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India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from Jasprit Bumrah breaking a 39-year-old Indian record during the third day of the third Test against Australia to a fire which broke out at a building and killed 5 people in Mumbai.

Updated on: Dec 28, 2018 5:53 PM IST

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Fast-bowler Jasprit Bumrah broke a 39-year-old Indian record during the third day of the third Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday. He became the first Asian bowler to take a five-for in South Africa, England and Australia in the same calendar year in Tests. Bumrah also surpassed Dileep Doshi to take the top spot in the list of most wickets by an Indian bowler in debut calendar year. (Julian Smith / AAP / Reuters)

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 5:53 PM

Fast-bowler Jasprit Bumrah broke a 39-year-old Indian record during the third day of the third Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday. He became the first Asian bowler to take a five-for in South Africa, England and Australia in the same calendar year in Tests. Bumrah also surpassed Dileep Doshi to take the top spot in the list of most wickets by an Indian bowler in debut calendar year. (Julian Smith / AAP / Reuters)

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A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Awantipora area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The slain militant has been identified as Ishfaq Yousuf Wani, a resident of Qoil area of Pulwama in south Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi / HT File)

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 5:53 PM

A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Awantipora area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The slain militant has been identified as Ishfaq Yousuf Wani, a resident of Qoil area of Pulwama in south Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi / HT File)

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Five senior citizens died in a major fire that broke out in a 15-storey residential building located at Tilak Nagar in north east Mumbai on Thursday evening. This is the fourth major fire incident that took place in Mumbai in the past four days. The incident occurred just two days before the first anniversary of the Kamala Mills fire last year. (STR / AFP)

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 5:53 PM

Five senior citizens died in a major fire that broke out in a 15-storey residential building located at Tilak Nagar in north east Mumbai on Thursday evening. This is the fourth major fire incident that took place in Mumbai in the past four days. The incident occurred just two days before the first anniversary of the Kamala Mills fire last year. (STR / AFP)

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People staged a protest to demand for an overhaul of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The transgender activists are of the view that the draft legislation criminalised the community, denied them constitutionally guaranteed rights, and was silent on the key demand of reservation. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 5:53 PM

People staged a protest to demand for an overhaul of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The transgender activists are of the view that the draft legislation criminalised the community, denied them constitutionally guaranteed rights, and was silent on the key demand of reservation. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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Delhi is going through the longest cold spell in a December in at least 14 years, and it is likely to stay that way for some time. Night temperatures have been lingering below 6 degrees Celsius for the past 10 days and the India Meteorological Department has forecast that cold wave conditions will continue for at least five more days. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 5:53 PM

Delhi is going through the longest cold spell in a December in at least 14 years, and it is likely to stay that way for some time. Night temperatures have been lingering below 6 degrees Celsius for the past 10 days and the India Meteorological Department has forecast that cold wave conditions will continue for at least five more days. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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Days after a Noida park was declared out of bounds for religious activities, only a dozen people turned up there for the Friday namaz but found parts of the ground waterlogged and the police keeping a vigil. Early this month, the Nodia Police had issued orders stating that Friday prayers cannot be held at the government plot as there was no requisite permission. (Virendra Singh Gosain / HT File)

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 5:53 PM

Days after a Noida park was declared out of bounds for religious activities, only a dozen people turned up there for the Friday namaz but found parts of the ground waterlogged and the police keeping a vigil. Early this month, the Nodia Police had issued orders stating that Friday prayers cannot be held at the government plot as there was no requisite permission. (Virendra Singh Gosain / HT File)

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi celebrated the 134th Congress Foundation Day at the All India Congress Committee headquarters in New Delhi. On the occasion, the Congress chief hoisted the party’s flag at its headquarters and acknowledged the selfless service and contribution of leaders and workers in building the party. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 5:53 PM

Congress President Rahul Gandhi celebrated the 134th Congress Foundation Day at the All India Congress Committee headquarters in New Delhi. On the occasion, the Congress chief hoisted the party’s flag at its headquarters and acknowledged the selfless service and contribution of leaders and workers in building the party. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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India and Bhutan reviewed the progress of hydroelectric projects in the Himalayan kingdom during a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering. Stating that space science is a new area of cooperation between the two countries, Modi said that a ground station will be soon be developed in Bhutan by the Indian Space Research Organisation to the reap the benefits of the South Asian Satellite. (Prakash Singh / AFP)

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 5:53 PM

India and Bhutan reviewed the progress of hydroelectric projects in the Himalayan kingdom during a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering. Stating that space science is a new area of cooperation between the two countries, Modi said that a ground station will be soon be developed in Bhutan by the Indian Space Research Organisation to the reap the benefits of the South Asian Satellite. (Prakash Singh / AFP)

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Bollywood actors Anupam Kher and Akshaye Khanna at the trailer launch of film ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’. The trailer, which released today, drew criticism from the opposition Congress, which called it a ‘fake propaganda’. As the Congress and the BJP traded barbs over the biopic, Anupam Kher – who plays the role of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – said ‘we can’t change history.’ (PTI)

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 5:53 PM

Bollywood actors Anupam Kher and Akshaye Khanna at the trailer launch of film ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’. The trailer, which released today, drew criticism from the opposition Congress, which called it a ‘fake propaganda’. As the Congress and the BJP traded barbs over the biopic, Anupam Kher – who plays the role of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – said ‘we can’t change history.’ (PTI)

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