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Students join members of the Manipuri Students' Federation (MSF) during a mass rally to mark the 22nd Students' Martyrdom Day, observing the self-immolation anniversary of late Athouba Pebam Chittaranjan against AFSPA, in Imphal. | Photo: PTI
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Prime Minster Narendra Modi pays tribute to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the latter's death anniversary, at 'Sadaiv Atal' in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Atul Yadav
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A family member of former deputy speaker of the West Bengal Assembly, Ashis Banerjee, mourns after the latter was found hanging, at a TMC party office in Birbhum district, West Bengal, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. A purported suicide note was also recovered from the party office located near his residence in Hattala Para in Rampurhat, according to police. | Photo: PTI
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The cricket field remains covered in rain during Day 2 of the first Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
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Independent MP Pappu Yadav and supporters hold a day-long fast for various demands including implementation of Table 3A of UGC Regulation 2018 in Assistant Professor recruitment, implementation of domicile policy in Bihar and cancellation of 70th BPSC examination, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
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People offer floral tributes to late Athouba Pebam Chittaranjan during the observance of Students' Martyrdom Day, commemorating his sacrifice in protest against AFSPA, in Imphal. | Photo: PTI
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Protesting students during an indefinite hunger strike against the Jharkhand government over the JPSC-JSSC-CGL paper leak issue, in Ranchi. | Photo: PTI
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In this image posted on Aug. 16, 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, MP CP Joshi, and Nimbahera MLA Shrichand Kriplani during the unveiling ceremony of a statue of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. | Photo: @BhajanlalBjp/X via PTI
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Bhopal: People pose for photographs with a 'Pookkalam', floral rangoli, ahead of Onam festival, at Mahabali Nagar Kolar, in Bhopal. | Photo: PTI
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In this image posted on Aug. 16, 2026, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta visits an Atal Canteen, on the death anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in New Delhi. | Photo: @gupta_rekha/X via PTI
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In this image posted on Aug. 16, 2026, An outside view of an Atal Canteen, on the death anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in New Delhi. | Photo: @gupta_rekha/X via PTI
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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel along with security officials assess the site during a rescue and relief operation after a Bailey bridge over the Tamak drain connecting Uttarakhand's Niti Valley was washed away by floodwaters, in Chamoli district. | Photo: PTI
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Widows display handcrafted rakhis at an event organized by the Sulabh International Social Service Organisation ahead of Raksha Bandhan, at Vrindavan, in Mathura district, Sunday, August 16, 2026. The widows prepare these rakhis annually to send to the Prime Minister. | Photo: PTI
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Protesting students during an indefinite hunger strike against the Jharkhand government over the JPSC-JSSC-CGL paper leak issue, in Ranchi. | Photo: PTI
