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Updated On Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s top news across the country from passengers on a Jet Airways Mumbai-Jaipur flight suffering nose and ear bleeding after the pilots forgot to switch on the system to maintain cabin pressure, to Rahul Gandhi demanding defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman's resignation.

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Several passengers on a Jet Airways Mumbai-Jaipur flight suffered nose and ear bleeding on Thursday morning as the pilots forgot to switch on the system to maintain cabin pressure, the DGCA said. The crew has been taken off duty and Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has started an investigation, DGCA added. (Rajanish Kakade / AP File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

Several passengers on a Jet Airways Mumbai-Jaipur flight suffered nose and ear bleeding on Thursday morning as the pilots forgot to switch on the system to maintain cabin pressure, the DGCA said. The crew has been taken off duty and Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has started an investigation, DGCA added. (Rajanish Kakade / AP File)

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In the continuing back and forth over the Rafale jet deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday tweeted a sharp attack on the government, this time targeting defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who the Congress president demanded, “must resign.” (PTI File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

In the continuing back and forth over the Rafale jet deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday tweeted a sharp attack on the government, this time targeting defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who the Congress president demanded, “must resign.” (PTI File)

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The Supreme Court has extended the deadline given to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to complete the probe in the Aircel-Maxis deal case by three months. The top court had in March directed CBI and ED to complete their probe in the 2G spectrum allocation cases and other related matters, including the Aircel-Maxis deal in six months. (Sonu Mehta / HT Archive) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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The Supreme Court has extended the deadline given to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to complete the probe in the Aircel-Maxis deal case by three months. The top court had in March directed CBI and ED to complete their probe in the 2G spectrum allocation cases and other related matters, including the Aircel-Maxis deal in six months. (Sonu Mehta / HT Archive)

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A local court in Hisar on Wednesday awarded 20-year imprisonment to a youth who abducted, raped and brutally murdered a six-year-old girl in Uklana town of the district on December 8 last year. The court of additional district and sessions judge DR Chalia also imposed ₹80,000 fine on the accused, who was minor when he committed the crime, but is an adult now. (Saarthak Aurora / HT Archive) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

A local court in Hisar on Wednesday awarded 20-year imprisonment to a youth who abducted, raped and brutally murdered a six-year-old girl in Uklana town of the district on December 8 last year. The court of additional district and sessions judge DR Chalia also imposed ₹80,000 fine on the accused, who was minor when he committed the crime, but is an adult now. (Saarthak Aurora / HT Archive)

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PM Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with a group of Asha workers, who recounted how they were instrumental in saving lives of poor mothers and children through timely intervention. The group of about 90 Asha representatives from across the country also thanked the Prime Minister for the recent announcement of increase in their incentives and insurance cover, a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said. (PTI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with a group of Asha workers, who recounted how they were instrumental in saving lives of poor mothers and children through timely intervention. The group of about 90 Asha representatives from across the country also thanked the Prime Minister for the recent announcement of increase in their incentives and insurance cover, a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said. (PTI)

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The north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh are on alert following a caution sounded by the cyclone warning centre at Visakhapatnam on Thursday. The low pressure area is expected to turn into a “deep depression” in the next 12 hours and cross Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coast between Kalingapatnam and Paradeep close to Puri during the night of September 20, the centre said. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Archive) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

The north coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh are on alert following a caution sounded by the cyclone warning centre at Visakhapatnam on Thursday. The low pressure area is expected to turn into a “deep depression” in the next 12 hours and cross Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coast between Kalingapatnam and Paradeep close to Puri during the night of September 20, the centre said. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Archive)

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A gunfight erupted between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday, police said. “As the troopers of Rashtriya Rifles, Special Operations Group of the state police and the CRPF tightened the cordon, the militants fired at them, triggering the gun battle,” police added. (S Irfan / AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

A gunfight erupted between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday, police said. “As the troopers of Rashtriya Rifles, Special Operations Group of the state police and the CRPF tightened the cordon, the militants fired at them, triggering the gun battle,” police added. (S Irfan / AP)

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The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of five rights activists in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case and an SIT probe into their arrest. The five activists --Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves (pictured), Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha-- are under arrest at their respective homes since August 29. (PTI File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of five rights activists in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case and an SIT probe into their arrest. The five activists --Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves (pictured), Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha-- are under arrest at their respective homes since August 29. (PTI File)

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The CCTV recordings of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s stay in the hospital has been overwritten several times automatically, Apollo Hospitals has told the Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission. The Commission is probing the circumstances leading to hospitalisation of Jayalalithaa on September 22, 2016 and the treatment provided to her till her death December 5, 2016. (PTI File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

The CCTV recordings of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s stay in the hospital has been overwritten several times automatically, Apollo Hospitals has told the Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission. The Commission is probing the circumstances leading to hospitalisation of Jayalalithaa on September 22, 2016 and the treatment provided to her till her death December 5, 2016. (PTI File)

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There cannot be a blanket ban on media reporting in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse case in which several women inmates were allegedly raped and sexually abused, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. The apex court, however, asked both the print and the electronic media not to sensationalize incidents of sexual abuse and sexual violence. (PTI File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

There cannot be a blanket ban on media reporting in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse case in which several women inmates were allegedly raped and sexually abused, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. The apex court, however, asked both the print and the electronic media not to sensationalize incidents of sexual abuse and sexual violence. (PTI File)

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Dilbag Singh (L) receives the baton from former Director General of Police SP Vaid at Police Headquarters in Srinagar, on September 7, 2018. The Supreme Court on Thursday said the newly appointed acting Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir shall continue in office till the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) takes a decision on the matter. (PTI File) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 20, 2018 05:05 PM IST

Dilbag Singh (L) receives the baton from former Director General of Police SP Vaid at Police Headquarters in Srinagar, on September 7, 2018. The Supreme Court on Thursday said the newly appointed acting Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir shall continue in office till the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) takes a decision on the matter. (PTI File)

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