India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from Modi-Netanyahu in Ahmedabad to the fifth day of the second Test match between South Africa and India.

Updated on: Jan 17, 2018 5:07 PM IST

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks on as his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu flies a kite in Ahmedabad. The two leaders held a roadshow, inaugurated an iCreate centre, and are scheduled to visit a centre for agriculture in Sabarkantha as part of Netanyahu’s six-day visit to India. (PTI)

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Union defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman today undertook a sortie in the IAF’s frontline combat jet, the Sukhoi-30 MKI from the air base in Jodhpur. The Sukoi-30 MKI is a nuclear-capable aircraft which can penetrate deep into enemy territory. (PTI)

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A homeless man wraps himself in a blanket against the cold in New Delhi. The mercury dropped to 5.6 degrees Celsius today morning, affecting train operations in the capital. The dense fog is expected to persist for another day, before giving way to shallow fog and then later mist. (Arun Sharma / PTI)

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People walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai. Benchmark Sensex soared over 310 points to close above the 35,000-mark for the first time ever, while the broader Nifty too ended at a fresh life-time high on unabated buying by participants. (Shailesh Andrade / REUTERS)

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South African bowler Lungi Ngidi (3rd R) celebrates the dismissal of Indian batsman Hardik Pandya (R) during the fifth day of the second Test match between South Africa and India at Supersport cricket ground in Centurion on Wednesday. (Gianluigi Guercia / AFP)

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Family members and relatives demonstrate outside SP office Kurukshetra, demanding the body of a class 12 student who was found dead late Tuesday. He was the main suspect in the rape and murder of a 15-year-old Dalit girl in Haryana. The police suspect both of them were killed by unknown persons and have not ruled out an honour killing. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)