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May 9: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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PTI Photo
Congress President Rahul Gandhi is garlanded by party workers during an election campaign in support of party’s candidate from Sirsa constituency Ashok Tanwar in Lok Sabha polls.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
BJP senior leader L K Advani, TMC leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy and Secretary-General of Lok Sabha, Snehlata Shrivastava after paying floral tribute to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 158th birth anivarsary at Parliament house, in New Delhi. 

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PTI Photo
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav speaks to the media persons before leaving for an election campaign ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, in Patna.
Photo: IANS/DPRO
Photo: IANS/DPRO
The level of operations intensified on the second day of Indo-French naval Exercise ‘Varuna’ which is being held off the Goa coast, with participation of increased number of fighter aircrafts, helicopters and coordinated exercises between the ships.

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida address the audience at the royal ploughing ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, The annual event marks the beginning of the growing season in Thailand for rice. 
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the police inspecting a large cache of weapons seized at a home in the affluent Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles .

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft hold a rally at a park near Los Angeles International Airport,in Los Angeles. Some drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft turned off their apps to protest what they say are declining wages as both companies rake in billions of dollars from investors.
Xinhua/IANS
Xinhua/IANS
The site of an attack in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Eleven people, including six assailants, were killed and 24 civilians wounded after Taliban suicide bombers attacked a U.S.-funded aid agency in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Wednesday. 

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Charred remains of a burnt shop after the fire was extinguished, in Uruli Devachi village near Pune. At least five people were killed in the incident.
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PTI Photo
Pilgrims arrive to offer prayers as the portals of Kedarnath temple open today, in Kedarnath.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
A mass thread ceremony known as ‘Upanayanam’ was organised by Brahmin Mahasabha on the occasion of Shankara Jayanti, held at Chikmagalur, in Karnataka. 
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PTI Photo
Members of the Indian Youth Congress organised a hawan to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on Rajiv Gandhi, in New Delhi.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Fishing boats anchored at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour during the annual 61-day fishing ban along the Tamil Nadu coast that came into effect from Monday in view of the breeding season, in Chennai.
Photo: IANS)
Photo: IANS)
Students and teachers of Visva Bharati University participate in the birth anniversary celebrations of Rabindranath Tagore, in West Bengal’s Birbhum.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
A view of the snow-covered mountains in the upper reaches of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla distric. 
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Boys take a dive in water to beat the heat on a hot sunny day, in Chennai .

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Bollywood actor Swara Bhaskar campaigns in support of Aam Aadmi Party’s South Delhi candidate Raghav Chadha ahead of the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls, in New Delhi.

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