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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from the West Bengal Assembly unanimously passing a resolution to change the state’s name to Bangla to heavy rains experienced in many parts of the nation.

Updated on: Jul 27, 2018 9:55 AM IST

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The West Bengal Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday to change the state’s name to Bangla. However, the change will require the approval of the Union home ministry to come into effect. (Subhankar Chakraborty / HT File)

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Children play on a waterlogged road near a government school in Noida’s Sector 27. Heavy rains were experienced in various parts of the country, causing blockades at several locations on Mughal Road in Poonch district. The Army has rescued 150 passengers travelling in over 40 vehicles, which got stranded due to multiple landslides on Mughal Road. (Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)

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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with Army chief General Bipin Rawat, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba, Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa pay tribute at Amar Jawan Jyoti on Kargil Vijay Diwas. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised the “outstanding political leadership” of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the 19th anniversary of the day India defeated Pakistan to recapture the Kargil peak and remembered the soldiers who fought. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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The special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Wednesday issued notices to jewellers Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi following the Enforcement Directorate’s demand to confiscate their properties under the new fugitive economic offender law. The court has granted Modi and Choksi six weeks (until September 26) to appear before it, failing which both of them would be declared fugitive offenders and have their properties confiscated. (Chandan Khana / AFP File)

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On 21 July, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council decided to change the GST rate on sanitary napkins from 12% to zero. The decision is a complete U-turn from the earlier stance taken by the government in response to the demand for exempting sanitary napkins from GST. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP File)

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In his first year in office, President Ram Nath Kovind visited 27 of India’s 29 states, two senior officials of the Rashtrapati Bhavan said, claiming it was a record for any president. Kovind made 53 domestic visits in 52 weeks, the first being a trip to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir in August 2017 to honour Ladakh Scouts. His predecessor Pranab Mukherjee made 42 trips in first 52 weeks. (Raj K Raj / HT File)