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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from floods across seven districts in Assam to 83rd birthday celebrations of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.

Updated on: Jul 06, 2018 5:28 PM IST

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Boys drive their buffalos across a flooded area to a drier spot in Ashigarh village, Assam on Friday. As per a report by Assam State Disaster Management Authority the total number of flood-affected districts in the state has risen to seven with over 50,000 people affected across Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Barpeta, Chirang, Kokrajhar, Majuli and Dibrugarh. (Biju Boro / AFP)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (4L), Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan (3R), Deputy speaker Thambi Durai (3L), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (2L), senior BJP leaders L K Advani (4R) and Subramanian Swamy (2L) pay tribute to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary at Parliament House. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal on Friday assured the Aam Aadmi Party government of his support and cooperation. Baijal gave this assurance during a meeting with CM Arvind Kejriwal and deputy CM Manish Sisodia, days after the Supreme Court ruled that the central representative was bound by the constitution to listen to the national capital’s democratically elected government. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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A Navy and a Coast Guard Chetak helicopter fly over the Juhu beach during a search operation to find the fourth person who is feared to have been drowned on Thursday night at Juhu Chowpatty in Mumbai. The bodies of the other three youngsters have been recovered. The four – all 17-year-olds – have been identified as Fardeen Saudagar, Sohail Khan, Faisal Shaikh and Nazir Gazi. (PTI)

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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is seen cutting a cake on his 83rd birthday in Ladakh. Tibetans across India observed the birthday of their spiritual leader with special prayers, traditional dances, music and with birthday cakes, hoping for his longevity and well-being. (ANI)

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Talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay are underway, during which defence, security and strategic cooperation between the two neighbouring countries are expected to be discussed. This year, the two countries are commemorating the golden jubilee of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

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Paramilitary troopers talk to a motorcyclist on a blocked road outside the Jamia Masjid mosque after authorities imposed restrictions in downtown Srinagar ahead of an anti-Indian protest call from Kashmiri separatists on the second death anniversary of militant commander Burhan Wani. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)

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Stranded Amaranth pilgrims prepare food at their base camp, in Jammu on Friday. The pilgrimage remained suspended for the third consecutive day on Friday due to bad weather. Pilgrims were not permitted to move from Jammu towards the shrine’s Baltal and Pahalgam base camps in Kashmir Valley. (PTI)