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BJP candidate Swapan Dasgupta campaigns for the Rashbehari Assembly constituency at a local market ahead of the state Assembly elections, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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People gather to perform rituals near the Ganga river on the first day of the 'Navaratri' festival, in Prayagraj. | Photo: PTI
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav pays tributes to former state Assembly Speaker Kunji Lal Dubey to celebrate his birth anniversary, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis offers prayers during celebrations of the 'Gudhi Padwa' festival, in Nagpur. | Photo: @CMOMaharashtra/X via PTI
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Chairman of the Tata Group Natarajan Chandrasekaran, third right, with British High Commissioner to India Lindy Cameron, third left, and others, poses after receiving the insignia of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE), in New Delhi. | Photo: British High Commission via PTI
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A woman dressed in traditional attire takes part in a bike procession on the occasion of the 'Gudhi Padwa' festival, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
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People dressed in traditional attire take part in a procession on the occasion of the 'Gudhi Padwa' festival, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
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Priests perform the Ganga Aarti at Assi Ghat on the occassion of Hindu New Year and first day of the 'Navaratri' festival, in Varanasi. | Photo: PTI
