India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from meteorological (MeT) department predicting light rains in Delhi to SoftBank Group Co. CEO Masayoshi Son reaching a deal to acquire 77% holding in Flipkart Group for $16 billion.

Updated on: May 09, 2018 5:55 PM IST

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Delhi residents woke up to a cloudy morning on Wednesday, after parts of the national capital witnessed dust storm coupled with light rains last night. The meteorological (MeT) department has predicted light rains in some areas of the city. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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SoftBank Group Co. CEO Masayoshi Son on Wednesday said it has acquires 77% holding in Flipkart Group for $16 billion, confirming Walmart’s majority-stake acquisition in India’s largest e-commerce player. The deal is the largest acquisition yet for Walmart, and also the biggest such transaction in the e-commerce market. (Abhishek N. Chinnappa / REUTERS File)

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South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) officials demolish encroachments during an anti- encroachment drive at Govindpuri Kalkaji Extension in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called Rahul Gandhi ‘arrogant’ after the Congress president said he would like to hold the PM’s post and accused Gandhi of not giving other senior leaders in his party a chance. “He came like those bullies barging his way ahead when there are others who have so many years of experience. How can someone just declare himself as the PM? This is simply nothing but arrogance,” Modi said at a rally in Bangarapet, Karnataka. (Arijit Sen / HT File)

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People buy prints of photographs of nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore to mark his 157th birth anniversary at the Jorasanko Thakurbari in Kolkata on Wednesday. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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A scooter rider was crushed under a bus at Delhi’s South Extension Market on Wednesday morning, police said. The speeding driver of the bus hit the scooterist from behind at around 9am on the ring road and as he fell on the road, he was run over by another private bus. At least 1474 people lost their lives in road accidents across the city last year. The ring road stretch passing through South Extension I and II markets is one of the most accident-prone areas in the city. (Anushree Fadnavis / HT Photo)

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Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti arrives to chair the all-party meeting at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar on Wednesday. The government has convened an all-party meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss the worsening situation in the valley that has seen frequent gunfights between militants and security forces and deaths of civilians in firing during protests near these encounters. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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A file photo of PM Modi and Chinese President Jinping at a garden in Wuhan, China from April. “India and China should resume military exchanges and strategic communication between top commanders to maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas,” India’s envoy to China Gautam Bambawale said on Wednesday. (AP File)

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Supporters shower flowers on All India Congress Committee President Rahul Gandhi during a road show ahead of Karnataka state assembly elections at Belapet in Bengaluru on Wednesday. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) for its failure to take appropriate steps to protect and preserve of the iconic Taj Mahal. The apex court also expressed concern over Taj Mahal being infected by insects and asked the authorities, including the ASI, what steps they have taken to prevent this. (Virendra Singh Gosain / HT File)

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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav with fiancee Aishwarya Rai during their engagement function in April at Patna. Jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday secured five days parole to attend his elder son’s marriage in Patna on May 12. The parole was granted following consultations between the jail administration and the home department. (PTI File)

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A poster with ‘Maharana Pratap Marg’ written on it was found pasted on an Akbar Road signboard in Lutyens’ Delhi today, with the police later removing it. “No such proposal has been received by the council neither such a renaming has been approved. The defacement of the signboard is a law and order issue and the police should take the required action,” an NDMC spokesperson said. (Anushree Fadnavis / HT Photo)