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Row Erupts After BJP MLA’s Remarks Following Son’s SUV Crash In Madhya Pradesh

The incident took place in Shivpuri district when an SUV allegedly driven by Dinesh Lodhi, son of Pichhore MLA Pritam Lodhi, rammed into a motorcycle carrying three men and two women pedestrians.

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| Photo: Suresh K Pandey/OUTLOOK : Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and candidate from the Tiruchirappalli East constituency, Vijay, holds a roadshow ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

Whistle And Wave: Vijay’s TVK Roadshow Sparks Campaign Frenzy In Tamil Nadu

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : The Missing Voters: Hasnara Khatoon (in blue), who lives in Harishchandrapur in Malda, says that despite having all the documents, five members of her family are missing from the list.

‘Silent Purge’ Under SIR: Voter Roll Cuts Across Samserganj, Malda, Muslims Hit Hardest

| Photo: Handout via PTI : Women take part in the 'Jan Aakrosh Mahila Padyatra'.

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| Photo: Dinesh Parab : Boats rest, and workers pause as daily life at Sassoon Dock faces a slowdown.

US-Israel-Iran War Chokes Sassoon Docks As Fuel Crisis Paralyzes Mumbai’s Fishing Trade

| Photo: Suresh K Pandey/OUTLOOK : As the state is gripped by election fervour, a quiet transformation is unfolding in the heart of Chennai, within the Corporation’s fold. Some Sri Lankan Tamil refugees—many of whom have lived here for decades, and some even born on this soil—continue to be denied citizenship. Yet, they are steadily rebuilding their lives with support from civil society groups, the Corporation, and other local authorities.

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| Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/OUTLOOk : Labours returning back to their home after completing their shifts in the factory at Noida Sec 63 to their houses in Chiarsi village nearbye.

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| Photo; PTI : Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta joins women workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staging a protest near the residence of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill on women’s reservation, in New Delhi.

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| Photo: PTI : A woman looks at a sand art carved by Sand artist Rupesh Singh dedicated on 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', commonly known as Women's Reservation Act, at Namo Ghat, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Day In Pics: April 18, 2026

| Photos: Sandipan Chatterjee/OUTLOOK : In Kenda Mari village of Bengal's Nandigram constituency, a huge percentage of Muslim women voters have been deleted, most of whom possess all necessary documents.

Bengal Elections 2026: Nandigram Makes For A High-Voltage Battle Ground As SIR Deletions Court Controversy

| Photo: PTI : Congress candidate from the Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency, Rita Pal Das, campaigns ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Nadia, West Bengal.

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| Photo: PTI : Women cover themselves amid heat on a hot summer day, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

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| Photo: Suresh K. Pandey/Outlook : Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, Tamil Nadu’s Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services, is contesting from the Madurai Central constituency for the third consecutive time.

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| Photo: PTI/Salman Ali : Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leaders Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, NCP(SP) leader Supriya Sule, TMC leader Sagarika Ghose, DMK leader TR Baalu and other leaders during INDIA bloc meeting at Kharge's residence, in New Delhi.

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| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : In the Matua dominant constituency of Gaighata, many have found their names struck off electoral rolls after the SIR

Bengal Elections 2026: SIR-Panic And Citizenship-Anxiety Unsettle Matua Community In Thakurnagar

| Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma : Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan in a group photograph with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, MoS Ramdas Athawale, Congress President and Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge, and others during the tribute paying ceremony to Dr BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversary, observed as ‘Ambedkar Jayanti’, at Prerna Sthal, Samvidhan Sadan, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: April 14, 2026

| Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav : Members of Votadhikar Raksha Mancha stage a protest demanding voting rights for deleted voters ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata.

Disenfranchised Before The Polls? Protest In Kolkata Spotlights Deleted Voters

| Photo: Dinesh Parab/Outlook : Sujat Ambedkar, great-grandson of Dr B. R. Ambedkar, pays tribute at Chaitya Bhoomi on the occasion of his 135th birth anniversary in Mumbai.

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| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook : Replica of Babri Masjid Rejinagar, near Beldanga in Murshidabad district, West Bengal.

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| Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma : People visit the Jallianwala Bagh on the 107th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, in Amritsar, Punjab. Hundreds of people protesting peacefully against the Rowlatt Act were gunned down by British forces without any provocation on this day in 1919.

Day In Pics: April 13, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Police personnel inspect the wreckage of a vehicle during a protest by factory workers demanding a hike in wages, in Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The protest carried incidents of arson, vandalism and stone-pelting reported from Phase-2 and Sector 60 areas, police said.

Noida Workers' Wage Protest Turns Violent As Police Clash, Road Blocked

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook : Deleted Voters are showing their documents at Daulatpur Gram Panchayet Milangarh Malda

West Bengal SIR 2026 Photo Gallery: Cries Of Deleted Voters Struggling To Reclaim Their Democratic Rights

| Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma : Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi flags off the ‘Run for Ambedkar, Run for Constitution’ marathon organised by the AICC, at Mandi House, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: April 12, 2026

| Photo: NASA via PTI : The Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, unseen, splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, USA.

Day In Pics: April 11, 2026

| Photo: @CPR_VP/X via PTI : Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan administers oath to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as a member of the House during a ceremony at the former's chamber at the Parliament House complex, in New Delhi. Union Ministers JP Nadda and Nirmala Sitharaman are also seen.

Day In Pics: April 10, 2026

| Photo: AP/Anupam Nath : A woman shows the indelible ink mark on her index finger after casting her vote at a polling center during the state election in Guwahati.

Dance Of Democracy: Streets Abuzz As People Cast Their Votes In Kerala, Assam And Puducherry

| Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar : A voter gets her finger marked with indelible ink while casting vote during the Puducherry Assembly elections, at a polling station in Puducherry.

Day In Pics: April 09, 2026

| Photo: Yasir Iqbal : People raise slogans as they gather to celebrate in response to the ceasefire agreement between Iran, the United States and Israel, after US President Donald Trump pulled back from his threats to destroy Iranian civilization, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.

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| Photo: Suresh K Pandey/Outlook : Daily-wage labourers in Noida's Khora Colony labour market, waiting to be hired for a day's work.

Empty Hands, Rising Costs: Noida’s Workers Caught In A Crisis Loop

| Photo: AP/Vahid Salemi : Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran.

Day In Pics: April 08, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Nine-judge constitution bench to hear review pleas on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in a case related to the entry of women in the Sabarimala Temple. People are seen waiting to offer prayers at the temple, in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, in this file photo dated Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026.

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Source: PTI : Flames billow as a police bike is set ablaze by factory workers during a protest demanding a hike in wages, in Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, Monday, April 13, 2026. The protest carried incidents of arson, vandalism and stone-pelting reported from Phase-2 and Sector 60 areas, police said.

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