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Updated On Feb 22, 2018 05:58 PM IST

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from a controversy that evolved as reports emerged that a convicted Khalistani terrorist had been invited to an official dinner reception of Justin Trudeau in New Delhi to Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials freezing mutual funds and shares worth Rs 94.52 crore of the Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi groups in connection with PNB money laundering probe.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his wife Sophie Gregoire along with their daughter Ella Grace and sons Hadrien and Xavier pose for a photographs at Jama Masjid. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 05:58 PM IST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his wife Sophie Gregoire along with their daughter Ella Grace and sons Hadrien and Xavier pose for a photographs at Jama Masjid. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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A fresh controversy hit Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s troubled visit to India on Thursday as reports emerged that a convicted Khalistani terrorist had been invited to an official dinner reception in New Delhi and photographed with the leader’s wife. Jaspal Atwal and three others were in 1987 convicted of attempted murder of Akali Dal leader Malkiat Singh Sidhu. (ANI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 05:58 PM IST

A fresh controversy hit Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s troubled visit to India on Thursday as reports emerged that a convicted Khalistani terrorist had been invited to an official dinner reception in New Delhi and photographed with the leader’s wife. Jaspal Atwal and three others were in 1987 convicted of attempted murder of Akali Dal leader Malkiat Singh Sidhu. (ANI)

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Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat during a conference in New Delhi. The Army on Thursday defended its chief Bipin Rawat’s comments about the rise of a political party in the Northeast on the back of Muslim support, saying there was “nothing political or religious in the talk.” The controversy started after Rawat spoke of proxy warfare in the Northeast by Pakistan with help from China and the “planned” influx of Bangladeshi immigrants. (Vipin Kumar / HT File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 05:58 PM IST

Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat during a conference in New Delhi. The Army on Thursday defended its chief Bipin Rawat’s comments about the rise of a political party in the Northeast on the back of Muslim support, saying there was “nothing political or religious in the talk.” The controversy started after Rawat spoke of proxy warfare in the Northeast by Pakistan with help from China and the “planned” influx of Bangladeshi immigrants. (Vipin Kumar / HT File)

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The Supreme Court on Thursday asked if a roving inquiry could be ordered into the “issue of consent” between two adults who married at will and if the Kerala High Court order annulling the marriage of Hadiya, an alleged victim of ‘love jihad’, was justified. Hadiya, the 25-year-old woman who is at the centre of an alleged love jihad controversy, on Tuesday filed an affidavit before the top court claiming that she willingly converted to Islam and wants to live with her husband Shafin Jahan. (Vipin Kumar / HT File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 05:58 PM IST

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked if a roving inquiry could be ordered into the “issue of consent” between two adults who married at will and if the Kerala High Court order annulling the marriage of Hadiya, an alleged victim of ‘love jihad’, was justified. Hadiya, the 25-year-old woman who is at the centre of an alleged love jihad controversy, on Tuesday filed an affidavit before the top court claiming that she willingly converted to Islam and wants to live with her husband Shafin Jahan. (Vipin Kumar / HT File)

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today, said it has frozen mutual funds and shares worth Rs 94.52 crore of the Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi groups in connection with a money laundering probe against them in the Rs 11,400-crore alleged fraud at the Punjab National Bank (PNB). It also seized nine high-end luxury cars of Modi as part of its investigation against him under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). (ANI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 05:58 PM IST

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today, said it has frozen mutual funds and shares worth Rs 94.52 crore of the Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi groups in connection with a money laundering probe against them in the Rs 11,400-crore alleged fraud at the Punjab National Bank (PNB). It also seized nine high-end luxury cars of Modi as part of its investigation against him under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). (ANI)

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A soldier was injured on Thursday in an ongoing gunfight between militants and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said. According to reports, the village youth have resorted to stone-pelting. (Nitin Kanotra / HT File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 05:58 PM IST

A soldier was injured on Thursday in an ongoing gunfight between militants and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said. According to reports, the village youth have resorted to stone-pelting. (Nitin Kanotra / HT File)

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Scripting history, flying officer Avani Chaturvedi has become the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft, an Indian Air Force (IAF) official said. (ANI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 05:58 PM IST

Scripting history, flying officer Avani Chaturvedi has become the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft, an Indian Air Force (IAF) official said. (ANI)

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BSF personnel pay tributes to constable S K Murmu during a wreath laying ceremony in Srinagar on Thursday. Murmu was killed in cease fire violation by Pakistan on LoC yesterday. (PTI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 05:58 PM IST

BSF personnel pay tributes to constable S K Murmu during a wreath laying ceremony in Srinagar on Thursday. Murmu was killed in cease fire violation by Pakistan on LoC yesterday. (PTI)

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Agitating applicants throw stones on a train during a protest demanding for the removal of technical courses from Railway Group-D exams, in Patna on Thursday. (PTI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 05:58 PM IST

Agitating applicants throw stones on a train during a protest demanding for the removal of technical courses from Railway Group-D exams, in Patna on Thursday. (PTI)

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