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India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from a monumental boat unearthed during the ongoing excavation work at Lucknow's Chattar Manzil to Supreme Court declining to entertain the Congress’s complaint against a string of clean chits handed out by the Election Commission to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah.

Updated on: May 08, 2019 5:21 PM IST

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An antique monumental boat seen unearthed during the ongoing excavation work being carried out by Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam at Chattar Manzil, in Lucknow. The 220-year-old Chhatar Manzil served as the palace for the ‘Begums’ of Nawabs in the Uttar Pradesh state capital. (Deepak Gupta / HT Photo)

Published on May 08, 2019 5:21 PM

An antique monumental boat seen unearthed during the ongoing excavation work being carried out by Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam at Chattar Manzil, in Lucknow. The 220-year-old Chhatar Manzil served as the palace for the ‘Begums’ of Nawabs in the Uttar Pradesh state capital. (Deepak Gupta / HT Photo)

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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court declined to entertain the Congress’s complaint against a string of clean chits handed out by the Election Commission to PMi Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said they could not go into orders passed by the poll panel unless these were specifically challenged. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

Published on May 08, 2019 5:21 PM

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court declined to entertain the Congress’s complaint against a string of clean chits handed out by the Election Commission to PMi Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said they could not go into orders passed by the poll panel unless these were specifically challenged. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

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An Indian Air Force aircraft overshot the main runway while departing from Mumbai airport on Tuesday night, an official said. Due to the incident, aircraft movement was diverted to the secondary runway, the official of the Mumbai International Airport Limited said on Wednesday. The aircraft and crew is safe and a recovery team has arrived in Mumbai. (Mitesh Bhuvad / PTI)

Published on May 08, 2019 5:21 PM

An Indian Air Force aircraft overshot the main runway while departing from Mumbai airport on Tuesday night, an official said. Due to the incident, aircraft movement was diverted to the secondary runway, the official of the Mumbai International Airport Limited said on Wednesday. The aircraft and crew is safe and a recovery team has arrived in Mumbai. (Mitesh Bhuvad / PTI)

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Prime Minister Modi addresses a rally in Fatehabad. “The Congress and its mahamilawati allies have already given up the battle in anticipation of the election results on May 23. In Delhi, their intentions of forming a ‘khichri-waali’ sarkar will not see the light of day. The BJP government is working round-the-clock to make India a superpower in the near future,” Modi said. (ANI)

Published on May 08, 2019 5:21 PM

Prime Minister Modi addresses a rally in Fatehabad. “The Congress and its mahamilawati allies have already given up the battle in anticipation of the election results on May 23. In Delhi, their intentions of forming a ‘khichri-waali’ sarkar will not see the light of day. The BJP government is working round-the-clock to make India a superpower in the near future,” Modi said. (ANI)

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Aam Admi Party’s Arvind Kejriwal (C) with Manish Sisodia (L) and Gopal Rai at party headquarters in New Delhi. “She (Priyanka) is wasting her time in the national capital, why doesn’t she campaign in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh? ... Both the brother and sister aren’t going to those places where there’s direct fight with the BJP,” Kejriwal said. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

Published on May 08, 2019 5:21 PM

Aam Admi Party’s Arvind Kejriwal (C) with Manish Sisodia (L) and Gopal Rai at party headquarters in New Delhi. “She (Priyanka) is wasting her time in the national capital, why doesn’t she campaign in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh? ... Both the brother and sister aren’t going to those places where there’s direct fight with the BJP,” Kejriwal said. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

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Police on Wednesday said that two Maoists, including a woman, were killed in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region in an early morning gun battle with security forces. The encounter took place at the border of Malangir and Katekalyan area committees of the CPI (Maoist), where their cadres were present. (Arabinda Mahapatra / HT File)

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Police on Wednesday said that two Maoists, including a woman, were killed in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region in an early morning gun battle with security forces. The encounter took place at the border of Malangir and Katekalyan area committees of the CPI (Maoist), where their cadres were present. (Arabinda Mahapatra / HT File)

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Jet Airways employees listen to a speaker during a protest demanding to “save Jet Airways” at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. On Wednesday, the Bhartiya Kamgar Sena, the trade union wing of the Shiv Sena, led a protest by the staff of Jet Airways, seeking the government’s intervention to solve the crisis facing the beleaguered airline. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS)

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Jet Airways employees listen to a speaker during a protest demanding to “save Jet Airways” at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. On Wednesday, the Bhartiya Kamgar Sena, the trade union wing of the Shiv Sena, led a protest by the staff of Jet Airways, seeking the government’s intervention to solve the crisis facing the beleaguered airline. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS)

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