India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders courting arrest after aprotest at the CBI headquarters in New Delhi to three passengers killed and 25 others injured in a bus accident in Patna.

Updated on: Oct 26, 2018 5:20 PM IST

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On Friday afternoon, Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders were at the Lodhi Colony police station for almost an hour after they courted arrest while protesting at the CBI headquarters in New Delhi. “PM Modi can run, flee, but cannot hide from the truth. The truth will come out. Removing the CBI chief will not make a difference...the Prime Minister acted against the CBI director as a result of panic, as a result of fear,” Gandhi said. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

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A police official inspects the accident site where a bus collided with an electric tower near Dhanki More, in Patna. Police said that three passengers were killed and 25 others injured in the accident. (PTI)

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Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi during the inauguration of ‘Women of India National Organic Festival 2018’ in New Delhi. (Vijay Verma / PTI)

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On Friday, a defence official said that an army soldier and two militants were killed in an encounter in Sopore, north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A cordon and search operation began in the morning after forces were informed of militant presence in Malganipora area of the town. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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On Friday, a Pune court rejected the bail petition of lawyers and activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves, three of the five activists put under house arrest in connection with their alleged links to Maoists. According to the prosecution, Bhardwaj was responsible for “raising funds” and sending recruits from various universities and educational institutes to the forest. (Vipin Kumar / HT Archive)

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On Friday, the Haryana Sarvkarmchari Sangh, the umbrella body of over 40 unions of employees from all government and semi-government departments announced to go for a mass casual leave in support of striking Haryana Roadways employees. The roadways employees have extended their strike till October 29. (Yogendra Kumar / HT Archive)

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According to news agency ANI, finance minister Arun Jaitley said that the Supreme Court order to set a two-week deadline for the probe against CBI director Alok Verma has strengthened the fairness criteria. “The government has no interest for or against any individual. The government is interested in maintaining professionalism, image and constitutional integrity of CBI,” he said. (Arvind Yadav / HT Archive)