A police official stands guard near standees during rehearsals for the Republic Day Parade on a cold winter morning, in New Delhi. The sesquicentenary of 'Vande Mataram' will be the dominant theme of this year's parade, with enclosure backdrops along the Kartavya Path displaying old paintings illustrating the opening stanzas of the National Song and floral artworks at the main stage paying homage to its composer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
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Security personnel maintain vigilance along the Jammu & Kashmir National Highway ahead of Republic Day, conducting vehicle checks and random frisking to ensure a secure environment, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
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BJP's newly elected national president Nitin Nabin, center, during a meeting with party office bearers and state presidents at the party headquarters, in New Delhi. Also seen, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh, National General Secretary Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, MP Aparajita Sarangi and others. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
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Aspirants wait in a queue outside an examination centre before appearing for the ‘JEE Mains 2026’ exam, in Patna, Bihar. | Photo: PTI
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An army police official interacts with a commuter at a traffic signal, during rehearsals for the Republic Day Parade on a cold winter morning, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
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An Indian Air Force training aircraft crashes into a pond during a training session, in Prayagraj. | Photo: PTI
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Indian Air Force's six Rafale aircrafts fly past during rehearsals for the Republic Day Parade, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
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Indian Army personnel during a flag march through sensitive areas to maintain law and order following recent communal clashes that allegedly claimed two lives, in Kokrajhar, Assam. | Photo: PTI
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Police personnel during frisking and security checks on the national highway ahead of Republic Day celebrations, in Bijbehara, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
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Family members mourn the death of Hemant Gaikwad, who succumbed to severe diarrhoea and vomiting allegedly linked to contaminated, in Bhagirathpura, Indore. | Photo: PTI
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Army personnel conduct a flag march after deployment in sensitive areas, where two persons were killed in mob violence, leading to arson and clashes allegedly between the Bodos and Adivasis, in Assam’s Kokrajhar district. | Photo: PTI
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Devotees gather during a religious procession at the Kadri Manjunatha Temple, in Mangaluru. | Photo: PTI
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Workers raise a pole bearing the Indian national flag during rehearsals for the Republic Day Parade, near the India Gate, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
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Students display replicas of 20,000-year-old rock art from the Konkan region during an exhibition organised to create awareness about early human heritage, at Thane College campus. | Photo: PTI
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European Union Ambassador to India Herve Delphin, left, and MEA Joint Secretary Priyanka Chauhan during the first meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) for India-EU Trilateral Cooperation, in New Delhi. | Photo: @MEAIndia/X via PTI
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A Russian couple, Konstantin Mering and Marina, perform rituals during a traditional Vedic Hindu wedding ceremony, in Varanasi. | Photo: PTI
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People gather after the collapse of a newly constructed water tank at Tadkeshwar village, Surat district. Surat Rural Police arrested seven people in connection with the collapse. | Photo: PTI
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Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor and Tripti Dimri during the poster launch of their upcoming film O'Romeo, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI
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A visitor at a photo exhibition called, Lenscape Kerala, featuring Kerala's wildlife, culture, traditions, and buildings, at Travancore Palace in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Manish Sain
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Union Minister Piyush Goyal, centre, raises hands with Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) President TTV Dhinakaran as he joins the NDA alliance, in the presence of Minister of State L Murugan, BJP National Women's Wing President Vanathi Srinivasan, MLA M R Gandhi and BJP leader Nainar Nagenthran, in Chennai. | Photo: @NainarBJP/X via PTI