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India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from Prime Minister Narendra Modi filing his nomination papers from Varanasi Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency to the conviction of Narayan Sai, son of self-styled godman Asaram, in a rape case.

Updated on: Apr 26, 2019 5:06 PM IST

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers from Varanasi Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency at collector's office. Among those accompanying him were senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Sushma Swaraj, Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray, JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar and Lok Janshakti Party’s Ramvilas Paswan. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 26, 2019 5:06 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers from Varanasi Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency at collector's office. Among those accompanying him were senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Sushma Swaraj, Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray, JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar and Lok Janshakti Party’s Ramvilas Paswan. (PTI)

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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said the people will vote for a country “where the mind is without fear”. Hitting out at BJP chief Amit Shah for saying Congress can’t keep India safe, the former home minister asked who kept the country safe in the three wars fought in 1947, 1965 and 1971. (R Senthil Kumar / PTI File)

Updated on Apr 26, 2019 5:06 PM

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said the people will vote for a country “where the mind is without fear”. Hitting out at BJP chief Amit Shah for saying Congress can’t keep India safe, the former home minister asked who kept the country safe in the three wars fought in 1947, 1965 and 1971. (R Senthil Kumar / PTI File)

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The Supreme Court Friday directed the Reserve Bank of India to disclose information pertaining to its annual inspection report of banks under the Right to Information (RTI) Act unless they are exempted under law. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao also directed the federal bank to review its policy to disclose information relating to banks under RTI. (REUTERS File)

Updated on Apr 26, 2019 5:06 PM

The Supreme Court Friday directed the Reserve Bank of India to disclose information pertaining to its annual inspection report of banks under the Right to Information (RTI) Act unless they are exempted under law. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao also directed the federal bank to review its policy to disclose information relating to banks under RTI. (REUTERS File)

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On Friday, the Supreme Court put on hold proceedings before the judicial commission set up by the Tamil Nadu government to probe AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa’s death. The order by a bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi came on a petition filed by the Chennai-based Apollo hospital where the AIADMK matriarch had died in December 2016 after 75 days of treatment. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT File)

Updated on Apr 26, 2019 5:06 PM

On Friday, the Supreme Court put on hold proceedings before the judicial commission set up by the Tamil Nadu government to probe AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa’s death. The order by a bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi came on a petition filed by the Chennai-based Apollo hospital where the AIADMK matriarch had died in December 2016 after 75 days of treatment. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT File)

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses an election campaign rally for Lok Sabha polls, in Samastipur. “In the next 5 years there will be a surgical strike on poverty and NYAY scheme will be our weapon. It will be unlike what Prime Minister Modi has done in the country, in his five-year rule it has used Gabbar Singh Tax (GST) and demonetisation to attack the poor,” Gandhi said. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 26, 2019 5:06 PM

Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses an election campaign rally for Lok Sabha polls, in Samastipur. “In the next 5 years there will be a surgical strike on poverty and NYAY scheme will be our weapon. It will be unlike what Prime Minister Modi has done in the country, in his five-year rule it has used Gabbar Singh Tax (GST) and demonetisation to attack the poor,” Gandhi said. (PTI)

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A local court on Friday convicted Narayan Sai, son of self-styled godman Asaram, in a rape case. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on April 30. The 40-year-old Sai was arrested from Pipli near Haryana’s Kurukshetra in December 2013 after two sisters from Surat filed rape complaints against him and his father Asaram in October that year. (ANI File)

Updated on Apr 26, 2019 5:06 PM

A local court on Friday convicted Narayan Sai, son of self-styled godman Asaram, in a rape case. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on April 30. The 40-year-old Sai was arrested from Pipli near Haryana’s Kurukshetra in December 2013 after two sisters from Surat filed rape complaints against him and his father Asaram in October that year. (ANI File)

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On Friday, the defence team representing diamantaire Nirav Modi did not move a fresh bail plea in the Westminster Magistrates Court, as the court extended his tenure in the Wandsworth jail until May 24. He will be produced in court on May 24 via video-link, chief magistrate Emma Arbuthnot told him during a brief hearing. (Aniruddha Chowdhury / Mint File)

Updated on Apr 26, 2019 5:06 PM

On Friday, the defence team representing diamantaire Nirav Modi did not move a fresh bail plea in the Westminster Magistrates Court, as the court extended his tenure in the Wandsworth jail until May 24. He will be produced in court on May 24 via video-link, chief magistrate Emma Arbuthnot told him during a brief hearing. (Aniruddha Chowdhury / Mint File)

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