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India news in pictures -- a round-up of today’s top news across the country from the Supreme Court’s order to conduct a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly to prove B.S. Yeddyurappa’s majority to Justice Jasti Chelameswar’s last working day ahead of his retirement on June 22.
Updated on: May 18, 2018 5:12 PM IST
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Senior Congress leader and advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi addresses the media after a hearing in Karnataka government formation case at Supreme Court in New Delhi on Friday. The Supreme Court has ordered that a floor test be conducted in the Karnataka Assembly on Saturday for BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa to prove his majority. (Ravi Choudhary / PTI)
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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel carry the coffin of soldier Sita Ram Upadhyaya who was killed in firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border. at the BSF headquarters in Jammu on Friday. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti hit out at Pakistan for violating ceasefire in the region, saying Islamabad has shown no respect for Ramzan. (PTI)
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Justice Jasti Chelameswar, the second-most senior judge of the Supreme Court marks his last working day today ahead of his retirement on June 22. In keeping with tradition, he sat in the chief justice’s court with Dipak Misra and Justice DY Chandrachud for a short period and other lawyers praised him saying he did a “great job in upholding democracy”. (PTI File)
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Delhi Police, in order to bolster their preparedness for any terror activities during the 70th Independence Day celebrations, pressed a fleet of 14 new Parakram vans in service on Friday. The force now has a total of 24 such vehicles at their disposal. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)
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The Supreme Court on Friday approved the Centre’s draft Cauvery Management Scheme for smooth distribution of water among four southern states. It had raised the 270 tmcft share of Cauvery water for Karnataka by 14.75 tmcft and reduced Tamil Nadu’s share, while compensating it by allowing extraction of 10 tmcft groundwater from the river basin, saying the issue of drinking water has to be placed on a “higher pedestal”. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)
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People walk through a waterlogged street after heavy rainfall in Agartala on Friday. At least four people, including a child and a woman, were killed early on Friday in mud house collapses in two incidents in West Tripura district of Tripura after the downpour. (Jayanta Dey / REUTERS)
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President Ram Nath Kovind will stay at Mashobra’s Retreat Building, part of the presidential estate in Himachal Pradesh, from where he was turned away by the staff two years ago. Kovind will embark on a three day visit to the state capital Shimla on May 20. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)
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The Union environment ministry has launched a drive aimed at cleaning 24 beaches and water bodies as well as 24 polluted river stretches in the run-up to the World Environment Day on June 5. Nineteen teams comprising officials, students and local residents will implement the campaign and Rs 10 lakh has been allocated for each river stretch, beach and water body. (Biju Boro / AFP File)
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