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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
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This combo image shows Padma Awardees for 2026, First row, from left, Yumnam Jatra Singh (Arts), Vishwa Bandhu (Arts), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Arts), Techi Gubin from Arunachal Pradesh (Social Work), Taga Ram Bheel (Arts), Suresh Hanagavadi (Indigenous Medicine for Haemophilia), Simanchal Patro (Arts), Shrirang Devaba Lad (Agriculture), Shafi Shauq (Literature and Education), Second row, from left, Sangyusang S Pongener (Artss), SG Susheelamma (Social Work), Rama Reddy Mamidi (Animal Husbandry and Dairy), Rajasthapati Kaliappa Goundar (Artss), Raghupat Singh (Agriculture), Sunita Godbole (Medicine), R Krishnan (Arts), Pokila Lekthepi (Arts), Othuvar Thiruthani (Arts), Third row, from left, Nuruddin Ahmed (Arts), Nilesh Mandlewala (Social Work), Mohan Nagar (Environment), Mir Hajibhai Kasambahi (Arts), Mahendra Kumar Mishra (Literature and Education), Kollakkayil Devaki Amma G (Environment and aforestation), Khemraj Sundriyal (Artss), Kailash Chandra Pant (Literature and Education), K Pajanivel (Artss), Fourth row, from left, Inderjit Singh Sindhu (Social Work), Hally War (Social Work), Gafruddin Mewarti (Arts), Dr Shyam Sundar (Medicine), Dr Punniamurthy Natesan (Veterinary scientist), Dr Padma Gurment (Medicine), Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj (Indian Geneticist), Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya (Arts), Chiranji Lal Yadav (Arts), Fifth row, from left, Charan Hembram (Literature and Education), Budri Thati (Social Work), Brij Lal Bhat (Social Work), Bhiklya Ladakya (Arts), Bhagwadas Raikwar (Sports), Armida Fernandes (Medicine), Ram Chandra Godbole (Medicine), Anke Gowda (Literature and Education), Raghuveer Kehdkar (Arts). | Photo: PTI
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Family members perform the last rites of M. Rishikanta, who was allegedly shot dead by suspected Kuki militants, in Imphal. | Photo: PTI
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In this image posted on Jan. 25, 2026, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy during a visit to a mine in Kothagudem, Telangana. | Photo: @kishanreddybjp/X via PTI
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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, along with Rabri Devi and new party working president Tejashwi Yadav, during the party's national executive committee meeting, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
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This combo image shows Padma Awardees for 2026, New Delhi: First row, from left, Actors Dharmendra Singh Deol, R Madhavan, Mammootty, and former MP Shibu Soren, second row, from left, Activist V S Achuthanandan, former BJP MP Bhagat Singh Koshyari, cricketers Rohit Sharma, and Harmanpreet Kaur, third row, from left, former tennis player Vijay Amritraj, singer Alka Yagnik, banker Uday Kotak, and adman Piyush Pandey. | Photo: PTI
