past differences to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. (Subhankar Chakraborty / HT Photo)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inauguration of various projects in Balangir, Odisha. Modi has also inaugurated renovation and restoration works of the Nilamadhav and Siddheswar temples there. (PTI)
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On Tuesday, Bharatiya Janata Party’s rath yatra in West Bengal suffered a setback with the Supreme Court refusing to interfere with the Mamata Banerjee government’s decision to ban it. A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said that apprehension of violence by the state government was not unfounded. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT File)
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According to PTI, an officer of the Border Security Force (BSF) was killed on Tuesday in a sniper attack from across the border in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir. BSF officials said Assistant Commandant Vinay Prasad was hit by a bullet around 10:50 am when he and his party were patrolling along the International Border. (Nitin Kanotra / HT File)
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