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India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from the induction of four US-made Chinook heavy-lift helicopters by Air Force Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, to the declaration by Congress president Rahul Gandhi that India’s 20% poorest families will make at least Rs 12,000 every month if his party comes to power at the Centre.

Updated on: Mar 25, 2019 5:02 PM IST

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Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Monday formally inducted four US-made Chinook heavy-lift helicopters at Air Force Station 12 Wing in Chandigarh. Two hangars and logistics facilities were created in Chandigarh for the Chinook helicopters. Each Chinook helicopter has a payload capacity of about 10 tonne which is a major boost to India’s strategic airlift capability. (Keshav Singh / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 5:02 PM

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Monday formally inducted four US-made Chinook heavy-lift helicopters at Air Force Station 12 Wing in Chandigarh. Two hangars and logistics facilities were created in Chandigarh for the Chinook helicopters. Each Chinook helicopter has a payload capacity of about 10 tonne which is a major boost to India’s strategic airlift capability. (Keshav Singh / HT Photo)

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on pledged to roll out a monthly income guarantee scheme, if his party comes to power at the Centre, to ensure India’s 20% poorest families make at least Rs 12,000 every month. The scheme would cover 5 crore families and benefit nearly 25 crore people, said Gandhi after the Congress Working Committee cleared the plan Gandhi described as the “final assault on poverty”. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 5:02 PM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on pledged to roll out a monthly income guarantee scheme, if his party comes to power at the Centre, to ensure India’s 20% poorest families make at least Rs 12,000 every month. The scheme would cover 5 crore families and benefit nearly 25 crore people, said Gandhi after the Congress Working Committee cleared the plan Gandhi described as the “final assault on poverty”. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

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The Supreme Court on Monday told the Election Commission to file an affidavit listing its stand on increasing the proportion of EVM votes to be verified with paper trail. But the judges also indicated that they felt the Election Commission should increase the percentage of votes randomly verified against the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). (Samir Jana / HT File)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 5:02 PM

The Supreme Court on Monday told the Election Commission to file an affidavit listing its stand on increasing the proportion of EVM votes to be verified with paper trail. But the judges also indicated that they felt the Election Commission should increase the percentage of votes randomly verified against the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). (Samir Jana / HT File)

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The body of an Indian student killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks was returned Monday to her grieving family in Kochi, where relatives remembered a bright young woman dedicated to her studies. Ansi Alibava, 25, was the first of at least five Indians shot dead by a white supremacist in New Zealand on March 15 to be repatriated. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 5:02 PM

The body of an Indian student killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks was returned Monday to her grieving family in Kochi, where relatives remembered a bright young woman dedicated to her studies. Ansi Alibava, 25, was the first of at least five Indians shot dead by a white supremacist in New Zealand on March 15 to be repatriated. (AFP)

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Kamal Haasan, the president of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), will not contest the Lok Sabha election 2019, saying all the candidates of his party are his faces. Haasan said this on Sunday night while introducing the MNM’s candidates and releasing the party’s election manifesto in Coimbatore. (PTI File)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 5:02 PM

Kamal Haasan, the president of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), will not contest the Lok Sabha election 2019, saying all the candidates of his party are his faces. Haasan said this on Sunday night while introducing the MNM’s candidates and releasing the party’s election manifesto in Coimbatore. (PTI File)

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Jet Airways founder and chairman Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal will resign from the board of the crisis-hit airline, according to a regulatory filing. The decision was taken at the airline’s board meeting held today. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS File)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 5:02 PM

Jet Airways founder and chairman Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal will resign from the board of the crisis-hit airline, according to a regulatory filing. The decision was taken at the airline’s board meeting held today. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS File)

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Air India has decided to withdraw boarding passes with photographs of PM Narendra Modi and Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani after a passenger complained about it on Monday morning, saying it violated the model code of conduct. Shashi Kant, the former director general of police of Punjab had tweeted a photograph of his boarding pass issued at the New Delhi airport. (Satish Bate / HT Archive)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 5:02 PM

Air India has decided to withdraw boarding passes with photographs of PM Narendra Modi and Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani after a passenger complained about it on Monday morning, saying it violated the model code of conduct. Shashi Kant, the former director general of police of Punjab had tweeted a photograph of his boarding pass issued at the New Delhi airport. (Satish Bate / HT Archive)

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