India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from a review petition filed by 21 opposition parties in the Supreme Court asking it to order verification of 50 per cent EVMs using the voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing an election rally in Lohardaga district of Jharkhand. ...read more

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Updated on Apr 24, 2019 05:01 PM IST

On Wednesday, a review petition was filed by 21 opposition parties in the Supreme Court asking it to order verification of 50 per cent EVMs using the voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines. The petition was moved after cases of alleged malfunctioning of EVMs were reported from across the nation during the first, second and third phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. (Amal KS / HT File)

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi seen with BJP Lok Sabha member Udit Raj after he joined Congress in New Delhi. The sitting MP from North West Delhi was denied a ticket for the Lok Sabha elections by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which fielded singer Hans Raj Hans from the reserved seat. (PTI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally in Lohardaga district of Jharkhand. “Just like a child who makes excuses to justify his underperformance in exams, opposition parties have started directing their anger on the EVMs and the voting process for their shortfalls,” Modi said during the rally. (ANI)

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On Wednesday, Delhi Police said that they have arrested the wife of Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, the son of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister ND Tiwari, in connection with his murder. A crime branch officer associated with the case said that Apoorva confessed to killing her husband after an argument. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday sharpened his attack on the party charging that it threatened political opponents and had a big ego. “Like the BJP, the Congress too believes in threatening political opponents,” he said during an election meeting. (Nand Kumar / PTI File)

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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets her supporters during an election campaign for Lok Sabha elections in Fatehpur. Gandhi asked voters not to allow a person who speaks “lies and does not work for you” to succeed. “Change politics not only of your area or for your needs, but for your future generations and to save the country, as the country is in danger,” she said. (PTI)

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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court directed chiefs of the CBI, IB and Delhi Police to appear and meet in chambers the three judges who are hearing a lawyer’s claim that there was a larger conspiracy to frame Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. The entire episode is “very disturbing” as it concerns the independence of the judiciary in the country, a three-judge special bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said. (Vipin Kumar / HT File)