India: Today’s news in pictures
Updated On May 20, 2019 06:00 PM IST
India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from the surging points of Sensex and Nifty, to the meeting of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati .
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Benchmark Sensex zoomed over 1,422 points and the NSE Nifty surged 421 points after most exit polls showed that the Narendra Modi-led NDA is returning to power with a thumping majority in the Lok Sabha elections. The 30-share index ended 1,421.90 points, or 3.75 per cent, higher at 39,352.67. During the day, the gauge hit a high of 39,412.56 and a low of 38,570.04. (Dhiraj Singh / Bloomberg)
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A day after the Lok Sabha elections ended and exit polls predicted gains for the SP-BSP alliance in politically crucial state Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav called on Mayawati at her residence in Lucknow on Monday. The meeting comes two days ahead of the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections and in the backdrop of efforts at opposition unity by another regional leader TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu. (ANI File)
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday sacked Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar from his ministry, days after a case was filed against him for allegedly threatening and abusing BJP workers. The chief minister also removed all members appointed to various boards and corporations in Uttar Pradesh just ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections to placate Rajbhar. (Raj K Raj / HT File)
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National carrier Air India, which had commenced direct services from Mumbai to New York’s John F Kennedy airport in December 2018, has decided to discontinue the flights, reportedly owing to poor demand. AI officials said the Mumbai-New York flight operation was causing losses to the airline. However, the airline will continue to operate direct flights from Mumbai to New York. (Money Sharma / AFP File)
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Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar approached the Supreme Court on Monday seeking an extension of the seven-day period that the apex court had granted him to approach a competent court after his protection from arrest was vacated. Kumar has cited strike of lawyers in West Bengal as the reason behind seeking an extension of the time period. (Arijit Sen / HT Archive)
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The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court on Monday issued fresh notices to actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam Kothari and Tabu in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case. A single judge bench of Justice Manoj Garg issued the notices to the actors following an appeal by the Rajasthan government against their acquittal by a Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court on April 5 last year. (Waseem Gashroo / HT Archive)
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