Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee leaves after appearing before the Calcutta High Court to argue a case in connection with alleged post-poll violence and attacks on party offices, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
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Police personnel at a protest site against the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 over a suspected paper leak in Madurai. | Photo: PTI
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Kerala Chief Minister-designate VD Satheesan speaks to the media, in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo: PTI
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Rescue workers clear the rubble of a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine. | Photo: AP/Evgeniy Maloletka
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US President Donald Trump, left, stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. | Photo: AP/Mark Schiefelbein
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India's Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as he arrives for a two-day BRICS nations meeting in New Delhi. | Photo: AP/Manish Swarup
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Actor Namashi Chakraborty addresses the press conference of his upcoming film ‘Aakhri Sawal’, in Kolkata, West Bengal. Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty, party leader Locket Chatterjee and actors and casts of the film Tridha Choudhury and Sameera Reddy are also present. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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A private sleeper bus parked, in which a woman returning home from work in the Mangolpuri area was allegedly dragged and gang-raped by the driver and conductor, in New Delhi. The two men have been arrested. | Photo: PTI
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From right, UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs MoS Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, Ethiopia Minister of Foreign Affairs Gedion Timothewos Hessebon, Egypt Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty, Brazil Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, South Africa Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Indonesia Foreign Minister Sugiono and Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong pose for a family photo during the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. | Photo: @mfa_russia/X via PTI
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Police and administration personnel carry out a relief and rescue operation after an explosion at an alleged illegal firecracker factory in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, Thursday, May 14, 2026. Multiple casualties feared in the incident. | Photo: PTI
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis rides a two-wheeler, in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal for austerity, in Mumbai. | Photo: @Dev_Fadnavis/X via PTI
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DMK President MK Stalin during a meeting of the party’s district secretaries, in Chennai. | Photo: PTI
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Injured victims admitted in a hospital after a strong storm and heavy rain caused damage to the pontoon bridge at Rampur Ganga Ghat, in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal takes an e-rickshaw ride, in Bikaner. | Photo: PTI
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma interacts with students during the ‘Gram Vikas Chaupal’, at Panseri village, in Jalore district. | Photo: PTI
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari during the second day of the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected MLAs in the state Legislative Assembly, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
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Ladakh LG Vinai Kumar Saxena during an event, marking the formation of a new district, in Changthang. | Photo: @lg_ladakh/X via PTI
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, right, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during his visit to Kamakhya Temple, in Guwahati. | Photo: @CMOfficeAssam/X via PTI
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A joint anti-encroachment operation being conducted by District Administration and the police against a drug peddler as part of the ongoing crackdown against drug peddlers and illegal encroachments under the anti-drug campaign, at Chingam Frisal area, in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays tribute at the premises of the 8th Battalion of NDRF, in Ghaziabad. | Photo: @AmitShah/X via PTI
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Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha during the inauguration of the 'Shaurya Gatha', in Kupwara. | Photo: @OfficeOfLGJandK/X via PTI
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Police detain the Students' Federation of India (SFI) members as they take out a protest rally against the National Testing Agency (NTA) over the alleged paper leak concerns following the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination, in Chennai. | Photo: PTI
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People take part in the funeral procession of Prateek Yadav, son of late Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, in Lucknow. | Photo: PTI/Nand Kumar
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People block a road after the normal life was paralysed by shutdowns called by the Kuki Zo and Naga communities against the killing of three church leaders and a civilian on Wednesday in Kangpokpi, in Churachandpur, Manipur. | Photo: PTI
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People put salvaged mangoes in baskets at an orchard after a strong storm and heavy rain caused damage, in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Family members of Wilson Thanga, who was killed in Manipur's Noney district on Wednesday evening as suspected militants fired on his vehicle, mourn after his body was deposited at JNIMS mortuary for post-mortem, in Imphal. Photo: PTI
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Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh addresses a programme for distribution of one-time grants to internally displaced college students under the Chief Minister's College Students Rehabilitation Scheme, at Imphal College. | Photo: PTI
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Family members of those who died after a strong storm and heavy rain, wait outside a mortuary of a hospital, in Prayagraj. At least 89 people were killed in the incident. | Photo: PTI
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Members of Association of Students for Alternative Politics (ASAP), student wing of AAP, stage a protest against the National Testing Agency (NTA) over the alleged paper leak concerns following the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination, outside the NTA office, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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View of the Shaurya Gatha auditorium at the newly inaugurated Shaurya Gatha complex near Sadhna Pass in the Shamshabari range along the Line of Control, in Tangdhar area of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
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Music fans line up in Eurovision Village during the 70th Eurovision Song Contest week in Vienna, Austria. | Photo: PTI/Martin Meissner
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. | Photo: Kenny Holston/Pool Photo via AP
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US President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. | Photo: AP/Mark Schiefelbein
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Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to Andrey Rublev during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome. | Photo: AP/Andrew Medichini