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01 / 11

The West Bengal Congress on Saturday faced embarrassment when in its bid to remember late PM Rajiv Gandhi on his 72nd birth anniversary, it tweeted a controversial remark made by him. (PTI)

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02 / 11

A major gunbattle took place between Army troops and suspected NSCN militants along the India-Myanmar border, in the Mon district of Nagaland, on Friday. (Source: Twitter)

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03 / 11

Finance minister Arun Jaitley said that former PM PV Narasimha Rao wasn't the economic messiah people believe he is, that the UPA neglected productivity, and that the post-independence Nehruvian model led to no development whatsoever. (PTI)

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04 / 11

India's aviation safety regulator has grounded three IndiGo pilots for a week for taking selfies in a cockpit while airborne, a rising phenomenon which distracts pilots and may endanger lives. (BCCL)

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05 / 11

Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav "became unconscious" when he was slapped with a four-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). (BCCL)

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06 / 11

A terror alert has been sounded in border districts of Gurdaspur and Pathankot after a call from Pakistan was intercepted by security agencies suggesting movement of some suspects. (BCCL)

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07 / 11

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan called an emergency meeting on Saturday to review the heavy rainfall and flood situation in the state. (BCCL)

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08 / 11

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reaffirmed India's time-tested ties with Moscow when Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin called on him. (Source: Twitter)

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09 / 11

Curfew remained in force in Srinagar district and two south Kashmir towns even as normal life in the valley was paralysed for the 43rd day on Saturday. (PTI)

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10 / 11

Nepalese Deputy PM Bimalendra Nidhi, who is visiting India as a special envoy after a new government came into power in the Himalayan nation, called on PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi. (PTI)

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