India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from Congress and Janata Dal Secular scoring a 4:1 win over the BJP in crucial by-elections for three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats in Karnataka to 62 Maoists surrendering in Chhattisgarh.

Updated on: Nov 06, 2018 5:52 PM IST

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A boy wearing a mask takes part in the “My Right to Breathe” awareness drive to highlight high levels of air pollution in New Delhi. On Tuesday, The national capital and its surroundings continued to suffer toxic air quality with only a slight improvement from Monday’s “severe” category. (Prakash SINGH / AFP)

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A group of elderly women arrive at Sabarimala temple, after a woman reached near the 18 holy steps of the hilltop shrine at Sabarimala. After the temple reopened on Monday, protesters said 52-year-old Lalitha from Thrissur, who reached the 18 holy steps of the hilltop shrine, was lying about her age. She was forced to show her Aadhaar card to prove her age and police backed her claim. (PTI)

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On Tuesday, Congress and Janata Dal Secular scored a 4:1 win over the BJP in crucial by-elections for three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats in Karnataka. The sweeping victory of the Congress- JD(S) alliance in the Karnataka bypolls is just a teaser for what is in store for the BJP next year, the Congress said in a tweet. (PTI File)

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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with senior journalist Shekhar Gupta seen at a photo exhibition ‘200 & One’ by photojournalist Praveen Jain, in New Delhi. (Atul Yadav / PTI)

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BJP activists protest against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal outside his residence in Civil Lines, demanding a probe into an incident in which MLA Amanatullah pushed Manoj Tiwari at Signature Bridge during its inauguration on Sunday. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said the central bank is like a seat belt in a car, without which accidents can happen. “The RBI is something like a seat belt. As a driver, the driver being the government, it has the possibility of not putting on a seat belt but of course if you do not put on your seat belt you get into an accident and the accident can be quite severe,” he told CNBC TV18. (Kunal Patil / HT Archive)

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A Border Security Force (BSF) soldier holds a candle while patrolling along the fence at the International border during Diwali celebrations on the outskirts of Jammu. (PTI)

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Ahead of the first-ever international cricket match in the state capital Lucknow -- the T20 International between India and West Indies, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday rechristened the Ekana International Cricket Stadium as “Bharat Ratan Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium”, with CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurating the stadium. (PTI)

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Youngsters burst firecrackers as they celebrate Diwali in Chennai. People in Tamil Nadu began celebrating Diwali, starting off with special sesame oil bath, wearing new clothes and bursting firecrackers. (R Senthil Kumar / AP)

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Sixty-two “hardcore Naxals” surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police in the poll-bound state said, a development Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh described as a “huge achievement”. Of the 62 Naxals, 55 surrendered with their arms and ammunition in Narayanpur district, Inspector General of Police (Bastar) Vivekanand Sinha told PTI. (PTI File)