India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from Supreme Court’s stern warning to former Ranbaxy promoters, to the release of the Samajwadi Party manifesto by Akhilesh Yadav ahead of the general elections.

Updated on: Apr 05, 2019 6:03 PM IST

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The Supreme Court served stern warning to former Ranbaxy promoters Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh stating that they will be sent to jail if they were found guilty of contempt. The top court decided to go ahead with the contempt proceedings against them. The apex court expressed its dissatisfaction over replies of the former Ranbaxy promoters on payment of Rs 3,500 crore arbitral award amount to a Japanese firm. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT File)

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Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said that the future of the country should be better for all sections, including farmers and Muslims, as he released the party’s vision document for the Lok Sabha polls. “It is our vision document for party leaders and workers and will be utilised for answering the BJP,” he said. (Subhankar Chakraborty / HT Photo)

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Congress general secretary in-charge for eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi undertook a road show in Ghaziabad ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a sharp attack on the Congress during his rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha, saying the party leadership has “special love” for those who talk about “boti-boti” (cutting into pieces). PM Modi was referring to Congress leader Imran Masood’s hate speech of 2014 for which he had been jailed ahead of the last Lok Sabha elections. (ANI)

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi reiterated his words and said that he had no hatred towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but at the same time called the 2016 demonetisation exercise announced by the PM as a “disastrous idea”. Rahul Gandhi who was addressing students at a campus interaction in Pune said that demonetisation had a disastrous effect on economy. (ANI)

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The Supreme Court stayed the Delhi High Court order asking the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) to vacate the National Herald House building here. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also issued notice to the Centre’s Land and Development Office (L&DO) on the plea of AJL, publisher of the National Herald. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File)

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The release of ‘PM Narendra Modi’ has been postponed and the new release date is yet to be confirmed. Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairperson Prasoon Joshi said the film is undergoing the due process of examination and certification. The biographical drama was originally set to release on April 12 but the makers had advanced it by a week, claiming “public demand.” (Raj K Raj / HT Archive)

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Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has announced that she will not contest the Lok Sabha elections. Mahajan issued a statement on Friday to this effect wondering why there is “indecision” in the party over announcing Lok Sabha candidate from Indore seat. Mahajan turns 76 on April 12. (Vipin Kumar / HT File)