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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from ISRO's RISAT-2B satellite launch, to the Election Commission rejecting a plea by the joint opposition parties to match VVPAT and EVM counting processes on May 23.

Updated on: May 22, 2019 5:54 PM IST

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Updated on May 22, 2019 5:54 PM

Indian space agency ISRO successfully launched Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C46) carrying the 615 kg earth observation satellite RISAT-2B from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. (ANI)

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Updated on May 22, 2019 5:54 PM

The Election Commission has rejected a demand from 22 political parties to match paper slips from the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) with the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) before the counting begins so that in cases of discrepancy, all votes in a particular assembly segment can be cross-checked. (Vipin Kumar / HT File)

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Updated on May 22, 2019 5:54 PM

A soldier was killed and seven others sustained minor injuries due to an IED blast during training on the Line of Control in Mendhar sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. (ANI)

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Updated on May 22, 2019 5:54 PM

Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group has decided to withdraw Rs 5,000 crore civil defamation suits filed in an Ahmedabad court against Congress leaders and the National Herald newspaper over their statements and an article on the Rafale fighter jet deal. (Aijaz Rahi / AP)

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Updated on May 22, 2019 5:54 PM

Former state minister and senior Bahujan Samaj Party leader Ramveer Upadhyay was suspended from the party on charges of anti-party activities. Senior party leaders said that Upadhyay had opposed BSP candidates on Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Aligarh seats and had campaigned for BJP candidates on these seats. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT File)

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Updated on May 22, 2019 5:54 PM

The Assam Police said that it has arrested Bijoy Asom, a member of the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) who is believed to be the main accused behind a grenade attack last week in which eight people were injured in Guwahat. The suspect was nabbed from Doomdooma in Tinsukia district of upper Assam. (PTI)