India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from the death of two pilots after an Indian Air Force M-17 chopper crashed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district, to a collapse of a four-storey commercial building at Karol Bagh in New Delhi.

Updated on: Feb 27, 2019 5:27 PM IST

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Two pilots were killed today after an Indian Air Force M-17 chopper crashed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district. The chopper crashed due to technical reasons, officials said, close to the Srinagar airport in an open field near Garend Kalaan village in Budgam around 10 am. The aircraft broke into two and caught fire immediately. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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A part of a four-storey commercial building collapsed in Karol Bagh area in New Delhi today morning. The fire department received a call about the incident, at Padam Singh Road, at 8:40 am. Five fire tenders were rushed to the site. No casualties have been reported so far. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Flight operations in all airports across north India which were shut on Wednesday morning have resumed. The airports were closed for civilian air traffic in the morning, according to a statement by the Airports Authority of India. Airports at Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Pathankot, Amritsar, Shimla, Kangra, Kullu Manali, Pithoragarh were closed amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS File)

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India has said that Pakistan Air Force tried to target its military installations on Wednesday morning but their attempts were foiled by an alert IAF. “Due to our high state of readiness and alertness, Pakistan’s attempts were foiled successfully,” said External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

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In a special mission in March, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch an electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), 28 third party satellites and also demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with a new variant of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket. The exact date has not been specified yet. (ISRO File)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cut short his address at a function in New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan. This came amid reports that Pakistan made attempts to violate Indian airspace this morning. PM Modi was at the National Youth Festival 2019 and replying to the questions from youngsters when he was handed over a small piece of paper by a Prime Minister Office (PMO) official. The PM immediately stopped and left the venue. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

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Hundreds of Tibetans gathered at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala with ceremonial offerings to pray for Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s longevity. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

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The Supreme Court today took note of the Centre’s submission that no new case of violence has been reported against Kashmiris since February 22 after the suicide bomb attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama nearly a fortnight ago. The court had directed all states and Union territories to ensure that Kashmiris, particularly students, feel secure, amid reports that they were being targeted. (Anil Dayal / HT File / Representative image)