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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from the Supreme Court adjourning the hearing of petitions challenging the validity of Article 35A to a couple who managed a shelter home for women and girls in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria town arrested on allegations of running a sex racket after inmates were found missing.

Updated on: Aug 06, 2018 5:15 PM IST

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Traders shout slogans during a march on the second day of shutdown to protest against challenging Article 35A at Lal Chowk, Srinagar. The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of petitions challenging the validity of Article 35A, which allows special rights to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir, amid a statewide shutdown declared by Kashmiri separatists and a number of organisations. The top court said it will hear the petitions from August 27. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Members of different organisation stage a protest march against the recent incident of Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, in Patna. A couple, who manage a shelter home for women and girls in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria town, has been arrested after inmates were found missing and they were accused of running a sex racket. (PTI File)

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People inspect damage caused by flash floods following heavy rains at Kalka Colony, in Jammu. Heavy rain was reported in northern districts of Haryana, including Karnal, Yamunanagar, Kaithal and Kurukshetra. Rains in the last 24 hours have triggered landslides in several places across Himachal Pradesh. More than 100 lateral roads in the state were closed after being damaged by landslides. (PTI)

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Four priests attached to the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church were accused of sexually abusing a 34-year-old married woman by using her confessional statement. The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the interim protection from arrest given to two clergymen, accused in the case, and asked them to surrender by August 13. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

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A militant was arrested and eight grenades were recovered from him in Jammu as police foiled a major terror plot to trigger blasts in the state’s winter capital, days ahead of the Independence Day. Acting on intelligence inputs, police intercepted a bus in Gandhi Nagar area in Jammu late last night and arrested him. The militant was identified as Arfan Wani. (PTI)

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Fourteen Maoist rebels were killed in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh in an encounter with security forces and 16 weapons were recovered from the encounter site, on Monday morning, police said. (Sanjib Dutta / AFP File)

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Minister of state for housing & urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri (2L), Union parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar (L) and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal (2R) flag off a section of Pink Line metro between Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus and Lajpat Nagar Metro, at Metro Bhawan in New Delhi. Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu (R) is also seen. (Sushil Kumar / HT Photo)

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A temple priest in Kerala’s Thrissur was arrested on Monday for allegedly making a death threat against President Ram Nath Kovind, who is on a three-day visit to the state, police said. P Jayaraman, a priest at the Chirakkal Bhagwati temple, made a call to the police control room saying he will plant a bomb at the venue where the President was slated to address a meeting on Tuesday. (PTI File)