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India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from the CBI raids at the residence of Supreme Court lawyers Indira Jaising and Anand Grover in foreign funding case to the landslides blocking highways in West Bengal’s Darjeeling and Sikkim.

Updated on: Jul 11, 2019 5:07 PM IST

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On Thursday, the CBI searched the residence of senior Supreme Court lawyers Indira Jaising and Anand Grover in Delhi and Mumbai for alleged violation of FCRA norms, officials said. Indira Jaisingh said: “Mr Grover and I are being targeted for the human rights work that we have done over the years,” reports said. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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In his first statement in the 17th Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi chose to highlight the farmers’ issues, saying that government should ensure that banks don’t threaten farmers with recovery notice over loans. “Yesterday, a farmer in Wayanad committed suicide due to debt. Under a relevant act their properties are attached against their bank loans, this is resulting in rise in farmers suicide,” said Gandhi who represents Kerala’s Wayanad in the Lok Sabha. (LSTV / PTI)

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The Lok Sabha speaker’s office is set to arrange special transport, and food and water for House officials, especially women, when the lower chamber sits for late hours, an official said. On Tuesday, staff faced a food shortage and difficulties in finding transport to go home as the House sat until 11.15 PM to debate on the general budget for 2019-20. (Mohd Zakir / HT File)

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Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain speaks to media on Ayodhya land dispute case at the Lawns of the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi. The Chief Justice in his order on Thursday said that the court would wait for the panel report to decide if the mediation was completed. If so, then the hearing would start from July 25. And if the court feels the mediation is not making headway, “the matter will be heard on day-to-day basis.” (ANI)

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According to latest data from India Meteorological Department’s Pune office, nearly half the country was mildly dry and 17.35% of the country was moderately dry till June end. The dry states include Mizoram, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Kerala, Manipur, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Chandigarh, among others. (ARUN SANKAR / AFP File)

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Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant is likely to reshuffle his cabinet on Thursday to accommodate some of the newly inducted MLAs, who have been promised ministerships, after they switched side from the Congress to the BJP. The Congress is now left with four former chief ministers -- Digambar Kamat, Luizinho Faleiro, Ravi Naik, Pratapsingh Rane -- and Reginaldo Lourenço. (PTI)

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On Thursday, incessant rainfall triggered landslides blocking highways in West Bengal’s Darjeeling and Sikkim and cutting off the northeastern state’s capital Gangtok from Siliguri in the plains. Fresh landslides hit many parts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts on Thursday amid a warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours. (ANI )