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Police and security personnel stand guard outside Sagar Ratna restaurant, ahead of the INDIA bloc's march to Rashtrapati Bhavan to seek President Droupadi Murmu's intervention over its demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, at Janpath, in New Delhi. More than 20,000 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed across central Delhi, where the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) too has announced another protest on Saturday, this time against Kumar. | Photo: PTI/Rushikesh More
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In this image received on Oct. 9, 2026, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi (2nd left) along with party leaders releases the Bharatiya Janata Party's 'Sankalp Patra' for the upcoming Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation elections, in Gandhinagar. The manifesto outlines a roadmap for the capital city's development focusing on modern infrastructure, civic amenities, cleanliness, and overall growth. | Photo: CMO via PTI
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A view of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party headquarters building during the vote counting for the Maduranthagam and Dharapuram Assembly bypolls, in Chennai. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
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A postal official sorts and organizes sheets of postage stamps at a counter in the General Post Office (GPO) on World Post Day, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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BJP supporters celebrate amid the counting of votes for the Rejinagar Assembly by-election, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal. BJP candidates on Friday widened their leads in Nandigram and Rejinagar seats of West Bengal, where counting of votes was underway for the assembly by-elections, according to EC trends. | Photo: PTI
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Students pose for a photograph around a giant rangoli portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 'Seva Ke Rang Rashtra Ke Sang' event to commemorate his 25 years in public service, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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In this image received on Oct. 9, 2026, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren carries ritual leaf offerings near a memorial poster of his late mother Rupi Soren while performing traditional post-funeral ceremonies at his ancestral Nemra village, in Ramgarh district. | Photo: CMO via PTI
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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) National President Mayawati pays tribute to party founder Kanshi Ram on his death anniversary, in Lucknow. BSP National Coordinator Akash Anand and other party leaders are also seen. | Photo: PTI/Nand Kumar
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Security personnel stand guard outside amid the counting of votes for the Rejinagar Assembly by-election, at a polling centre, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
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A worker adjusts execution noose props beneath portraits and biographical panels honoring Indian freedom fighters at a community Durga Puja pandal, in Kolkata, West Bengal. The pandal theme brings to life key chapters of the Indian independence movement spanning from 1902 to 1945. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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Advocates take out a symbolic funeral procession during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, at District Court, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Members of the All J&K Sikh Sangat during a protest demanding the inclusion of Punjabi as an official language of Jammu and Kashmir, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
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In this image posted on Oct. 9, 2026, Janata Dal (United) National President Nitish Kumar greets party workers and members of the public during an interaction at his official residence, in Patna, Bihar. Bihar JD(U) State President Umesh Singh Kushwaha and state minister Shravan Kumar were among key leaders present as Nitish Kumar addressed public grievances and gave organizational directions. | Photo: @Jduonline/X via PTI
