People show placards with "go back" at a demonstration during the visit of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to Kalighat Kali Temple, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, left, with party MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during the second part of Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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School students attend a morning assembly after educational institutions reopened following a week-long closure due to protests over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and winter vacations, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, left, speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo: Sansad TV via PTI
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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar visits the Kalighat Kali Temple, in Kolkata. Gyanesh Kumar faced "go back" slogans and was shown black flags on Monday morning when he visited the temple. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a post-budget webinar on “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas-Fulfilling Aspirations of People”, virtually. | Photo: PMO via PTI
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Congress workers stage a protest against the USA trade deal and demand restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir outside the party office, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
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A cheetah named Jwala rests with her cubs after giving birth at Kuno National Park, in Madhya Pradesh. With the birth of five cubs, the total cheetah population in India has reached 53, marking another milestone under Project Cheetah. | Photo: @byadavbjp/X via PTI
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Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh meets Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kumar Jha and submits a memorandum over alleged discrepancies in the voter list, in Bhopal. | Photo: PTI
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Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha addresses a press conference at the Old Secretariat building, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
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Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress President Jyoti Rautela, yellow, with party workers stages a protest against the LPG price hike, in Dehradun. | Photo: PTI
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti during a visit to the Iranian Cultural Centre and Embassy in Delhi. | Photo: @MehboobaMufti/X via PTI
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BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, right, with Ambassador Mohammad Fathali during a visit to the Embassy of Iran, after the recent killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor during the second part of Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma greets supporters during the BJP's Jana Ashirwad Yatra ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections at Pathshala, in Bajali district of Assam. | Photo: PTI
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar meets Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Gaurav Gogoi. | Photo: @DKShivakumar/X via PTI
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LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, LoP in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav and other opposition leaders stage a protest over the West Asia crisis, during the second part of Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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Students from rural schools take part in a Tiranga rally celebrating India's victory after defeating New Zealand to win the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 final, in Varanasi. | Photo: PTI
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A Trinamool Congress leader seeks blessings from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a sit-in dharna on the fourth day of a protest against alleged arbitrary deletions from the post-SIR electoral rolls, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
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People carry a symbolic coffin during a procession marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali, in Lucknow. | Photo: PTI/Nand Kumar
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Devotees take part in a ‘kalash yatra’ on the ‘Sheetala Ashtami’ festival, in Ranibagh. | Photo: PTI
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Security personnel patrol ahead of the announcement of dates for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, in Nadia district, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
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Foreign yoga practitioners take part in a session during the International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, in Rishikesh. The week-long festival from March 9 to 15 features yoga sessions, meditation workshops, spiritual discourses and cultural programmes. | Photo: PTI
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AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal speaks during the party's regional booth conference, in Surat. | Photo: @AamAadmiParty/X via PTI
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National People's Party (NPP) leaders felicitate people newly joining the party during a welcome ceremony, in Imphal. | Photo: PTI
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A woman covers her head with a cloth while crossing Kartavya Path on a hot afternoon, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin greets supporters during the party's 12th State Conference, in Tiruchirappalli district. | Photo: PTI
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A large number of people attend the DMK's 12th State Conference, in Tiruchirappalli district. | Photo: PTI
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A view of Rashtrapati Bhavan at sunset with orange clouds in the sky, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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Bollywood actor Kubbra Sait during a promotional event for the upcoming web series 'Sankalp', in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI