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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from PM Narendra Modi targeting Congress by citing Income Tax raids in Madhya Pradesh to Supreme Court dismissing a petition by a Congress activist seeking a stay on the release of Modi’s biopic. ...read more

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PM Narendra Modi cited Income Tax raids in Madhya Pradesh to target the Congress, alleging that “corruption is the character” of the principal Opposition party. Modi, speaking at an election rally in Maharashtra, said, “They have been saying ‘chowkidar chor hai’ for six months but see where bundles of notes are being recovered from.” His remarks were in response to the Congress’s ‘chowkidar chor hai’ campaign over the Rafale deal. (PTI)

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President Ram Nath Kovind hands a medal to a family member of a fallen soldier during a remembrance service that marks the annual “Valour Day” event of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Kovind paid tributes to the police and paramilitary personnel killed in the line of duty, including the 40 CRPF men killed in the February 14 Pulwama terror attack, at the National Police Memorial. (Sushil Kumar / HT Photo)

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The Supreme Court dismissed a petition by a Congress activist seeking a stay on the release of a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the Election Commission can look into the matter. The top court said whether the film PM Narendra Modi tilts the electoral balance in favour of a political party, that is the BJP, is an issue that can be decided by the poll watchdog. (IANS)

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Police personnel stand guard during an Income Tax raid at the residence of Praveen Kakkar, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath, in Bhopal. Nath on Tuesday alleged that the Income Tax department raids against several of his aides were politically motivated. Those raided were CM’s nephew Ratul Puri, Praveen Kakkar and a close associate RK Miglani. (Mujeeb Faruqui / HT File)

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi threw an “open book” challenge to PM Modi inviting him for a debate. Taking a jibe at Modi saying that he is “scared”, Gandhi listed three topics for a political debate. “Dear PM, scared of debating me on corruption? I can make it easier for you. Let’s go open book, so you can prepare: 1. RAFALE+Anil Ambani, 2. Nirav Modi, 3. Amit Shah+Demonetisation.” (ANI)

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A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi delivered an important judgment with regard to territorial jurisdiction of a place where a married woman can file cases against her estranged husband and in-laws after being subjected to dowry harassment and cruelty, holding that a woman driven out of her matrimonial home can file a criminal case from where she has taken shelter (Biplov Bhuyan / HT File)

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A special investigation team of the Kerala police filed a chargesheet against Franco Mulakkal, a former Bishop of the Jalandhar diocese who is accused of rape. In June last year, the survivor, then 43, complained to the police that Mulakkal raped her 13 times between 2014 and 2016. When the police failed to arrest him, five other nuns staged a sit-in protest in Kochi. (Sivaram V / REUTERS File)