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India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s news across the country from the CBI naming Chanda Kochhar and her husband as accuded in connection to a Rs 3,250 crore loan given to Videocon Group in 2012 and the retrieval of the first body from the flooded Meghalaya rat-mine after 42 day.

Updated on: Jan 24, 2019 4:55 PM IST

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The CBI on Thursday searched four locations, including the offices of Videocon and NuPower, a company operated by ICICI Bank’s former CEO Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar, in Mumbai. Kochhar and her husband have been named accused by the CBI in connection with the Rs 3,250 crore loan given to the Videocon Group given in 2012. Videocon managing director VN Dhoot has also been named as accused in the FIR. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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One person died and at least 20 are trapped after a four-storey under-construction building collapsed early on Thursday in Gurugram’s Ullawas village, police said, as rescue workers searched for those feared stuck in the rubble. Rescuers from National and State Disaster Response Forces and Border Security Force (BSF) are trying to clear the debris and look for survivors. (Yogendra Kumar / HT Photo)

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PSLV C 44, carrying Microsat–R and Kalamsat satellites, a day before launch. Just before midnight on Thursday, the Indian Space Research Organisation will launch its 46th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44), to put into space Microsat-R, an imaging satellite and Kalamsat, a communication satellite developed by students, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. (PTI)

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Justice AK Sikri has recused himself from hearing a petition challenging appointment of M Nageshwar Rao as the interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). This follows a controversy after it was reported that Justice Sikri’s name had been cleared for appointment to a tribunal in London after his retirement. Earlier, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had recused himself from the same matter. (Atul Yadav / PTI File)

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said his party will keep all its promises once it is elected to power as he attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for doing nothing for the people of Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi targetted PM Modi on several issues while addressing a roadside meeting in Salon area of his parliamentary constituency Amethi, where he is on a two-day visit since Wednesday. (ANI)

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Rescuers on Thursday managed to pull out the remains of the lone body that they had managed to locate in the flooded Meghalaya coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district. On Tuesday, the body had slipped from the grip of the Navy’s underwater remotely operated vehicle. The body was found late on Wednesday evening. The body was pulled out in a joint operation by the NDRF and Indian Navy. (PTI File)

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The Supreme Court will today hear the case involving realty firm Amrapali to determine how to provide possession certificates to buyers of its new flats. Around 8,000 homebuyers are hoping the court will allow them to register their flats and also order completion of pending civic work. The Court had in an earlier hearing called the firm a “perfect liar” and “worst kind of cheater” for not complying with its directions. (Sunil Ghosh / HT File)

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Vodafone Idea Ltd. plans to raise as much as 250 billion rupees ($3.5 billion) via a rights offering to help India’s largest mobile-phone carrier fend off Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. Vodafone Group Plc will contribute as much as 110 billion rupees, while Aditya Birla Group will pump in as much as 72.5 billion rupees, according to a statement on Wednesday. (Sergio Perez / REUTERS File)

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To enhance the operational capability of Andaman and Nicobar Command, Naval Air Station (NAS) Shibpur will be commissioned as INS Kohassa. This will be India’s fourth air base and the third naval air facility in the region that overlooks key sea lanes of communication and strategic points. These islands dominate the Bay of Bengal and the Six Degree and Ten Degree channels with more than 60,000 commercial vessels passing through each year. (PTI File / Representative Image)