May 3: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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DMRC MD Mangu Singh (2nd L) presents a memento to former President Pranab Mukherjee during Delhi Metro’s 24th Foundation Day celebrations in New Delhi.
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More than 60 winners of the National Film Awards decided to skip the function in protest agains a last minute announcement that President Ram Nath Kovind would be presenting only 11 awards, a departure from tradition. 

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Bodo tribal people stage a protest by blocking National Highway as they press for the creation of a separate state of Bodoland, in Assam’s Chirang district.
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Journalists pay tribute to media personnel who lost their lives in Kabul’s double suicide bombing in Kolkata.

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The pre-panchayat poll violence in the state of West Bengal, after submitting a memorandum regarding this to President Ramnath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama addresses during the 2nd dialogue between Russian scientists and Buddhist scholars on “Understanding the World” at Tsug la Khang Temple, McLeod Ganj in Dharamshala.

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Smoke out of the Ahmedabad office of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) where a fire broke out on Thursday afternoon.
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Medical students pay respect to cadavers used for their studies at Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. 

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Fishermen carry out repair works at Kasimedu fishing harbour during a 61-day annual ban on deep sea fishing, in Chennai.
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A woman carries a calf on her shoulders as she walks through a street on a hot sunny day, in Ajmer.

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A tree, uprooted in the Wednesday night’s massive storm, blocks a road near Agra on Thursday. At least 95 people have been killed as a massive storm swept across parts of north India, including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand last night.
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Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar takes a selfie with fans as he arrives to inaugurate the Centre of Excellency at HPCA Stadium Dharamshala.

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Players of the Indian Wheelchair Cricket team during a press conference ahead of the team’s tour to Bangladesh for upcoming India-Bangladesh wheelchair cricket series 2018 in New Delhi
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A tourist poses for a photo with three monkeys climb on her during a hot, summer day at Galta temple in Jaipur.

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