India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from the arrest of fugitive Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi, to the declaration by Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati that she won’t contest this year’s general elections.

Updated on: Mar 20, 2019 5:16 PM IST

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Fugitive Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi was arrested in London on India’s extradition request. He will be produced in a London court later today. Yesterday, a court in the UK issued a warrant to arrest Modi, days after British home secretary Sajid Javid certified India’s request to extradite him to face charges of financial irregularities in the Rs 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. (Aniruddha Chowdhury / Mint Archive)

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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati ruled herself out of the 2019 Lok Sabha race to allow her to focus on getting the largest share of seats for her alliance with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and beyond. Mayawati said it was better for the party, people and the country that she does not contest the Lok Sabha general elections at this stage. (Subhankar Chakraborty / HT File)

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The BJP-led government in Goa proved its majority on Wednesday winning the floor test in the state assembly. The Pramod Sawant government got the support of 20 MLAs in the assembly, whose strength has reduced from 40 to 36. (PTI File)

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Kashmir, including Srinagar city, received fresh snowfall -- a rare occurrence in March in recent years -- as overnight rainfall caused water logging in many parts of the capital. Heavy rainfall in plains and snowfall in higher reaches began during the night and continued till around noon Wednesday, a MET department official said. Srinagar received moderate snowfall for nearly two hours. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi launched a counter-attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who in a blog post targeted the Gandhi family. “The BJP has systematically attacked every institution in last five years including the media. The prime minister should stop thinking that people are fools and understand that they can see through this,” said Gandhi on the last day of her Ganga Yatra in Uttar Pradesh. (Rajesh Kumar / HT Photo)

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India’s rupee just went from Asia’s worst to best currency. The turnaround has been fuelled by the improved chances of Prime Minister Narendra Modi winning a second term amid recent tensions between India and Pakistan. The optimism has led to local shares and debt luring robust flows, which have turned the carry-trade returns on the rupee to the highest in the world in the past month. (Thomas White / REUTERS File)

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Taking a dig at the BJP’s ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said that if people want their children to become watchmen, they should vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And if they want good education, they should vote for Aam Aadmi Party, he said. Kejriwal, in a tweet in Hindi, said Modi wants the whole country try to become ‘chowkidar’ (watchman). (Raj K Raj / HT File)