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Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh speaks with the media upon his arrival at Imphal International Airport following his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his two-day to New Delhi, in Imphal. | Photo: PTI
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Jharkhand Ministers Deepika Pandey Singh and Irfan Ansari serve juice to hunger-striking student leader Devendra Nath Mahto after state Chief Minister Hemant Soren announces the cancellation of the JSSC-CGL examination, in Ranchi, Jharkhand. | Photo: PTI
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Vehicles wade through a waterlogged road following monsoon rain, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India's Yashasvi Jaiswal on day four of the first test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
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A CRPF vehicle lies overturned after colliding with a truck on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Levdura, in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari addresses a programme organised by the Pune Union of Working Journalists, in Pune, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI
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Sanitation workers of Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) stage a protest against the state government in support of their demands, in Gurugram, Haryana. | Photo: PTI
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School students take part in a walkathon as part of ‘Kick the Drugs, Pick the Sports’ anti-drug awareness campaign, in Ajmer, Rajasthan. | Photo: PTI
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LoP in the Tamil Nadu Assembly and DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin arrives during the state Assembly session, at state Secretariat, Fort St. George, in Chennai. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
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CJP chief Abhijeet Dipke addresses reporters, slamming a Rajasthan government order that bans unauthorized photography and interviews in state schools, in Hingoli, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI
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Keralam CM VD Satheesan with investor groups during the inauguration of EXIM operations at Vizhinjam International Seaport. | Photo: @vdsatheesan/X via PTI
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People look through debris after a house collapsed due to heavy rain, at a village in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
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India's Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Gadde, right, in action during their Mixed Doubles Round of 48 match against Canada's Jonathan Bing Tsan Lai and Crystal Lai at the BWF World Championships 2026 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
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Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav welcomes his Indonesian counterpart Mohammad Jumhur Hidayat for the BRICS Environment Ministers' Meeting, in New Delhi. | Photo: @byadavbjp/X via PTI
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Sanitation workers clean a road as commuters pass by amid rainfall, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Nand Kumar
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A damaged portion of an old building at Jorabagan area after it collapsed due to heavy rain, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
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Residents of an old building gather after it collapsed due to heavy rain at Jorabagan area, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
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Manipur CM Yumnam Khemchand during the "homecoming ceremony" for 46 militants belonging to the proscribed KCP (Taibanganba), at 1st Manipur Rifles Parade Ground, Imphal. | Photo: @manipur_police/X via PTI
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Rescue operation underway after heavy rainfall waterlogged the Railpar area, in Asansol, West Bengal, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov's official telegram channel, flame and smoke rise from a construction site after a Ukrainian drone attack in an undisclosed area in the Moscow region, Russia. | Photo: Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov's office via AP
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From left, Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, state Chief Minister VD Satheesan and state Assembly LoP Pinarayi Vijayan during an ‘Onasadhya’, traditional vegetarian feast served on a banana leaf during the harvest festival of Onam, in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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Doctors hold placards and raise slogans as they stage a protest demanding the speedy start of the registration process of Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) and Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP) in the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC), at Azad Maidan, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI
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An artisan gives final touches to an idol of lord Krishna ahead of Onam festival, at a handicraft shop, in Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam. | Photo: PTI
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A large stock of suspected illegally felled Khair wood recovered from a Kattha processing unit at Sothiana village in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. | Photo: PTI
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Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahato addresses a press conference, in Ranchi. Mahto called off his 16-day hunger strike after the Jharkhand government cancelled all recruitment tests, including the JSSC-CGL exam over alleged irregularities, and announced that he would soon launch the second phase of the demonstration for corruption-free recruitment by JPSC and JSSC. | Photo: PTI
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CPI(M) leader and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) General Secretary Elamaram Kareem addresses a protest meet organised by CITU against the new labour codes, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. | Photo: PTI
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The swollen Chandrabhaga river flows in spate after heavy rain, in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
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A deserted street during the first day of the two-day strike called by the Campaign for Just and Free Delimitation (JFD), demanding implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Manipur and the return of internally displaced people (IDPs) to their original homes before census, in Imphal. | Photo: PTI
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From left, Keralam Chief Minister VD Satheesan and state Assembly LoP Pinarayi Vijayan during an ‘onasadhya’, traditional vegetarian feast served on a banana leaf during the harvest festival of Onam, in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) national spokesperson Saurabh Das, right, along with party leader Ratna Singh during a press conference outside the Supreme Court, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka, centre, addresses a press conference with party members outside Press Club Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
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NDRF and SDRF officials conduct a rescue operation after water flooded into a tunnel five days ago, in Chamoli. The body of a worker trapped in the incident was found on Tuesday, taking the death toll to nine from the accident at the hydropower project. | Photo: PTI
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Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Dipika Pandey Singh and state Health Minister Irfan Ansari interact with student leader Devendra Nath Mahato as he calls off his 16-day hunger strike after the state government cancelled all recruitment tests, including the JSSC-CGL exam over alleged irregularities, in Ranchi. Mahto announced that he would soon launch the second phase of the demonstration for corruption-free recruitment by JPSC and JSSC. | Photo: PTI
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Demonstrators hold placards as they stage a protest demanding the release of the TRE-4 recruitment advertisement, announcement of BSSC examination dates, and action on displacement and domicile policies, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav arrives to show support to demonstrators as they stage a protest demanding the release of the TRE-4 recruitment advertisement, announcement of BSSC examination dates, and action on displacement and domicile policies, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
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In this image received on Aug. 18, 2026, Lok Sabha LoP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the AICC OBC Department District Chairpersons’ Conference, at Indira Bhawan in New Delhi. | Photo: AICC via PTI
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Artisans work on idols of Lord Krishna ahead of the ‘Janmashtami’ festival, in Amritsar. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
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Samajwadi Party (SP) workers during a protest against the Uttar Pradesh government's pilot project in Bulandshahr to purchase cow urine at Rs 10 per litre, in Lucknow. | Photo: PTI
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Artists play traditional instruments during the three-day Deodhani festival celebration at the Kamakhya Temple, in Guwahati, Assam. The annual festival honors the Serpent Goddess Manasa. | Photo: PTI
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) national spokesperson and co-convener Ashutosh Ranka addresses a press conference outside the Press Club of Kolkata, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
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Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain is among six persons arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of the Delhi Jal Board, Satyendar Jain is seen during a press conferece in this file photo dated, Friday, March 7, 2025. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
