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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha by President Ram Nath Kovind ahead of PM Modi’s expected claim to forming his second government to a continued curfew in parts of Kashmir valley after the death of Zakir Musa in an encounter with security forces on Friday.

Updated on: May 25, 2019 7:15 PM IST

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Curfew continued in parts of Kashmir for a second day Saturday following the killing of Zakir Musa, the proclaimed chief of an Al-Qaeda afiliated group, in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district Friday. The curbs on movement were in force in parts of Srinagar, and Kulgam and Pulwama towns. Schools and colleges remained shut while mobile internet continued to be suspended across the valley (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday led a review of his party’s performance in the Lok Sabha elections at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee. Three senior Congress including Uttar Pradesh unit chief Raj Babbar, HK Patil, who was tasked to oversee the Karnataka Congress campaign and Odisha Congress chief Niranjan Patnaik have resigned after the election results. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

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The full Election Commission on Saturday called on President Ram Nath Kovind and handed over the list of 542 newly-elected members of the Lok Sabha that will enable him to initiate the formal process of new government formation. On Saturday evening, newly-elected MPs of the National Democratic Alliance are likely elect Narendra Modi as its leader. (PTI)

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An FIR has been registered under IPC sections 304 and 308 after At least 20 students died and 20 were injured when a commercial complex in Surat’s Sarthana neighbourhood caught fire on Friday. The FIR named three persons including two builders and a director of smart design studio Bhargav Butani. The police have arrested Butani this morning. (HT Photo)

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President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday dissolved the 16th Lok Sabha with immediate effect on recommendation of the Union cabinet, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement. The president had on Friday accepted the resignation of Modi and his council of ministers but asked them to continue as caretaker until formation of a new government. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

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An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale shook Andaman Islands region in the wee hours of Saturday, the India Meteorological Department IMD said. The quake struck at around 2:52 am and was situated at a depth of 10 kilometres. (Subhankar Chakraborty / HT Archive)

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A massive landslide, triggered by incessant rains over the past two days, hit the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district in the wee hours of Saturday, leading to suspension of traffic on the only road linking Kashmir with rest of the country. Thousands of vehicles, which had left for Srinagar from here this morning, remain stranded on the highway following the closure of the road. (PTI)

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Newly-elected legislators of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday unanimously elected party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as their leader, paving the way for his swearing-in as the new chief minister of the state. All 151 legislators, including Jagan Mohan Reddy, attended the meeting held at the latter’s residence at Tadepalli in the state capital region Amaravati. (ANI File)