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Updated On Nov 30, 2018 04:54 pm IST
India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from farmers from all over the country marching to Parliament after camping overnight at Ramlila Maidan to cricketer-turned-politician Mohammed Azharduddin being made the working president of the Congress party in Telangana.
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Central Delhi witnessed traffic disruptions on Friday as thousands of farmers from all over the country marched towards Parliament after camping overnight at Ramlila Maidan to press for their demands of debt relief and better MSP for crops, among others. Political leaders from various parties including Rahul Gandhi have landed at Parliament Street to address the farmers. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is also expected. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)
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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bijoy Mohapatra (R) addresses a press conference after resigning from the party at his residence, in Bhubaneswar. In a resignation letter sent to party president Amit Shah, Mahapatra and Dilip Ray said as self-respecting politicians with decades of service to Odisha, they would no longer “continue in the party as showpieces.” (PTI)
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The head of department of political science in Jammu University, professor Muhammad Tajjudin was suspended on Friday after a video clip showing him calling freedom fighter Bhagat Singh a terrorist went viral. On a complaint filed by students, vice chancellor Manoj K Dhar said, “A six-member committee will look into the entire incident. Let’s wait for outcome of the inquiry committee and based on that, we’ll take further action.” (ANI)
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BJP National President Amit Shah during an election campaign in support of its Rajasthan candidates ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, at Kuchaman in Nagaur district. “Stop day dreaming, Rahul baba. Take a look at the election history of the country ever since Modi became the PM, you will realize what is going to be the result of the Rajasthan polls,” Shah said. (PTI)
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In a slew of appointments by the Congress, cricketer-turned-politician Mohammed Azharduddin has been made the working president of the party in Telangana, which goes to polls on December 7. Azharuddin has contested Lok Sabha election twice on Congress ticket, winning from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad in 2009 and losing from Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency in 2014. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Archive)
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Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said in Pune that Pakistan needs to be a secular state to have better ties with India, reports ANI.The observation comes amid Pakistan expressing an inclination for greater engagement, most of which came in the wake of the two nations deciding to build a corridor for Sikh pilgrims from India. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Archive)
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