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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s claim that the promise of minimum income guarantee is his party’s “surgical strike on poverty”, to actress Jaya Prada joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Updated on: Mar 26, 2019 5:05 PM IST

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the promise of minimum income guarantee is his party’s “surgical strike on poverty” that will ensure there is no poor in the country after 2019. Gandhi said the Congress’s promise of minimum income guarantee is “an explosion”. “It will set off a bomb... They (the BJP) tried to eliminate the poor. We will eliminate poverty,” said Gandhi in Rajasthan’s Ganganagar. (Sanjeev Verma / HT File)

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Actress Jaya Prada joined the BJP on Tuesday, fuelling speculations that the party may field her against Samajwadi Party veteran Azam Khan in Rampur, western Uttar Pradesh. Jaya Prada and Azam Khan are arch-rivals and have fought each other bitterly during their stint in the Samajwadi Party. She said she was joining the BJP as she was impressed with the work of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

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The Supreme Court termed as “very, very serious” the revelations made by CBI in its fresh status report relating to the recent interrogation of the then Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with the Saradha chit fund case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it cannot “close its eyes” if facts are disclosed to it. (Arijit Sen / HT File)

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Four suspected Maoists were killed on Tuesday morning in a gun battle with security forces in Sukma district of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh, police said, weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha election. Police claimed to have recovered one automatic rifle and two country-made pistols from the Karkunguda jungles after the encounter. (Subhankar Chakraborty / HT Archive)

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The highly popular mass marriages organised by the Madhya Pradesh government’s social justice department have hit a road block this year; not because of any astrological reasons, but due to the imposition of the model code of conduct ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. This has left numerous families from the poorer sections in the lurch. (Burhaan Kinu / HT File)

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A firm owned by diamantaire Nirav Modi moved the Bombay high court (HC) on Monday, challenging the decision of a special court to allow the auction of artworks belonging to the jeweller, who has been arrested in London. The three-day auction is scheduled to begin today. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS File)

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National Conference (NC) patriarch Farooq Abdullah on Monday filed his nomination papers for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. Accompanied by his son and NC vice president Omar Abdullah, Farooq reached the office of returning officer and deputy commissioner to file his papers. Talking to media persons at his residence after filing the papers, Farooq said he longed for creating a “new India”. (Waseem Andrabi / HT File)