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Wreckage of the plane that was carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others after it crashed during landing, near Baramati in Pune district, Maharashtra. All five on board were killed in the crash. | Photo: PTI
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President Droupadi Murmu leaves for the Parliament to address both Houses on the first day of the Budget session, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
3/18
Vehicles move on a foggy winter morning, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
4/18
An earth-mover clears the snow-covered Gangotri highway after snowfall, in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
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Gamira performers enact a traditional dance around a fire in Khagail village, Kushmundi area of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. Gamira, a traditional masked folk dance featuring various mythological characters, is performed without vocal music. The wooden masks of 'Kushmundi', known as Gamira masks or 'Mukha', are a traditional craft from the Dakshin Dinajpur district and were awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2018. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
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Students under the banner of 'Chhatra Panchayat' stage a protest against the University Grants Commission's recently notified 'Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026', in Lucknow. | Photo: PTI/Nand Kumar
7/18
People during hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Bankura district of West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
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Parents with their children, rush out of Shalom Hills International School after private schools received bomb threats via email, in Gurugram. | Photo: PTI
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Author and activist Arundhati Roy, left, receives the Malayattoor Foundation Comprehensive Contribution Award 2026 from retired Indian civil servant K. Jayakumar during the Malayattoor Foundation's award ceremony, in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo: PTI
10/18
Students protest against the UGC Act at the Arts Faculty of Delhi University, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
11/18
The national flag flies at half-mast at the Mantralaya building as Maharashtra observes three days of mourning following the demise of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who was killed in a plane crash, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI
12/18
Mark Jeffery Aerobatic Team performs manoeuvres during the inauguration of Wings India 2026, Asia's largest civil aviation exhibition and conference, at Begumpet Airport, in Hyderabad. | Photo: PTI
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Advocates stage a protest against the University Grants Commission's recently notified 'Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026'. | Photo: PTI
14/18
A train moves amid snowfall on the Katra-Srinagar rail section, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
15/18
Itishree Murmu, daughter of President Droupadi Murmu, at the Parliament House complex, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
16/18
Mother of Pinky Mali, who was a flight attendant on the Learjet 46 that crash-landed in Pune's Baramati, being consoled by a family member at her residence, in Mumbai. Mali, along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and three others, was killed in the incident. | Photo: PTI
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Trucks remain parked along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway after it was opened for passenger traffic, in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
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Members of the All India Kisan Khet Mazdoor Sangathan take part in a rally demanding assured remunerative prices for farmers' crops, repeal of the newly introduced labour codes and higher wages for MGNREGA workers, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
