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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal creating history by winning women’s singles medals in badminton at the Asian Games 2018 to MK Stalin elected as DMK president.
Updated on: Aug 28, 2018 5:14 PM IST
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PV Sindhu created history by becoming the first Indian to win a singles silver medal in badminton while Saina Nehwal clinched bronze at the Asian Games 2018. The Indian women’s archery team won the silver medal in the compound event, narrowly losing out to South Korea. The men’s compound team also lost to South Korea narrowly and got the silver medal. The Indian men’s table tennis team also got a bronze medal. (Vijay Verma / PTI)
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MK Stalin was elected as the DMK president, a post his father M Karunanidhi held for 49 years till his death on August 7, during a meeting of the party’s general council. The 65-year-old paid tribute to CN Annadurai and Karunanidhi after being elected as the president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. (R Senthil Kumar / PTI File)
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met people in the districts hit hardest by the floods in Kerala which killed hundreds of people, left dozens missing and pushed about a million to relief camps. The Congress chief arrived in Thiruvananthapuram in the morning for a two-day visit and took a helicopter to Chengannur in Alappuzha district of the state. (PTI)
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Maoist ideologue and revolutionary writer P Varavara Rao was arrested on Tuesday by Pune Police in Hyderabad on charges of being part of a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources close to his family said. The arrest was preceded by searches for nearly eight hours at Rao’s house in Gandhi Nagar and those of seven others. (Manish Swarup / AP File)
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Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman to win wrestling gold at the ongoing Asian Games 2018 and later got engaged to long-time boyfriend Somvir Rathi on Saturday upon her return from Jakarta. Interestingly, the engagement ceremony took place completely at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. (Shahbaz Khan / PTI File)
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Individuals and companies will be able to fly drones from December 1, 2018, in areas other than those barred for security reasons, according to the regulations for use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) released by the civil aviation ministry on Monday. The commercial use of drones — as taxis, delivery vehicles, or other services — will not be allowed as of now. (Mark Kauzlarich / Bloomberg File)
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Former union minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday moved to Delhi court alleging that the CBI is leaking parts of the charge sheet in the Aircel-Maxis case to the media “to sensationalise” the issue and “make mockery of judicial process”. (Swapan Mahapatra / PTI File)
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Addressing a gathering during a traditional boat race programme held at Rudrasagar Lake on Monday evening, Biplab Kumar Deb said the aquatic birds recycle water when they swim – raising the oxygen level in water bodies. “This rise in oxygen, in turn, makes the fish population increase,” he claimed, promising to distribute 50,000 white ducklings among fishermen residing in the area. (PTI File)
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