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India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from the resumption of services of the Samjhauta Express train between India and Pakistan after days of tensions brought them to a halt and the end of the Kumbh Mela 2019 on the auspicious occasion of Mahashivratri.

Updated on: Mar 04, 2019 5:12 PM IST

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Pakistani authorities on Monday restored the Samjhauta Express services between Lahore and Delhi, days after the train was suspended due to tense bilateral ties. The train departs on Monday and Thursday from Lahore. The Samjhauta Express carrying some 150 passengers left Lahore railway station for India, Radio Pakistan reported. (PTI File)

Updated on Mar 04, 2019 5:12 PM

Pakistani authorities on Monday restored the Samjhauta Express services between Lahore and Delhi, days after the train was suspended due to tense bilateral ties. The train departs on Monday and Thursday from Lahore. The Samjhauta Express carrying some 150 passengers left Lahore railway station for India, Radio Pakistan reported. (PTI File)

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The Jammu and Kashmir government late on Sunday clarified that Jamaat-e-Islami’ affiliated schools, mosques and orphanages have been kept outside the purview of the ban on the organisation. There is anxiety among parents and students of hundreds of JeI-run schools as they fear the administration may seal educational institutes as well. (Waseem Andrabi / HT File)

Updated on Mar 04, 2019 5:12 PM

The Jammu and Kashmir government late on Sunday clarified that Jamaat-e-Islami’ affiliated schools, mosques and orphanages have been kept outside the purview of the ban on the organisation. There is anxiety among parents and students of hundreds of JeI-run schools as they fear the administration may seal educational institutes as well. (Waseem Andrabi / HT File)

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Two more western disturbances, the 16th and 17th such occurrences this season, will likely bring rainfall and chilly winds to the northern plains and snowfall in western Himalayas on March 6 and March 11, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday, adding to the number and intensity of these weather phenomena that have surprised scientists. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File)

Updated on Mar 04, 2019 5:12 PM

Two more western disturbances, the 16th and 17th such occurrences this season, will likely bring rainfall and chilly winds to the northern plains and snowfall in western Himalayas on March 6 and March 11, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday, adding to the number and intensity of these weather phenomena that have surprised scientists. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File)

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The 49-day Kumbh Mela will end with the sixth and last auspicious bathing day on Mahashivratri in Prayagraj on Monday. Around 60 lakh devotees are expected to take a dip in the holy waters of the Sangam on the last day of the mega religious fair. The Kumbh Mela began on January 15 with the first bathing day on Makar Sankranti. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 04, 2019 5:12 PM

The 49-day Kumbh Mela will end with the sixth and last auspicious bathing day on Mahashivratri in Prayagraj on Monday. Around 60 lakh devotees are expected to take a dip in the holy waters of the Sangam on the last day of the mega religious fair. The Kumbh Mela began on January 15 with the first bathing day on Makar Sankranti. (PTI)

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With annual exams of Class 10 and Class 12 set to begin on March 6, the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education has sought Air Force help to deliver question papers in snowbound areas Chamba and Lahaul-Spiti districts. The papers have been sent to the collection centres and will be airlifted to exam centres in Pangi valley of Chamba and Lahual-Spiti district. (ANI)

Updated on Mar 04, 2019 5:12 PM

With annual exams of Class 10 and Class 12 set to begin on March 6, the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education has sought Air Force help to deliver question papers in snowbound areas Chamba and Lahaul-Spiti districts. The papers have been sent to the collection centres and will be airlifted to exam centres in Pangi valley of Chamba and Lahual-Spiti district. (ANI)

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Lamenting that his out-of-box proposals often find no takers, Union minister Nitin Gadkari Sunday voiced another such idea: make urea from urine. If it is done, India will not need to import fertiliser, he claimed, addressing a gathering of young innovators at the Mayor Innovation Awards function of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File)

Updated on Mar 04, 2019 5:12 PM

Lamenting that his out-of-box proposals often find no takers, Union minister Nitin Gadkari Sunday voiced another such idea: make urea from urine. If it is done, India will not need to import fertiliser, he claimed, addressing a gathering of young innovators at the Mayor Innovation Awards function of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File)

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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman at Army's R.R. hospital. The decision on whether Wg Cdr Varthaman will ever fly a fighter jet will depend on his medical fitness, Indian Air Force chief BS Dhanoa said on Monday. News agency ANI had reported that he suffered an injury in his lower spine when he ejected from his MiG-21. (PTI File)

Updated on Mar 04, 2019 5:12 PM

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman at Army's R.R. hospital. The decision on whether Wg Cdr Varthaman will ever fly a fighter jet will depend on his medical fitness, Indian Air Force chief BS Dhanoa said on Monday. News agency ANI had reported that he suffered an injury in his lower spine when he ejected from his MiG-21. (PTI File)

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The government has cancelled passports of 45 non-resident Indians, or NRIs, for abandoning their wives, Women and Child Development minister Maneka Gandhi has said. The Integrated Nodal Agency made to look into the matter has been issuing Look-Out Circulars to absconding husbands in cases of NRI marriages and 45 passports have been impounded by the External Affairs Ministry. (Subhav Shukla / PTI File)

Updated on Mar 04, 2019 5:12 PM

The government has cancelled passports of 45 non-resident Indians, or NRIs, for abandoning their wives, Women and Child Development minister Maneka Gandhi has said. The Integrated Nodal Agency made to look into the matter has been issuing Look-Out Circulars to absconding husbands in cases of NRI marriages and 45 passports have been impounded by the External Affairs Ministry. (Subhav Shukla / PTI File)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the Opposition for questioning his statement that the presence of Rafale fighters would have given greater firepower to the Air Force during the February 27 engagement with Pakistan. “I said if Rafale was acquired in time it would have made a difference, but they say Modi is questioning our air force strike,” he said at a rally in Gujarat’s Jamnagar. (PIB / PTI)

Updated on Mar 04, 2019 5:12 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the Opposition for questioning his statement that the presence of Rafale fighters would have given greater firepower to the Air Force during the February 27 engagement with Pakistan. “I said if Rafale was acquired in time it would have made a difference, but they say Modi is questioning our air force strike,” he said at a rally in Gujarat’s Jamnagar. (PIB / PTI)

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