India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s bilateral meeting with Mnister of External Affairs S Jaishankar to responses to allegations of widespread lynchings across the country by K J Alphonse in the Rajya Sabha.

Updated on: Jun 26, 2019 4:57 PM IST

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met PM Modi and Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Wednesday to discuss agenda for the US-India strategic partnership. While the details of the Jaishankar-Pompeo meeting were not immediately known, India’s S-400 missile defence system deal with Russia, terrorism, H-1B visas, trade and the situation arising out of US sanctions on oil from Iran, were likely to be discussed, reported PTI. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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Fifty-five countries of the Asia-Pacific group, including Pakistan, have unanimously endorsed India’s candidature for a non-permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term. India’s permanent representative at the UN Syed Akbaruddin thanked the countries for the massive support. (Bebeto Matthews / AP)

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday rejected appeals by party MPs to continue as the party chief. At the Congress Parliamentary party meeting chaired by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi stuck to his decision to quit despite appeals. Outside his residence, members of the Youth Congress and party workers also held a demonstration urging him to take back his resignation and continue on. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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Demolition of a building adjacent to former Andhra CM N Chandrababu Naidu’s residence in Amaravati continued in full swing amid tension and tight security on Wednesday, as the Andhra Pradesh High Court rejected the plea to put a stay on the demolition. After razing structures on Tuesday night, officials began demolishing the main building of ‘Praja Vedika’ built by then Chief Minister Naidu in 2017 to hold official meetings. (PTI)

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The number of people left out of the draft National Register of Citizens in Assam went up by over a lakh after an additional list of exclusions was published on Wednesday. The complete list of NRC is due by July 31, 2019 as per a Supreme Court deadline. (Samir Jana / HT Archive)

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PM Narendra Modi Wednesday replied to the debate in the Rajya Sabha on President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to Parliament. In his speech, PM Modi said “it is surprising to see that people are now opposing the idea of ‘new India’. They are seeking the ‘Old India’ where Navy officers used to entertain politicians, LPG cylinders were not available to the common man, Licence Raj was the norm.” (RSTV / PTI)

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Regional flights from the new civil terminal near the Hindon airbase are likely to begin operations from first week of August. District administration officials in Ghaziabad said Hubli is likely to be the first among the eight proposed destinations which will connected to Ghaziabad. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the terminal on March 8 but operations are yet to begin. (Sakib Ali / HT File)

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Minorities have never been safer than under PM Modi, BJP leader K J Alphons said in the Rajya Sabha as some in the opposition jeered, making references to lynching of Muslims. Five years back it was said that Christians will be beaten up and churches will be burnt once the BJP comes to power, he said. “Have you seen any Christian being beaten up or any church being burnt,” he asked. (PTI)