India: Today’s news in pictures
India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from the funeral procession of veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar to the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramzan.
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Thousands on Friday joined the funeral procession of veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari, who was laid to rest in his ancestral village in Kreeri a day after he was shot dead outside his office in Srinagar. Bukhari, 50, was gunned down soon after he got into his car from his office at Press Enclave in the city centre, Lal Chowk on Thursday. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)
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Devotees offer prayers on the last Friday of this year’s Islamic month of Ramzan, near the Railway Yard at New Delhi Railway Station. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)
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Some relief may be headed Delhi’s way as strong winds from the west are expected to clear the dusty stagnant air that has enveloped the city these past few days, the India Meteorological Department said on Friday. As the national capital region struggles with severe dust pollution, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal ordered stoppage of all civil construction activities across the city till Sunday. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File)
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his three cabinet colleagues continued their sit-in protest at Lt Governor Anil Baijal’s office on Friday, pitching the AAP leaders against the central government’s representative for the fifth straight day. (PTI File)
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