India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from Virat Kohli, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana winning the Polly Umrigar award to water logging in various parts of Mumbai as pre-monsoon shower lash the city.

Updated on: Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM IST

News

Share via

• 
• 
• 
• 

Copy link

• 

1/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

Virat Kohli will receive the Polly Umrigar award for his outstanding achievements in the last couple of years at the BCCI Awards function which will be held in Bangalore on June 12. In addition to Kohli, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana, who shone for India in the 2017 Women’s World Cup, are set to be maiden recipients of the award. (PTI)

2/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

A man helps an elderly woman past a waterlogged street in Mumbai. Several parts of the city were flooded after moderate rainfall on Thursday. Parts of central Mumbai, Elphinstone Road, Parel, Dadar TT Circle and Dadar’s Hindmata had 1.5 feet of water. (Rajnish Kakade / AP)

3/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

Police stands guard outside Lido Mall in Bengaluru. Widespread protests by pro-Kannada activists marred the screening of the Rajinikanth-starrer ‘Kaala’ in most parts of the state on Thursday. Agitators were seen requesting the 67-year-old actor’s fans not to watch the movie for the sake of their Kannada brethren fighting for Cauvery water. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

4/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

Pranab Mukherjee, who arrived in Nagpur on Wednesday is scheduled to address the valedictory function of the RSS’s third-year officers’ training camp at its headquarters in Reshimbagh on Thursday. According to sources, he will stay for two nights at the governor house before leaving for the national capital on Friday noon. (PTI File)

5/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama playfully pinches the nose of a senior monk as he arrives to give a talk to Tibetan youth in Dharmsala. Every year the Tibetan leader speaks to young Tibetans to introduce them to Buddhist precepts. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

6/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday gave additional charge of Governor of Tripura to West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi (R) for the period that Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy is on leave. (PTI File)

7/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

Fans of Bollywood star Rajinikanth with his portraits bodypainted dance on the release of his new film Kaala in Mumbai. The movie so far has received an underwhelming response on its opening day. Some opine that the Cauvery controversy, Ramzan, clash with Jurassic World coupled with Rajinikanth’s politics could have played a part. (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)

8/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

Two soldiers were injured in a militant attack close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara sector on Thursday. Officials said the militants attacked an army patrol near the LoC fencing in Keran sector. The attack comes on a day when Union home minister Rajnath Singh began his two-day visit to the state to review the security situation. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

9/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

The world looks up to India and South Africa for providing leadership, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said as she recalled the role of iconic leaders Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in giving hope to those facing injustice and discrimination. “The world is a better place because of us. The world has much to gain from us. The world looks up to us to provide leadership.” she asserted. (AFP File)

10/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced gangster Abu Salem to seven years rigorous imprisonment for demanding Rs 5 crore as protection money from a Delhi-based businessman in 2002. The court passed the order after hearing arguments on sentence by the prosecution and the defence lawyers. It had convicted Salem in the case on May 26. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

11/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

Home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the Narendra Modi government will change the “fate and face” of Jammu and Kashmir, but urged the youth to work towards changing their own fate. Speaking at a Sports Conclave in Srinagar, Singh said the government has a “lot of love for Kashmir”, and asked the youth to take advantage of the opportunities being provided by the Centre and state government. (PTI)

12/12

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Jun 07, 2018 5:31 PM

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath poses with a delegation of sadhus and saints during a meeting over early construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya. Taking note of alleged irregularities in wheat purchase and distribution of food grains, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday suspended the district magistrates of Fatehpur and Gonda. (PTI)