January 29: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
Former Prime Minister Dr. ManmohanSingh with DPCC chief Shiela Dikshit arrive o witness Beating The Retreat 2019 at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi.
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Photo IANS
Congress President Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the Goa Assembly on the first day of its three-day budget session, in Porvorim.

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NH Photo
People climbed up on trees to have a glims of Congress Presdent Rahul Gandhi arrival.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with school and college students, during ‘Pariksha Par Charcha 2.0’, in New Delhi.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
DPCC President Sheila Dikshit addresses a press conference as Working President Haroon Yusuf looks on, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh during a cabinet meeting, in Chandigarh.

Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju (centre) with Ranjita Elangbam(left), wife of jailed Manipur journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem during a press conference on human rights law network, in New Delhi.
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Pakistani human rights activists Tahira Abdullah gives the victory sign after the Supreme Court’s decision in favor of Aasia Bibi who was facing blasphemy charges, in Islamabad, Pakistan. 

Photo IANS
Photo IANS
Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar at the state assembly on the first day of its three-day budget session, in Porvorim.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) activists detained by police while trying to block NH 37 near Basistha during a protest against the recent attack on AASU members at Ghagrapar by alleged BJP activists, in Guwahati.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Models walk the ramp during ‘Artisan Speak’ event, a national conclave on technical textiles organised by the Ministry of Textiles at Elephanta Caves, in Mumbai.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
file photo the then defence minister George Fernandes seen inside the cockpit of an MiG-21 after completing a sortie, at Ambala Air Force Station. Veteran socialist George Fernandes, who was the defence minister in the NDA government headed by the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, passed away Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019, following a prolonged illness. Fernandes was 88. 

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Men work to remove rubble from a car after a home collapsed on it during a tornado in Regla, Cuba. A tornado and pounding rains smashed into the eastern part of Cuba’s capital overnight, toppling trees, bending power poles and flinging shards of metal roofing through the air as the storm cut a path of destruction across eastern Havana.
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Relatives of police cadet Andres Felipe Carvajal, killed by a car bomb last week, cry during his funeral service in Bogota, Colombia. 

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Chicago’s El train moves along the snow-covered track, in Chicago. The plunging temperatures expected later this week that have forecasters especially concerned. Wind chills could dip to negative 55 degrees in northern Illinois, which the National Weather Service calls “possibly life threatening.” 
NASA
NASA
The last selfie by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at the “Rock Hall” drill site, located on Vera Rubin Ridge on the Red Planet.

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Security forces and emergency services attend the scene of a blast in the capital Mogadishu. The blast took place inside a petrol station located near to the Ministry of Petroleum. 
IANS
IANS
A mini train at Elephanta Caves in Mumbai.

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