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TMC supporters shout slogans during a BJP roadshow for filing of nomination papers, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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An oil painting titled 'Yashoda and Krishna' by Raja Ravi Varma, which fetched Rs 167.20 crore at Saffronart's Spring Live Auction, in Mumbai. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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DMK Deputy General Secretary and MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, left, greets the gathering during an election campaign in support of party candidate for Manamadurai constituency, A. Tamilarasi Ravikumar, right, ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, in Sivaganga district. | Photo: @KanimozhiDMK/X via PTI
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All India Trinamool Congress General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee addresses a public rally in support of party candidate for Taldangra constituency, Falguni Singhababu, unseen, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly Election, in Bankura district. | Photo: PTI
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Supporters gather at a public rally addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, unseen, in support of State Minister and Asom Gana Parishad's (AGP) candidate from Kaliabor constituency Keshab Mahanta ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, in Nagaon district. | Photo: PTI
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Adani Group Chairperson Gautam Adani, with his family, poses for photographs at 'Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Mandir' on the occassion of 'Hanuman Jayanti' festival, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: @gautam_adani/X via PTI
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People offer prayers to Lord Hanuman on the occasion of the 'Hanuman Jayanti' festival, at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, centre, during a roadshow for filing of nomination papers by BJP candidates Swapan Dasgupta, right, from Rashbehari, Shatorupa, left, from Ballygunge Assembly constituencies, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and others, during a public meeting, in Assam. | Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh greets upon his arrival at a ceremony honouring war veterans and their families, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. | Photo: PTI
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All India Mahila Congress President Alka Lamba, front, greets the gathering during an election campaign in support of Congress candidate for Dispur constituency, Mira Borthakur Goswami, back centre, ahead of Assam Assembly Election, in Guwahati. | Photo: PTI
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People offer prayers to Lord Hanuman on the occasion of the 'Hanuman Jayanti' festival, at 'Shri Bade Hanuman Ji Temple', in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay files his nomination papers for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election from Tiruchirappalli (East) constituency, at the Returning Officer's office, in Tiruchirappalli district. | Photo: PTI
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Mudaliar community organization decides to field 500 people in Erode East constituency. | Photo: PTI
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Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, left, being greeted upon his arrival, in New Delhi. | Photo: @MEAIndia/X via PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addresses the 'Karmayogi Sadhana Saptah', a week-long capacity-building initiative under Mission Karmayogi. | Photo: @NarendraModi/YT via PTI
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Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister and DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin files his nomination papers for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election from the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency, at the Returning Officer's office, in Chennai. | Photo: PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, being felicitated by Andhra Pradesh HRD Minister Nara Lokesh during a meeting. | Photo: @naralokesh/X via PTI
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'Veerakumars' holding swords, perform rituals during the 'Bengaluru Karaga' festival, at Shri Dharmaraya Swamy Temple, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. | Photo: AP/Shailendra Bhojak
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Mourners gather during a funeral procession for Alireza Tangsiri, head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, and others killed in Israeli strikes in late March, in Tehran, Iran. | Photo: AP/Vahid Salemi
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People stand near a fire during "biur chametz," a Jewish ritual where leavened food items are burned on the morning ahead of Passover in New York. | Photo: AP/Ryan Murph
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Workers in combines harvest soybeans in Sao Pedro do Turvo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. | Photo: AP/Andre Penner
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The NASA Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft launches at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Photo: AP/Chris O'Meara
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Families celebrate the Passover Eve dinner at a festive table in an underground shelter, in Ramat Gan, Israel. | Photo: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg
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An aerial view shows the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Carson, California. | Photo: AP/Jae C. Hong
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Motorists wait in line to fill their tanks at a Costco gas station, in Los Angeles. | Photo: AP/Jae C. Hong
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US President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington. | Photo: AP/Alex Brandon, Pool
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People gather as NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off on the Artemis II mission from the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Photo: @nasahqphoto/X via PTI
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BJP candidate for Bhabanipur and Nandigram Assembly constituencies, Suvendu Adhikari, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, files his nomination ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo: @AmitShah/X via PTI
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Tribal artists perform during a religious procession on the ‘Hanuman Jayanti’ festival, in Dehradun. | Photo: PTI
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Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister and DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin holds a roadshow ahead of the state Assembly elections, at Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency, in Chennai. | Photo: PTI
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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting for Tamil Nadu, in New Delhi. | Photo: AICC via PTI
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LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting for Tamil Nadu, in New Delhi. | Photo: AICC via PTI
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Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu with his wife Nara Bhuvaneshwari offers prayers at Undavalli after the Parliament passed a bill seeking to recognise Amaravati as the sole and new capital of the state. | Photo: @AndhraPradeshCM/X via PTI
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan addresses a public meeting ahead of the state Assembly elections, in Kozhikode, | Photo: PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russia First Deputy Chairman Denis Manturov during a meeting, in New Delhi. | Photo: @RusEmbIndia/X via PTI
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Devotees take part in a religious procession during the ‘Painkuni’ festival, at Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo: PTI
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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during a public rally for the Kerala Assembly elections, in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo: PTI
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Union Minister Chirag Paswan during an event marking the Baba Veer Chuharmal Jayanti celebrations, in Mokama, Bihar. | Photo: PTI
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Devotees make their way through a runway at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport for the holy 'Painkuni Arattu' festival of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. | Photo: PTI
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A devotee raises a lit flambeau during the old torch festival in Kashmir, known as Zool or Frow, on Aishmuqam hills, near the Shrine of Hazrat Zain-ud-Din Wali, in Anantnag. | Photo: PTI/S Irfan
