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Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli during his visit to the Janaki temple in Janakpur, Nepal on Friday. Nepal is at the top of India’s Neighbourhood First policy, Modi said on Friday as he announced a grant of ₹100 crores to develop the sacred city of Janakpur and its surrounding areas. (PTI)

Updated on: May 12, 2018 5:41 PM IST
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli during his visit to the Janaki temple in Janakpur, Nepal on Friday. Nepal is at the top of India’s Neighbourhood First policy, Modi said on Friday as he announced a grant of ₹100 crores to develop the sacred city of Janakpur and its surrounding areas. (PTI) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 12, 2018 5:41 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli during his visit to the Janaki temple in Janakpur, Nepal on Friday. Nepal is at the top of India’s Neighbourhood First policy, Modi said on Friday as he announced a grant of ₹100 crores to develop the sacred city of Janakpur and its surrounding areas. (PTI)

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Polling staff check Electronic Voting Machines inside the strong room before distributing them at the Mustering centre in Kamlabai Girls High School in Bengaluru on Friday. Polling for 223 seats of the 224-member Assembly will be held on May 12 and results will be declared on May 15. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Polling staff check Electronic Voting Machines inside the strong room before distributing them at the Mustering centre in Kamlabai Girls High School in Bengaluru on Friday. Polling for 223 seats of the 224-member Assembly will be held on May 12 and results will be declared on May 15. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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Anwar Miya Malik who survived the riots in Ode on March 1, 2002 in Gujarat. The Gujarat high court on Friday upheld the life term handed to 14 accused and acquitted four others in the Ode massacre case, in which 23 people were burnt alive in the town in Anand district during the communal riots in the state in 2002. (Manoj Patil / HT Archive) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Anwar Miya Malik who survived the riots in Ode on March 1, 2002 in Gujarat. The Gujarat high court on Friday upheld the life term handed to 14 accused and acquitted four others in the Ode massacre case, in which 23 people were burnt alive in the town in Anand district during the communal riots in the state in 2002. (Manoj Patil / HT Archive)

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Himanshu Roy at a press conference in Mumbai on July 11, 2012. Roy, a former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief and additional director general of police (housing), shot himself with his service revolver at his Colaba home around 1.45 pm on Friday. He had been battling cancer for a long time, and had been on extended medical leave. (PTI File) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Himanshu Roy at a press conference in Mumbai on July 11, 2012. Roy, a former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief and additional director general of police (housing), shot himself with his service revolver at his Colaba home around 1.45 pm on Friday. He had been battling cancer for a long time, and had been on extended medical leave. (PTI File)

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Congress leaders Kapil Sibal, Motilal Vora, RPN Singh and others leave after a meeting with Election Commissioner of India at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi on Friday. The Congress on Friday petitioned the Election Commission demanding that BJP candidate B Sriramulu be disqualified from contesting the Karnataka assembly election over a ‘sting’ video allegedly showing him trying to a bribe a former chief justice of India’s relative. (PTI) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Congress leaders Kapil Sibal, Motilal Vora, RPN Singh and others leave after a meeting with Election Commissioner of India at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi on Friday. The Congress on Friday petitioned the Election Commission demanding that BJP candidate B Sriramulu be disqualified from contesting the Karnataka assembly election over a ‘sting’ video allegedly showing him trying to a bribe a former chief justice of India’s relative. (PTI)

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A view of  the house of an elderly couple --Khedi Lal and Laxmi, who were charred to death after a fire broke out in their house at Sudarshan Park near Moti Nagar in New Delhi on Friday. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A view of the house of an elderly couple --Khedi Lal and Laxmi, who were charred to death after a fire broke out in their house at Sudarshan Park near Moti Nagar in New Delhi on Friday. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday said that famous Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore refused the Nobel Prize in protest against the British, inviting controversy through contentious statements for probably the fifth time since he assumed charge of the state two months ago. (Sushil Kumar / HT File) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday said that famous Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore refused the Nobel Prize in protest against the British, inviting controversy through contentious statements for probably the fifth time since he assumed charge of the state two months ago. (Sushil Kumar / HT File)

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Telugu Desam Party (TDP) workers demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh blocked Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah’s way, broke the windshield of a car in his convoy, and clashed with BJP workers near Tirumala in Chittoor district on Friday. Shah, who finished campaigning for the Karnataka elections Thursday, came to Tirumala early Friday pray to Lord Venkateshwara. (Arijit Sen / HT File) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Telugu Desam Party (TDP) workers demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh blocked Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah’s way, broke the windshield of a car in his convoy, and clashed with BJP workers near Tirumala in Chittoor district on Friday. Shah, who finished campaigning for the Karnataka elections Thursday, came to Tirumala early Friday pray to Lord Venkateshwara. (Arijit Sen / HT File)

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RJD president Lalu Prasad was granted a six-week provisional bail on Friday by the Jharkhand high court on medical grounds in the fodder scam cases, his lawyer Prabhat Kumar said.. Currently, Prasad is on a three-day parole to attend his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav’s marriage in Patna on Saturday. (Hardeep Singh / HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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RJD president Lalu Prasad was granted a six-week provisional bail on Friday by the Jharkhand high court on medical grounds in the fodder scam cases, his lawyer Prabhat Kumar said.. Currently, Prasad is on a three-day parole to attend his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav’s marriage in Patna on Saturday. (Hardeep Singh / HT Photo)

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