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Security personnel are deployed along Kartavya Path near India Gate ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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Jammu and Kashmir Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel question local residents during a house-to-house search operation as part of heightened security measures ahead of India's Republic Day in Srinagar, Kashmir. | Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan
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TVK Chief Vijay, centre, gestures during a state and district-level Executive Cadre Consultation Meeting, at Mamallapuram, in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu. | Photo: PTI
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Vehicles remain stuck in a traffic jam as heavy snowfall chokes highways and roads, leaving tourists stranded, near Manali. | Photo: PTI
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Members of tribal and minority communities take part in a rally demanding the protection of the Constitution, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
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Vehicles stuck in the snow after fresh snowfall, in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
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In this image posted on Jan. 25, 2026, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen inspect a Guard of Honour, in New Delhi. Costa and Leyen are the Chief Guests at India's 77th Republic Day celebrations. | Photo: @MEAIndia/X via PTI
