India: Today’s news in pictures
Updated On Jan 22, 2018 04:26 PM IST
India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from Supreme Court transferring to itself pleas over Justice Loya’s death case to the arrest of Abdul Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer who is suspected of being involved in serial blasts in Gujarat and Delhi in 2008.
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Updated on Jan 22, 2018 04:26 PM IST
Abdul Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer, suspected of being involved in the serial blasts in Gujarat and Delhi in 2008, was arrested by Delhi Police after a gunfight on Monday following a tip-off. He figured in the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) most-wanted list. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)
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Updated on Jan 22, 2018 04:26 PM IST
The Supreme Court transferred to itself today two petitions, pending at the Bombay high court and its Nagpur bench, relating to the death of special CBI judge BH Loya in 2014. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also asked the parties to catalogue all documents relating to Loya’s death which have not been filed so far, and submit them on February 2, the next date of hearing. (Ravi Choudhary / PTI)
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Updated on Jan 22, 2018 04:26 PM IST
Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia questioned the “unconstitutional” and “illegal” disqualification of 20 AAP legislators and accused the BJP government of indulging in “dirty politics” in an open letter to the people of Delhi, today. “I am unhappy today, but not disappointed. I have faith in the people of Delhi and country,” Sisodia wrote in the two-page letter shared on social media. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)
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Updated on Jan 22, 2018 04:26 PM IST
Commuters can expect traffic jams on Tuesday and Friday as road restrictions will be in place in large parts of central Delhi due to Republic Day celebrations and the ASEAN summit. While Metro services will be available at all stations, boarding and de-boarding at four key stations in central Delhi will not be permitted till 12pm tomorrow. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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Updated on Jan 22, 2018 04:26 PM IST
A youth on Monday climbed a 350 feet tall mobile tower with a bottle of petrol in Bhilwara to protest against the release of the film Padmavaat in Rajasthan. Further, the Supreme Court said today it will hear appeals by the governments in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh tomorrow, to modify its order that allowed the film to be released in theatres across India on January 25. (ANI)
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Updated on Jan 22, 2018 04:26 PM IST
A man pours water as he tries to extinguish a fire that broke out at a marketplace on the outskirts of Kolkata on Monday. (Rupak de Chowdhuri / REUTERS)
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Updated on Jan 22, 2018 04:26 PM IST