People take part in Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple Car Festival (Ther Thiruvizha) during the Chithirai festival, in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. | Photo: PTI
A firefighter conducts a dousing operation as flames and smoke billows during a forest fire, in Almora district, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
TMC and ISF supporters, after a clash broke out over allegations of appointing fake polling agents during the second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at Booth No. 147 in Ramchandrapur under Rajhati-1 Panchayat in Khanakul, Hooghly district. | Photo: PTI
LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during a visit to Shree Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Campbell Bay, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | Photo: AICC via PTI
Preparations underway as monks clean a statue of Lord Buddha ahead of Buddha Jayanti, at Maitreya Buddha Mahavihar, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
Iskcon monks show their ink-marked finger after casting their votes during the second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at a polling station, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
BJP candidate for Nandigram and Bhabanipur constituencies Suvendu Adhikari speaks to the media as he visits Sunder Di Gari to offer prayers during the second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at Khidirpur, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from Bhabanipur constituency, Mamata Banerjee, speaks to the media during the second and final phase of the state Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi offers prayers during a visit to Shree Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Campbell Bay, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | Photo: AICC via PTI
CRPF Director General Gyanendra Pratap Singh (IPS) arrives at Diamond Harbour during the second and final phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, in South 24 Parganas district. Uttar Pradesh Police officer Ajay Pal Sharma toured Falta with a convoy, as heavy central forces, including RAF units, were deployed in Diamond Harbour and Falta to maintain order. | Photo: PTI
An elderly woman being assisted at a polling station during voting in the second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Nadia. | Photo: PTI
Security personnel detains a man after a clash erupted due to a glitch in EVM causing the voting to be delayed during the second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at Bally, in Howrah district. | Photo: PTI
Solicitor General of India (SGI) Tushar Mehta, front right, and Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju, left, after a hearing in the excise police case at the Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addresses India’s High Commissioners, Ambassadors and senior MEA officials at the 11th Heads of Missions Conference, in New Delhi. | Photo: @DrSJaishankar/X via PTI
People take part in 'Therottam' or car festival during the annual Transgender festival at Koovagam, in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
Supporters gather during the inauguration of the 594-km-long Ganga Expressway by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PMO via PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the 594-km-long Ganga Expressway, in Hardoi. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also seen. | Photo: PMO via PTI
Voters arrive to cast votes at a polling booth during the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Purba Bardhaman district. | Photo: PTI
People offer prayers during the 'Mariamman' festival celebration, in Mumbai. The festival is dedicated to the goddess of rain, fertility, and health and is primarily celebrated in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. | Photo: PTI
District administration Anantnag along with the Police, conducts a demolition drive against the illegal properties built by alleged drug peddlers, at Bijbehara in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
Vendors sit outside shops on a waterlogged road following rainfall, in Gurugram, Haryana. | Photo: PTI