March 27: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra greets party workers on her arrival in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi.
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PTI Photo
Bollywood actor Urmila Matondkar gestures as she joins Congress Party in the presence of party spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi and Mumbai party chief Milind Deora, in New Delhi.

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PTI Photo
Lokpal Chairperson Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose administers oath to Archana Ramasundaram as a new member of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal, during a swearing-in ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi.
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PTI Photo
Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray with his wife Rashmi Thackeray and son, Yuva Sena Chief Aditya Thackeray, offer prayers at Ekvira Aai Mandir, near Lonavala.

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PTI Photo
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram addresses a press conference on party’s minimum income guarantee scheme NYAY (Nyuntam Aay Yojana), at party headquarters in Chennai.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Trinamool Congress candidate for Kolkata North Parliamentary constituency, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, offer prayers at a temple before the start of his election campaign, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, in Kolkata.

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PTI Photo
Hindu devotees perform rituals on the occasion of ‘Sheetala Saptami’ festival, in Ajmer.
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Photo: IANS
Actor Shah Rukh Khan calls on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna in Howrah.

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PTI Photo
Passersby watch the live telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation, on a screen outside Bombay Stock exchange, in Mumbai.
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Ruling by the supreme court granted six weeks’ bail to Nawaz Sharif for medical treatment at a domestic hospital. The court said Sharif -- who has heart-related issues -- will not be allowed to leave the country. 

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Goa Deputy Chief Minister and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) leader Sudin Dhavalikar talks to media persons after he was dropped from Chief Minister and BJP leader Pramod Sawant-led cabinet, in Panaji.
Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
Khurshida, mother of eight children talks about the lynching in Mewat at a media briefing by Sadbhawana Humsafar Astitva,Vanangana Bebaak collective and other groups.

Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
Looking for liberation from all types of fear?: A Muslim woman looks out of a window at the media interaction in New Delhi.
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Kites with the symbols of various political parties on sale ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Kolkata.

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poses for photos with students of a secondary school he inaugurated after a rally of his ruling Justice and Development Party, AKP, in Adiyaman, Turkey, ahead of local elections scheduled for March 31, 2019. 
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
A team of American scientists is heading to the Mount Everest region to study how pollution has impacted the Himalayas and glaciers that are melting due to global warming. 

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AP/PTI
Actor Jussie Smollett, right, stands next to his attorney Patrica Brown Holmes during a news conference at Cook County Court after Smollett’s charges were dropped, in Chicago. 

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