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Forensic officials inspect the site after a massive explosion on Monday at a firecracker factory, in Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh. Officials said eleven people, including eight children, were killed and five injured in the incident. | Photo: PTI
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Damaged remains of a car recovered during a rescue operation after it was swept away by strong rainwater near Kandoli Bridge on Poundha Road in the Lower Kandoli area under Prem Nagar Police Station, in Dehradun. | Photo: PTI
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People duck on a wooden boat as they move on a partially submerged area after heavy rains, near Assi Ghat in Varanasi. | Photo: PTI
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People offer prayers at a temple to observe the 'Nagpanchami' festival, in Ahmedabad. While most of India observes the festival during Shukla Paksha (bright half) in August, Gujarat follows the Amanta lunar calendar, placing the festival on Krishna Paksha Panchami i.e. on 1 Sep. | Photo: PTI
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A view of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. | Photo: AP/PTI
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SDRF personnel conduct a rescue operation after debris swept into a house following rainfall, at Udyuda village, in Almora, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
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Trainers say goodbye to beluga whale "Tofino," the last whale in captivity in Canada, before being transported by a group of experts from Marineland and several U.S. aquariums onto a truck via a sling before being moved to an aquarium in the U.S., in the final transfer of whales out of the closed park, in Niagara Falls, Ont. | Photo: AP/PTI
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An artist paints on an idol of Lord Krishna ahead of the ‘Janmashtami’ festival, in Nadia. | Photo: PTI
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All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) members and supporters attend the open session of the 22nd Tripura State Conference, in Agartala. | Photo: PTI
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Firecracker factory owner Naushad, the main accused in the blast that killed 11 people, including eight children, being escorted by police after his arrest following an encounter, in Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh. Naushad sustained a bullet injury in the exchange of fire and was admitted to the district hospital. | Photo: PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State Meeting, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. | Photo: @MEAIndia/X via PTI
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay arrives in Salem district to release water from the Mettur Dam for irrigation in the Cauvery Delta districts. | Photo: @CMOTamilnadu/X via PTI
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Traders stage a protest against the sealing action by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) for commercial activities in residential areas, in Bhopal. | Photo: PTI
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Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi (MJK) President and Chidambaram MLA M Thamimun Ansari arrives at the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly wearing a t-shirt bearing the message ban NEET and holds a placard marking the ninth death anniversary of S Anitha, in Chennai. Anitha, who had sought exemption for Tamil Nadu from NEET, died by suicide on September 1, 2017, after allegedly failing to secure a medical seat. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
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A man offers prayers at a temple inundated with water after the water level of Ganga river rises following rain, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari being presented memento during the inauguration of Consumer Rights Protection Week at Hogg market, in Kolkata. State Cabinet Minister Indranil Khan, left, is also present. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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Elderly women attend the inauguration of first anniversary celebration of Senior Citizens' Commission, in Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam. | Photo: PTI
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People gather near the mortal remains after three members of a family died in a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall, while another sustained injuries, at Mathgharia area, in Guwahati, Assam. The landslide occurred while the family was sleeping at home. | Photo: PTI
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Jammu and Kashmir Casual Daily Wagers Forum members stage a protest demanding regularisation of their services, in Srinagar. | Photo: PTI
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Congress MLAs and senior party leaders gather outside the Haldwani Kotwali seeking an update on the FIR registered against Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi after the complaint of a member of the Valmiki community, who alleged that the Congress leader gave a casteist spin to a religious ritual, in Haldwani. | Photo: PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs for Delhi after the concluding his visit to Kyrgyzstan. | Photo: @pmoindia/Yt via PTI
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A rickshaw puller wades through a waterlogged road after rain, in Guwahati. | Photo: PTI
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev talk to each other at official reception at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. | Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP
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MBBS and BDS interns hold placards and stage a protest outside Government Medical College hospital (GMCH) to increase their monthly stipends, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
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Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahato during the eight day of 'Bharti Vyavastha Sudhar Yatra', aiming to highlight issues related to irregularities in the state recruitment examination system, at Baliapur in Dhanbad district. | Photo: PTI
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Police stop traders during a protest against the sealing action by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) for commercial activities in residential areas, in Bhopal. | Photo: PTI
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay during the opening ceremony of the sluices of the Stanley Reservoir, marking the release of Cauvery water, in Mettur. | Photo: @CMOTamilnadu/X via PTI
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, in Bishkek. | Photo: @DrSJaishankar/X via PTI
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Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja, right, during the ‘Delhi Chalo’ rally under the central slogan ‘Badalaav Zaroori Hai’, at Ramlila Maidan, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Tikait faction leader Rakesh Tikait along with farmers holds a plow during a 'mahapanchayat' at the Commissionerate intersection to press for their pending demands, in Meerut. | Photo: PTI
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Jammu Municipal Corporation and an NGO launched citywide Dogri signage initiative by putting up big signboards in crossways, public places and railway station and airport to promote Dogri culture and language, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Saurav Das and party leader Ratna Singh celebrate with supporters outside the Supreme Court after a hearing on the quashing of FIRs registered against students who participated in nationwide NEET protests, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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A man rows a makeshift boat to navigate through a waterlogged road following heavy rainfall at Bhutbagan of Kona area, in Howrah district, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
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Congress supporters stage a protest against the FIR registered against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the purification ceremony which insulted Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
