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The swollen Beas river flows in spate after water was released from Pandoh and Largi Dams, in Mandi. | Photo: PTI
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A personnel sprays water to bathe elephants on the World Elephant Day, in Shivamogga, Karnataka. | Photo: PTI
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State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir personnel conduct searches at a residential location in connection with a 1990 double-murder case, in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
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People from the Devi Pujak and Bavri communities mourn near the graves of their relatives on the occasion of the 'Divaso' festival at Chamunda graveyard, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI
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An artisan embroiders the National Flag with needles under the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign ahead of Independence Day celebrations, in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
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People take part in a ‘tiranga yatra’, in Varanasi. | Photo: PTI
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Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan performs rituals on the ‘Karkidaka Vavu’, in Kochi. | Photo: PTI
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People perform rituals for their ancestors on the occasion of 'Karkidaka Vavu', in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. | Photo: PTI
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Vehicles wade through the waterlogged old national highway near Gurdwara Awantipora after heavy rains lashed the Kashmir valley, in Pulwama district. | Photo: PTI
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People wave the national flag during the Tiranga Yatra, near India Gate in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
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Judo gold medallist Asmita Dey being welcomed on her arrival after the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, in Agartala, Tripura. | Photo: PTI
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Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and G. Kishan Reddy during the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' bike rally commemorating 150 years of Vande Mataram, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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Custodian of the holy Chhari-Mubarak (the sacred silver mace of Lord Shiva) priest Deependra Giri performs an ‘abhishek’, at Shankaracharya Temple in Srinagar. | Photo: PTI
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South Africa’s former cricketer and SSO Cancer Hospital brand ambassador Jonty Rhodes, right, and oncologist Dr Amit Chakraborty during the launch of Head and Neck Cancer Centre of Excellence, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI
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Students perform during the Induction Programme 2026-2027 of Narula Institute of Technology (NiT), at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
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People gather on geo-tubes amid embankment repairing as part of Assam Flood Response, in Jorhat. | Photo: @himantabiswa/X via PTI
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Workers climb scaffolding amid preparations for the Freedom Habba event as part of Independence Day celebrations, near Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. | Photo: PTI
