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India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from PV Sindhu creating history by becoming the first Indian shuttler to reach the women’s singles final and Saina Nehwal becoming the first Indian woman shuttler to claim singles medal at the Asian Games to two men sent to life imprisonment for Godhra train killings.

Updated on: Aug 27, 2018 5:16 PM IST

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PV Sindhu created history by becoming the first Indian shuttler to reach the women’s singles final at the Asian Games. Saina Nehwal clinched bronze and became the first Indian woman shuttler to claim a singles medal at the Asian Games and the first singles medals in badminton after the 1982 Asiad when Syed Modi won the bronze. (Vijay Verma / PTI)

Updated on Aug 27, 2018 5:16 PM

PV Sindhu created history by becoming the first Indian shuttler to reach the women’s singles final at the Asian Games. Saina Nehwal clinched bronze and became the first Indian woman shuttler to claim a singles medal at the Asian Games and the first singles medals in badminton after the 1982 Asiad when Syed Modi won the bronze. (Vijay Verma / PTI)

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Two men accused in the torching of the Sabarmati Express train in Godhra, Gujarat, in February 2002 will serve life in prison, said a special court in Ahmedabad on Monday. Judge H C Vora convicted Farooq Bhana and Imran Sheru after the prosecution proved they were conspirators in the burning of two coaches that led to the death of 59 passengers. (Sebastian D’Souza / AFP File)

Updated on Aug 27, 2018 5:16 PM

Two men accused in the torching of the Sabarmati Express train in Godhra, Gujarat, in February 2002 will serve life in prison, said a special court in Ahmedabad on Monday. Judge H C Vora convicted Farooq Bhana and Imran Sheru after the prosecution proved they were conspirators in the burning of two coaches that led to the death of 59 passengers. (Sebastian D’Souza / AFP File)

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SpiceJet on Monday operated India’s first test flight powered by biojet fuel, according to the airline. A Bombardier Q400 aircraft, partially using biojet fuel, took off from Dehradun and landed at the airport in the national capital. The flight was powered with a blend of 75% air turbine fuel (ATF) and 25% biojet fuel, the airline said. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 27, 2018 5:16 PM

SpiceJet on Monday operated India’s first test flight powered by biojet fuel, according to the airline. A Bombardier Q400 aircraft, partially using biojet fuel, took off from Dehradun and landed at the airport in the national capital. The flight was powered with a blend of 75% air turbine fuel (ATF) and 25% biojet fuel, the airline said. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation officials had reportedly evacuated those residing in two wobbly blocks of a four-storey government building in Odhav locality on Saturday, but a few returned in the hours that followed. Consequently, nearly ten people were buried under the rubble when the building collapsed on Sunday. While nine were rescued from the debris by Monday morning, one person was declared dead. (Sam Panthaky / AFP File)

Updated on Aug 27, 2018 5:16 PM

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation officials had reportedly evacuated those residing in two wobbly blocks of a four-storey government building in Odhav locality on Saturday, but a few returned in the hours that followed. Consequently, nearly ten people were buried under the rubble when the building collapsed on Sunday. While nine were rescued from the debris by Monday morning, one person was declared dead. (Sam Panthaky / AFP File)

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Eleven years after twin bomb blasts at Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park which claimed 42 lives and left over 50 injured, a court in Hyderabad will deliver the judgement in the case today. The trial against four accused in the case was shifted to a court hall located in the premises of Cherlapalli Central Prison from a court located in Nampally court complex in June this year. (PTI File)

Updated on Aug 27, 2018 5:16 PM

Eleven years after twin bomb blasts at Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park which claimed 42 lives and left over 50 injured, a court in Hyderabad will deliver the judgement in the case today. The trial against four accused in the case was shifted to a court hall located in the premises of Cherlapalli Central Prison from a court located in Nampally court complex in June this year. (PTI File)

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The National People’s Party (NPP) candidate and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma accompanied his mother Soradini K Sangma and sister Agatha K Sangma as they cast their vote at Walbakgre Polling Station under South Tura Constituency, in Tura on August 23, 2018. Sangma defeated his Congress challenger Charlotte W Momin in the by-election to the South Tura assembly seat as predicted. (PTI File)

Updated on Aug 27, 2018 5:16 PM

The National People’s Party (NPP) candidate and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma accompanied his mother Soradini K Sangma and sister Agatha K Sangma as they cast their vote at Walbakgre Polling Station under South Tura Constituency, in Tura on August 23, 2018. Sangma defeated his Congress challenger Charlotte W Momin in the by-election to the South Tura assembly seat as predicted. (PTI File)

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AAP legislators led by party leader Gopal Rai on Monday went to submit over 10 lakh letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand full statehood for the national capital. The Aam Aadmi Party had started a signature campaign in July seeking public support on the same. (Stefan Wermuth / Bloomberg / Representative Image)

Updated on Aug 27, 2018 5:16 PM

AAP legislators led by party leader Gopal Rai on Monday went to submit over 10 lakh letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand full statehood for the national capital. The Aam Aadmi Party had started a signature campaign in July seeking public support on the same. (Stefan Wermuth / Bloomberg / Representative Image)

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