Gauri Lankesh murder probe, Jayalalithaa death anniversary, and other news in pictures

AIADMK cadre and public take out a silent rally in Madurai on Tuesday.

Published at 7.30 p.m.

AIADMK's silent rally

AIADMK cadre and public take out a silent rally in Madurai on December 05, 2017.

 

Tributes on the first death anniversary of Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa was on in many places in the state. The cadre took out a silent march.

Published at 6.30 p.m.

Demanding justice for Gauri Lankesh

Members of Gauri Lankesh Balaga took out a protest rally against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for the delay in arresting suspects who are involved in killing of Gauri Lankesh.

 

The murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh was back in focus when members of the Gauri Lankesh Balaga protested in the streets of Bengaluru against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for the delay in arresting suspects who were involved in her death. She was shot dead by unknown assailants outside her home in the city in September.

 

Published at 05.45 p.m.

Rahul Gandhi's rally

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi being presented a turban and shawl at an election campaign rally at Anjar in Kutch district of Gujarat on Tuesday.

 

Rahul Gandhi promised a “golden future” for the people of Gujarat if Congress came to power in the state; and said if the Congress forms government in the western state, it will not take decisions like the (GST) “Gabbar Singh Tax” and demonetisation.

Published at 4.30 p.m.

Ayodhya hearing

Shia Central Waqf Board Chief, Wasim Rizvi (centre), addressing the media after the Ram Janambhoomi Babri Masjid case at the Supreme Court, in New Delhi on Tuesday

 

The Supreme Court commenced its final hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute on Tuesday, a day before the 25th anniversary of the demolition of medieval-era structure. A sect of Muslims, under the banner of Shia Central Waqf Board of Uttar Pradesh, had approached the court, offering a solution that a mosque could be built in a Muslim-dominated area at a “reasonable distance” from the disputed site in Ayodhya.

Published at 03.45 p.m.

Shashi Kapoor cremated with state honours

Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan leave Shashi Kapoor's residence after paying homage to the veteran actor, who passed away on December 4, 2017.

 

Veteran film actor Shashi Kapoor of the 70s and 80s actor was cremated with state honours at the Santa Cruz Hindu crematorium around noon on Tuesday. The actor-producer’s body was taken to the crematorium from his Juhu home in an ambulance at 11.45 a.m.

Celebrities such as Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, Shyam Benegal, Shah Rukh Khan, Ayan Mukherji, Hansal Mehta, Nandita Das, Lara Dutta with husband Mahesh Bhupati, and Maharashtra politician Ramdas Athawale were amongst those who paid their last respects to the actor. Writer Salim Khan, who gave Shashi Kapoor the iconic one-line “Mere paas maa hai” in Deewar , along with lyricist Javed Akhtar, was there as well.

Published at 12.25 p.m.

Mumbai braces up for Cyclone Ockhi

Ambedkarites shifted to Chabildas BMC school at Dadar.

 

It is an annual affair in Mumbai where lakhs of people converge at Shivaji Park, Dadar to pay homage to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on December 6, his birth anniversary. This year too, several Amebedkarites, as they are popularly known, have been staying in make-shift tents near Dr. Ambedkar’s memorial, Chaityabhoomi.

The Mumbai civic authorities have asked Ambedkarites to stay in a nearby BMC school in view of cyclone Ockhi.

Published at 1.35 p.m.

'Pre-budget meeting'

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley with Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian arrives for a pre-Budget meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday.

 

 

Published at 12.15 p.m.

'Notorious smog'

Sri Lanka's Suranga Lakmal, who vomitted on the field being helped by teammates during the Day 4 of the third Test against India at Firoz Shah Kotla ground, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

 

India's second innings was into its sixth over when Lakmal was seen bending over and throwing up. The Sri Lankan physio rushed in and eventually walked off with the player. Read more

Published at 11.30 a.m.

'2G spectrum case'

DMK leader and former union minist er A. Raja, arriving at Patiala House Courts for the 2G spectrum scam case hearing, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Tuesday said it will pronounce its final judgment in the 2G spectrum allocation cases on December 21. Read more

Published at 10.15 a.m.

'Ashes - Day 4'

England's Craig Overton prepares to catch out Australia's Tim Paine for 11 runs during the fourth day of their Ashes cricket test match in Adelaide on Tuesday.

Published at 9.15 a.m.

Jayalalithaa death anniversary

Road side vendors paying homage to a portrait of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on her first death anniversary in Ramanathapuram on Tuesday.

Children paying homage to former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on her first death anniversary at Padi in Chennai on Tuesday, December 5, 2017.

 

The former Chief Minister died at 11.30 p.m. at the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai on Decemeber 5, 2016. She did not respond to emergency life support treatment administered after she suffered a cardiac arrest a day earlier.

Published at 8.15 a.m.

Protests in Utah

Protesters gather outside of the Utah State Capitol where President Donald Trump spoke to local representatives in Salt Lake City, on Monday.

Roughly 3,000 demonstrators lined up near the State Capitol to protest Trump's announcement of scaling back two sprawling. President Donald Trump on Monday shrank two wilderness national monuments in Utah by at least half in the biggest rollback of public land protection in U.S. history, drawing praise from pro-development lawmakers and a lawsuit from environmentalists. Read more