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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from the SC’s stay on bans over ‘Padmaavat’ to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Mumbai.

Updated on: Jan 18, 2018 4:06 PM IST

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A man walks past a poster of the movie 'Padmavati', now renamed 'Padmaavat' outside a theatre in Mumbai on November 21, 2017. The Supreme Court has stayed a ban on the film imposed by Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh despite being cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), ensuring an all India release of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film on January 25. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS File)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the India-Israel Business Summit in Mumbai, India January 18, 2018. Netanyahu met business leaders, and addressed the India-Israel Business Summit in Mumbai. He also paid tribute to the November 2008 terror attack victims and met with 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg at Nariman House. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)

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Mother of Neelam Devi, wails before her daughters funeral in Pindi in Arnia district of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistani and Indian troops traded gunfire in the disputed region today, leaving three civilians and a soldier dead amid increasing tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, officials from both sides said. (Channi Anand / AP)

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Virat Kohli’s imperious form with the bat in 2017 has seen him being named as the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC), with the Indian cricket team captain also winning the ODI Cricketer of the Year accolade. (Dinuka Liyanawatte / REUTERS File)

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The NIA on Wednesday filed a 1,279 page chargesheet against 12 people, including Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed (pictured) and Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin, in a case related to alleged funding of terror and secessionist activities in the Kashmir Valley. (Faisal Mahmood / REUTERS File)

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Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti flanked by Election Commissioners Sunil Arora and O P Rawat announces the schedule for Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland assembly elections in New Delhi. Assembly elections in Tripura will be held on February 18, while Meghalaya and Nagaland will go to polls on February 27. Counting in all three states will be held on March 3. (Manvender Vashist / PTI)

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath speaks with Union minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi during an event in Lucknow. Adityanath said on Thursday the education system in madrasas need to be modernised and that closing these minority institutions that offer studies in Islamic theology and religious laws is not a solution. (PTI)