India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from the air strike by Indian forces at the biggest camp of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pakistan’s Balakot, to the presentation of AAP government’s Rs 60,000 crore budget in the Delhi Legislative Assembly.

Updated on: Feb 26, 2019 5:04 PM IST

News

Share via

• 
• 
• 
• 

Copy link

• 

1/8

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Feb 26, 2019 5:04 PM

Indian forces carried out a strike at the biggest camp of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot early this morning, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said today, hours after IAF dropped 1,000 pound bombs in a thickly-forested hilltop located across the Line of Control. This camp was headed by Jaish chief Masood Azhar’s brother-in-law Maulana Yousuf Azhar. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

2/8

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Feb 26, 2019 5:04 PM

The AAP government today presented a Rs 60,000 crore budget for 2019-20 laying emphasis on the education, health and transport sectors and said it is “two times more” than the one presented in 2014-15. Presenting the budget in the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the budget is dedicated to soldiers martyred in the Pulwama attack. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

3/8

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Feb 26, 2019 5:04 PM

President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Gandhi Peace Prize for the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 in the presence of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The award was presented to the Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari for 2015, jointly to the Akshaya Patra Foundation and the Sulabh International for 2016, to the Ekal Abhiyan Trust for 2017, and to Yohei Sasakawa for 2018. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

4/8

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Feb 26, 2019 5:04 PM

The Supreme Court today suggested mediation as a way to resolve the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute, saying even if there is a 1% chance of an amicable resolution, it should be given a chance. The case is being heard by a Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

5/8

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Feb 26, 2019 5:04 PM

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today carried out searches on separatists in the Kashmir valley, including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, in a terror funding case. The case relates to funds allegedly received by the separatist from Pakistan through hawala channels. The raids were met with protests. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

6/8

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Feb 26, 2019 5:04 PM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today asserted that his party will protect the culture, history and language of the northeast if voted to power.Kicking off the poll campaign in Assam, Gandhi attacked the BJP and the RSS, accusing them of “burning” every state in the region. (PTI)

7/8

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Feb 26, 2019 5:04 PM

India successfully test-fired the short-range Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) off Odisha coast on Tuesday. Two missiles were tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the armament being developed for the Army. (ANI)

8/8

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Feb 26, 2019 5:04 PM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has called an all-party meeting at 5 pm today. The meeting will take place hours after she attended the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security in the morning following the IAF raid targeting terror camps. Swaraj is set to brief the Opposition leaders about the pre-dawn air-strike undertaken by India in Balakot. (Subhankar Chakraborty / HT File)