India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from Supreme Court’s dismissal of a new petition that sought matching of all VVPAT slips with EVMs during counting of votes, to the meeting of the opposition leaders with the Election Commission .

Updated on: May 21, 2019 5:35 PM IST

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The Supreme Court dismissed a new petition that sought matching of all voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with electronic voting machines (EVMs) during the counting of votes on May 23, saying ‘let country elect its government.’ (Amal KS / HT File)

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Leaders of 22 opposition parties met the Election Commission officials over reports of controversy over alleged tampering of voting machines. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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After a day-long strike on Monday by doctors at the Hindu Rao Hospital over non-payment of their salaries by the North Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the civic agency said that they have received Rs. 206.5 crore from the Delhi government and the money will temporarily help the corporation tide over its current financial crisis. (Mohd Zakir / HT Archive)

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In a fresh affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the CBI has given clean chit to Samajwadi patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and his sons Akhilesh Yadav and Prateek Yadav in a disproportionate assets case. The agency added that no enquiry was conducted in the DA case against Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav after August 2013. (Nand Kumar / PTI)

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Kami Rita Sherpa bettered his own record of climbing the Everest for the 24th time.“This is historic. He made his record climb this morning, guiding a team of Indian police,” Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks said. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS)

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Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri addressed a press conference before Team India boards the flight to England for the World Cup. “There is no room for complacency, we have to be at our best every day,” said Kohli. (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)

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A police patrolling team, comprising personnel from the DRG and the Special Task Force, was cordoning off a forest at a hill near Gogunda when an IED was triggered injuring two cops in the blast. (Ajay Aggarwal / HT Archive / Representative image)

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Robert Vadra pay tribute to late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 28th death anniversary at Veer Bhoomi in New Delhi. Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other members of the Congress party also paid their tributes. (Ajay Aggarwal / HT Photo)