India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s top news across the country from the Supreme Couty's verdict on a slew of petitions on the legality and ambit of UIDAI's Aadhaar uique identification project to incidents of violence reported from West Bengal during a 12-hour bandh called by the BJP to ptotest the killing of two students in a clash in North Dinajpur distrct.

Updated on: Sep 26, 2018 5:00 PM IST

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Aadhaar is constitutionally fair and gives “dignity to the marginalised”, ruled the Supreme Court on Wednesday, delivering its verdict on a batch of petitions against the unique identification project. But the top court ruled that the order to link all mobile phone connections to Aadhaar was ‘unconstitutional’. The court also held that there was no need to link bank accounts with Aadhaar and isn’t needed for school admissions. (Arijit Sen / HT Archive)

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The Supreme Court has allowed live streaming of court proceedings, starting with the country’s top court. In a unanimous verdict, a three-judge bench said live streaming of court proceedings will bring accountability into the judicial system. The bench chaired by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra hoped that the rules for live streaming would be framed soon. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

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Four people, including three children, were killed in north Delhi’s Ashok Vihar when a three-storeyed house collapsed on Wednesday morning, police said. Seven others are injured in the accident that happened at 9 am. Official are also probing whether the building collapsed due to heavy rains that have lashed Delhi and other north Indian states these past few days. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from some West Bengal districts when BJP and Trinamool Congress supporters clashed during a 12-hour bandh called by BJP to protest the killing of two students in a clash in North Dinajpur district, police said. Rallies were taken out by BJP leaders in Kolkata in support of the bandh. (Ashok Bhaumik / PTI)

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to refer the 2006 judgment, which ended quotas in promotions for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, to a larger bench but ruled that there was no need to provide quantifiable data to show the communities needed the affirmative action. (Atul Yadav / PTI)

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The UN’s top human rights official cited the “landmark” decision by India’s Supreme Court decriminalising homosexuality and urged more countries to bring their laws and practices in line with the fundamental equality of all their people. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said there is a need to see more countries taking steps to bring their laws and practices in line with the fundamental equality of all their people. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT File)

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Over 1,500 tourists are still stranded in snow-marooned Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday, adding that evacuation is on but might take days. A total of 300 people were evacuated by Tuesday evening, most of whom were faculty and students from IITs Mandi, Roorkee, Guwahati and Mumbai and some foreigners. On Wednesday, the state government and the Indian Air Force stepped up efforts to airlift stranded tourists. (PTI File)