India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from India winning a historic first-ever series in Australia to Congress president Rahul Gandhi challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a debate in parliament on the Rafale deal.

Updated on: Jan 07, 2019 5:28 PM IST

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India’s team pose with the Border-Gavaskar trophy as they celebrate their series win on the fifth day of the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. This is a historic first-ever victory since India began touring Australia in 1947-48. (Peter Parks / AFP)

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Challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a debate in parliament on the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the government of working to weaken the state-run aerospace major HAL and destroying India’s strategic capability. He reiterated his demand for a one-on-one debate with Prime Minister Modi. “Give me 15 minutes with PM Modi for a debate on Rafale, the country will know the truth,” Rahul said. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo )

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), having changed management last month following a clash with the government, is likely to transfer an interim dividend of 300-400 billion rupees to the government by March. The dividend could help Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration bridge a widening budget deficit following a drop in tax collections, and would come after the government pushed the RBI for additional funds ahead of a national election due by May. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP File)

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French Navy Chief Vice Admiral Christophe Prazuck, who began a three-day visit to India from January 06 to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Admiral Sunil Lanba, received the Guard of Honour in Delhi on Monday. The French navy chief is in India to consolidate bilateral naval relations between the two countries. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Due to fog the visibility dropped to zero metres for Palam between 6.30 am and 7.30 am while it was 200 metres for Safdarjung in the capital. Dense fog affected all flights at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport and at least 13 trains to the national capital were running late, as air quality was recorded at ‘very poor’ level in several areas. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said on Monday his party has no objection or opposition to writer Nayantara Sahgal’s presence at a Marathi literary meet, after its organisers withdrew the invitation over threats by a member of his party. The Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Parishad said the decision to revoke the invitation to the 91-year-old author was taken to “avoid any untoward incident.” (Kunal Patil / HT File)

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Union minister Nitin Gadkari has praised former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, saying she did not need reservation to prove her mettle and did better than male leaders in the Congress. The senior BJP leader said he was not opposed to women’s reservation, but was against politics based on caste and religion. (Atul Yadav / PTI)

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The government has cleared a 10% quota in jobs and educational institutions for the economically weaker sections, after a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said. The government is ready with a Constitution amendment bill which will be introduced in parliament tomorrow, the last day of the Winter Session. (PTI File)