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An effigy of demon king Ravana goes up in flames marking the end of Dussehra festival in New Delhi. Dussehra commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over the demon king Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil.
The immersion of an idol of the goddess Durga during Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, West Bengal.
In Photos: Sabarimala Temple Row
Protesters oppose the entry of women to the Sabarimala Temple, Kerala. Rehana Fathima and journalist Kavitha Jakkal were taken escorted to the temple but the priest reportedly locked it and the women had to return mid-way.
She is 39, a mother of three and the wife of a bodybuilder-husband. They are from Manipur and born in a society not known to accord any social stigma to women in sports, even bodybuilding. Mamota was a petite woman with flawless skin when she landed in Delhi 17 years ago and started working for cosmetic major Avon. She became a full-time bodybuilder after “my husband’s failure in a championship in 2011”. Back-to-back bronze in Bangkok (2012) and Vietnam (2013) put her on the world stage.
A man and women from the minority Sikh register to vote in Parliamentary elections in old city of Kabul, Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of Afghan forces fanned out across the country as voting began in the elections that followed a campaign marred by relentless violence.
Women line up outside a pooling station during Parliamentary election in western Herat city, Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe ahead of a meeting at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amrinder Singh with Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu talking to media after visiting at Guru Nanak Hospital in Amritsar. A speeding train ran over revellers watching fireworks during the Dussehra festival killing more than 50 people.
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh with Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu visit a victim of the train accident at Jodh Phatak, at Civil Hospital in Amritsar.
