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Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahato, third left, offers prayers at a Shiva temple during the third day of the 'Bharti Vyavastha Sudhar Yatra', in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand. The yatra aims to highlight issues related to irregularities in the state recruitment examination system. | Photo: PTI
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A man waves a flag during the religious procession on the ‘Eid Milad-un-Nabi’, at Jagdalpur in Bastar. | Photo: PTI
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A worker sorts onions for sale, at a market in Surat. The all-India average retail price of onion has jumped more than 28 per cent in a month to Rs 44.72/kg on August 25, up from Rs 34.80 per kg on July 25. | Photo: PTI
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Nuns and members of the Christian community offer prayers around the tomb of Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 116th birth anniversary at the Missionaries of Charity House, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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Purnia MP Pappu Yadav meets a student at a hospital who was injured in a clash with police personnel during the 'Mukhyamantri Gherao' march, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
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A view of the Bhai Ram Camp slum cluster near the Prime Minister's official residence, in New Delhi. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed over 350 residents from three slum clusters in the area, Bhai Ram Camp, Masjid Camp, and DID Colony, to vacate their dwellings within six weeks and relocate to alternative accommodation at Savda Ghevra. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
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Cross marks are seen on the walls of houses at the Bhai Ram Camp slum cluster near the Prime Minister's official residence, in New Delhi. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed over 350 residents from three slum clusters in the area, Bhai Ram Camp, Masjid Camp, and DID Colony, to vacate their dwellings within six weeks and relocate to alternative accommodation at Savda Ghevra. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
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Indore Congress City President Chintu Choukse, third left, along with party activists sits in a waterlogged, muddy street during a protest against the poor condition of roads, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu speaks during the Monsoon session of the state Legislative Assembly, in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary addresses the launch ceremony of 4,700 scooters-motorcycles for women police personnel, Chief Minister Balika PhD Fellowship and 'Bihar Ki Beti Startup Challenge', in Patna. | Photo: PTI
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A shopkeeper arranges a variety of traditional sweets at a shop ahead of the festive season, in Bikaner, Rajasthan. Sweet manufacturers claim that a sharp spike in sugar prices has forced them to hike the prices of traditional confectionery items ahead of the upcoming festivals. | Photo: PTI
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Police personnel shop for ‘rakhis’ ahead of the ‘Raksha Bandhan’ festival, in Karad. | Photo: PTI
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta interacts with beneficiaries during the official launch of the 'Delhi Lakshmi Yojana' welfare scheme at Talkatora Stadium, in New Delhi. Under the initiative, the government is distributing approval letters to thousands of eligible women, providing them with a monthly financial assistance of ₹2,500. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
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Workers arrange onions for sale, at an APMC market in Ahmedabad. The all-India average retail price of onion has jumped more than 28 per cent in a month to Rs 44.72/kg on August 25, up from Rs 34.80 per kg on July 25. | Photo: PTI
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Delhi LG Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Delhi Ministers Ashish Sood, Kapil Mishra and others with beneficiaries during the official launch of the 'Delhi Lakshmi Yojana' welfare scheme at Talkatora Stadium, in New Delhi. Under the initiative, the government is distributing approval letters to thousands of eligible women, providing them with a monthly financial assistance of ₹2,500. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
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Devotees from the Maharashtrian community hold sacred threads while performing rituals to change their 'Yajnopavita' (sacred thread) during 'Shravani Upakarma' celebrations, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Shravani Upakarma is an annual Hindu Vedic ritual where male practitioners change their sacred thread and renew their commitment to studying the Vedas. | Phot0: PTI
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Rituals being performed as part of the ‘Onam’ festival at Thrikkakara Temple, in Ernakulam district, Kerala. | Photo: PTI
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In this image received on Aug. 26, 2026, Floodwaters inundate a residential settlement after a sudden and massive flood surged through the Bhote Koshi River, killing four people, in Rasuwa, Nepal. | Photo: Handout via PTI
