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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from the Supreme Court expressing dissatisfaction on the measures taken to protect the Taj Mahal to India becoming the world’s sixth-biggest economy.

Updated on: Jul 12, 2018 2:45 AM IST

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday said protecting the Taj Mahal had become a “hopeless cause” and from July 31 it will hold daily hearings on how to protect the monument from pollution. “Either you shut it, demolish it or restore it,” said the court, expressing dissatisfaction at the Ministry of Environment and Forest’s response on how to protect the monument. (Saumya Khandelwal / REUTERS File)

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India has become the world’s sixth-biggest economy, pushing France into seventh place, according to updated World Bank figures for 2017. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to $2.597 trillion at the end of last year, against $2.582 trillion for France. (Dhiraj Singh / Bloomberg File)

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A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Tuesday said it will examine the 2013 verdict that set aside the Delhi HC judgement decriminalising gay sex under section 377. The government said it will file a detailed affidavit if the court decides to examine any other question than the constitutional validity of Section 377, “or to construe any other right in favour of or in respect of LGBTQ”. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP File)

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Eight children and a woman were killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in three different places in Manipur’s Tamenglong district early Wednesday, deputy commissioner Ravinder Singh said. The bodies of two children are yet to be recovered. (AFP)

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Speaking at a public meeting, the “Kisan Kalyan Rally” (farmers’ welfare rally) at Malout in Punjab, PM Narendra Modi launched a sharp attack on the Congress, accusing it of betraying farmers and using them as vote bank to further the interests of “one particular family”. The rally was held to mark the “unprecedented” increase in Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Kharif crops announced by the Centre recently. (Sanjeev Kumar / HT Photo)

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Authorities today imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar to thwart any protests by separatists, who had called for a shutdown against killing of a civilian allegedly in security forces firing on protestors in Shopian district. Schools and other educational institutions remained closed while attendance in government offices was thin due to lack of public transport, officials said. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)

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Newly appointed President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Dinesh Gundu Rao (L) with the newly-appointed working president Eshwar Khandare during a ceremony to take charge of the office, in Bengaluru. Gundu Rao is a five-time MLA from Gandhinagar constituency in Bengaluru. He succeeded former KPCC president G Parameshwara, who led the party in the state for eight years (Shailendra Bhojak / PTI)

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Mumbai got a break from heavy shows on Wednesday but many areas still remained waterlogged, which affected train services in the city as tracks were inundated. (Pramod Thakur / HT Photo)