India: Today’s news in pictures

By HT Correspondent

Updated On Jan 09, 2019 04:51 pm IST

India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from Rahul Gandhi’s kisan rally in Jaipur to a fire in Navi Mumbai’s Kopar Khairane slum colony.

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A woman wails near the site of a gas cylinder blast, in a slum colony at Sector 19 of Kopar Khairane area, in Navi Mumbai. At least 20 shanties were destroyed in a fire on Wednesday in a slum colony, officials said, in the latest such incident. Police have detained the person in whose shanty the fire broke out for inquiry. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 09, 2019 04:51 pm IST

A woman wails near the site of a gas cylinder blast, in a slum colony at Sector 19 of Kopar Khairane area, in Navi Mumbai. At least 20 shanties were destroyed in a fire on Wednesday in a slum colony, officials said, in the latest such incident. Police have detained the person in whose shanty the fire broke out for inquiry. (PTI)

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during a meeting, in New Delhi. According to reports, extensive talks were held on a range of key bilateral and regional issues, including the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan. (Vijay Verma / PTI)

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during a meeting, in New Delhi. According to reports, extensive talks were held on a range of key bilateral and regional issues, including the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan. (Vijay Verma / PTI)

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Left parties members and supporters block the Dak Bungalow road during a protest on the 2nd day of 48-hour nationwide general strike called by the central trade unions against alleged anti-worker policies and unilateral labour reforms, in Patna. The two-day strike is to protest the government’s worker policies and rising unemployment among other grievances. (PTI)

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Left parties members and supporters block the Dak Bungalow road during a protest on the 2nd day of 48-hour nationwide general strike called by the central trade unions against alleged anti-worker policies and unilateral labour reforms, in Patna. The two-day strike is to protest the government’s worker policies and rising unemployment among other grievances. (PTI)

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi is presented a memento during a farmers’ rally at Vidyadhar Nagar ground, in Jaipur. Gandhi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not doing enough for the farmers. “The PM always plays on the back foot, I want the youth of the country to play of front foot and hit a sixer,” he said during the rally. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 09, 2019 04:51 pm IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi is presented a memento during a farmers’ rally at Vidyadhar Nagar ground, in Jaipur. Gandhi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not doing enough for the farmers. “The PM always plays on the back foot, I want the youth of the country to play of front foot and hit a sixer,” he said during the rally. (PTI)

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In a setback to the Gujarat government, on Wednesday the Supreme Court rejected its plea to keep confidential the report submitted by justice HS Bedi, a former top court judge, on the 24 alleged cases of fake encounters in the state between 2002 and 2006. The bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi handed over a copy of the report to both the parties and sought a response from them within four weeks. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT File)

Updated on Jan 09, 2019 04:51 pm IST

In a setback to the Gujarat government, on Wednesday the Supreme Court rejected its plea to keep confidential the report submitted by justice HS Bedi, a former top court judge, on the 24 alleged cases of fake encounters in the state between 2002 and 2006. The bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi handed over a copy of the report to both the parties and sought a response from them within four weeks. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT File)

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On Wednesday, the Rajya Sabha witnessed multiple disruptions by opposition parties leading to several adjournments. The winter session had been extended by one day by the government in order to get multiple big-ticket Bills passed by the Upper House. (RSTV grab / PTI)

Updated on Jan 09, 2019 04:51 pm IST

On Wednesday, the Rajya Sabha witnessed multiple disruptions by opposition parties leading to several adjournments. The winter session had been extended by one day by the government in order to get multiple big-ticket Bills passed by the Upper House. (RSTV grab / PTI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad section of New NH-52, in Solapur, Maharashtra. Modi also laid the foundation stone of an over Rs 1,800 crore project of 30,000 houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana there. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 09, 2019 04:51 pm IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad section of New NH-52, in Solapur, Maharashtra. Modi also laid the foundation stone of an over Rs 1,800 crore project of 30,000 houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana there. (PTI)

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