India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from rains all across the country, which killed nine people in Uttar Pradesh, to a slight improvement in DMK Chief M Karunanidhi’s health.

Updated on: Jul 27, 2018 5:44 PM IST

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The national capital woke up to heavy rains and faced water logging and traffic snarls at various places for the second consecutive day on Friday. The Delhi police has been alerting commuters about routes that can be avoided. (Yogendra Kumar / HT Photo)

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Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam along with Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar, Electricity Minister P Thangamani and Minister for Municipal Administration SP Velumani interacted with DMK Working President MK Stalin about his father and DMK Chief M Karunanidhi’s health at the Gopalapuram residence on Thursday. Stalin said there was a slight improvement in Karunanidhi’s health and his fever had come down along with the infection. (PTI File Photo)

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(L to R) Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Michel Temer, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the BRICS outreach program meeting during the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Gianluigi Guercia / AFP)

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Heavy rains battered Uttar Pradesh over the last 24-hours and claimed several lives, an official said on Friday. The rains will continue for the next 48-hours but with a lower intensity, the Met said. According to a government official, nine persons, including four children, died in the Brij region, comprising Mainpuri, Mathura and Agra. (Sanchit Khanna / HT File)

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Shivangi Pathak, a 16-year-old girl from Haryana, the youngest Indian woman to conquer Mount Everest from the Nepali side poses for a photograph with her parents at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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A man climbed a tower near the Metro Bhawan in New Delhi demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh on Friday; he was holding a banner that read, “AP need special status (sic).” (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Underworld gangster Abu Salem has threatened to sue the makers of the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer ‘Sanju’ over certain claims made against him in the movie. A notice sent by Salem to director-producer Rajkumar Hirani and co-producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra – besides production houses Fox Star Studio, 20th Century Fox, Vinod Chopra Films and Rajkumar Hirani Films – alleged that he has been defamed in the film based on actor Sanjay Dutt’s life. (Handout still from the film "Sanju")

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The residents of 64 flats at two Ghaziabad apartment complexes were evacuated after an adjacent road caved in due to torrential rainfall over the last 24 hours, threatening to weaken their foundations. Ghaziabad District Administration (GDA) officials fear that flow of rainwater into the crater formed due to the road cave-in could affect the structural integrity of the complexes in Vasundhara’s Sector 4C, more so because the showers are expected to continue till Saturday. (Sakib Ali / HT File)

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The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over vacancies at the Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions (SIC), while and directed the Centre and seven states to file an affidavit within four weeks giving a time schedule for filling up the positions. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)