India: Today’s news in pictures
Updated On Sep 19, 2018 05:23 PM IST
India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s top news across the country from Supreme Court deciding that people excluded from Assam’s citizens’ register can file their claims for inclusion in the NRC final draft from September 25 to Union Cabinet signing off on an ordinance to make instant triple talaq an offence.
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People excluded from Assam’s citizens’ register can file their claims for inclusion in the NRC final draft from September 25, the Supreme Court decided on Wednesday. The window will tentatively remain open for 60 days. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Archive)
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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday signed off on an ordinance to make instant triple talaq an offence. The cabinet approval for enacting the law by an executive order comes nearly 10 months after the NDA government first moved a bill in Parliament. Instant triple talaq had been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in August last year. (Tsering Topgyal / AP File)
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Asserting that his hug to Pakistan’s army chief has been blown out of proportion, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu targeted the BJP on Wednesday saying it was just a “jhappi” (hug) and “not a Rafale deal.” On Tuesday, Sitharaman said that Sidhu’s gesture of hugging the army chief impacted soldiers back home and asserted that the Punjab minister could have “avoided it.” (Keshav Singh / HT Archive)
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A delegation of senior Congress leaders met the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on the Rafale fighter jet deal and asked the auditor to prepare a report on alleged irregularities in it. The delegation handed a memorandum to the CAG and said it expects the truth to prevail after the report on the Rafale deal is made public. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)
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PM Narendra Modi Wednesday held wide-ranging talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (L) on ways to further boost bilateral cooperation. It is understood that Ghani briefed Modi about the status of the peace process in the war-ravaged country. India has always been favouring an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process to bring peace and stability in the country. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)
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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has said that she and her party suffered significantly from the alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “We had to bear the wrath of the people. The love and affection they showered on me when I was in the Opposition turned into anger and hatred after we partnered with the BJP,” she said during an interview. (Nitin Kanotra / HT Archive)
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Normal life in Jammu and Kashmir was affected due to restrictions imposed by authorities in certain areas of the city as a precautionary measure to regulate Muharram processions, police said. While shops and other business establishments remained closed, traffic jams were witnessed at many places due to road blockades and barriers. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)
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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), the largest law firm in the country, is being scrutinized by investigators after seizing documents related to the $2 billion fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) from CAM’s premises in February, a lawyer representing the government and a police source told Reuters. (Amit Dave / REUTERS File)
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