Encounter in Srinagar, Anti-Sterlite struggle, and other news in pictures

Residents of the pilgrim town Bhadrachalam, face acute shortage of drinking water as the river Godavari has gone dry.

Residents of the pilgrim town Bhadrachalam, face acute shortage of drinking water as the river Godavari has gone dry.   | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO

 

 

2.00 p.m.

Summer woes

Bhadrachalam of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, faces water shortage as the river Godavari has gone dry. A city-based environmentalist has demanded that authorities should release water into the Godavari from Gangapur Dam near here in two phases every year to prevent the river from drying up or become stagnated.

1.00 p.m.

Encounter in Srinagar

CRPF personnel rush towards encounter site in Chatabal area of Srinagar on Saturday.

CRPF personnel rush towards encounter site in Chatabal area of Srinagar on Saturday.   | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD

 

One CRPF jawan has been injured in an ongoing encounter between militants and security forces in Srinagar on Saturday morning.

 

11 a.m.

Anti-Sterlite struggle

Actor Mansoor Ali Khan participates in the anti-Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi on Saturday.

Actor Mansoor Ali Khan participates in the anti-Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi on Saturday.   | Photo Credit: N. Rajesh

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) knowingly allowed Sterlite Industries to operate its copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi with chimney stacks far shorter than what was legally required, resulting in air pollution, activists hailing from the state allege.

Anti-Sterlite Struggle Committee members state that the residents who had been exposed to the polluted air were complaining of respiratory problems, and that cases of cancer had also been found.

10.00 a.m.

North Korea winds the clock forward as ties thaw

 

This photo shows a general view of a clock above the central railway station in Pyongyang. North Korea went forward in time by 30 minutes, state media said late on May 4, to match its clocks with those of the South following the inter-Korean summit on April 27.

 

9.30 a.m.

Macron arrives in New Caledonia ahead of independence referendum

 

French President Emmanuel Macron takes part in a welcome ceremony in Ouvéa island in New Caledonia on May 5, 2018. Emmanuel Macron is in New Caledonia, for the second leg of the president's trip to the Pacific, six months before the referendum on the independence of the island.

 

9.00 a.m.

Police personnel and journalists cast votes in first round of polls in Malaysia

 

Military officers line up during the early voting ahead of the 14th general election on May 9, at Kementah Camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The first wave of voting for Malaysia's May 9 general election commenced, with the police, eligible government, officials and members of the media, casting their ballots.