India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from the Karnataka Chief minister BS Yediyurappa winning the floor test in the assembly, to Samajwadi Party member Azam Khan’s apology for his sexist remarks against BJP member Rama Devi.

Updated on: Jul 29, 2019 5:53 PM IST

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Karnataka Chief minister BS Yediyurappa won the floor test in the assembly on Monday with voice vote, two days after taking oath for his fourth term as the chief minister of the state. Soon after, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar announced his resignation seeking forgiveness for ‘mistakes’, if any. While introducing the motion, Yeddiyurappa announced sops for farm sector saying he was following in the footsteps of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Shailendra Bhojak / PTI)

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Under fire from various quarters, Samajwadi Party member Azam Khan on Monday apologised in Lok Sabha for his sexist remarks against BJP member Rama Devi. Though Khan had to repeat his apology twice in the House, a visibly peeved Devi said the member has the habit of uttering derogatory words against women. (PTI)

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The Uttar Pradesh police have filed a murder case against Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Kuldeep Sengar and others on a complaint filed by the family of Unnao rape survivor who met with a car crash on Sunday afternoon. The rape survivor’s two aunts died in the crash. She and her lawyer are on life support. “Their condition is critical,” said Prof Sandip Tiwari, head of trauma surgery at the King George’s Medical University. (Subhankar Chakraborty / HT Archive)

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India has recorded a 33% increase in tiger numbers in the span of four years between 2014 and 2018, the All India Tiger Estimation Results released on Monday said. PM Modi, on the occasion of international tiger day released the new estimation for 2018 which indicates there are 2967 tigers in India compared to 2226 indicated in the 2014 estimation. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File)

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Anandiben Patel took oath as Uttar Pradesh governor on Monday. High Court Chief Justice Govind Mathur administered her the oath at the Raj Bhawan here. Patel was serving as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh when she was given the new role. (Nand Kumar / PTI)

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West bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday launched a public outreach campaign – ‘Didi Ke Bolo’ (Tell Didi) with the aim to reach out to at least 80% of the 1.6 crore households in West Bengal over the next 20 months ahead of the 2021 legislative assembly elections in the state. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Monday warned the Centre against any move to abrogate Articles 35A and 370 that accord special status to the state and its people. “Article 35A & Article 370 should not be removed. It forms our foundation. There is no need to remove it. We are Hindustani but they are important for us,” the former CM and National Conference leader said in New Delhi. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)