October 20: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Tree makes its own way in New Delhi’s concrete jungle.
PTI
PTI
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh with Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, Raveen thakural media adviser (black t-shirt) visit a victim of the train accident at Jodh Phatak, at Civil Hospital in Amritsar. A speeding train ran over revellers watching fireworks during the Dussehra festival yesterday, killing at least 60 people. 

PTI
PTI
Mass funeral of victims of rail accident in Amritsar. Officials said at least 60 bodies have been found and many more injured have been admitted to a government hospital after the accident near the site of Dussehra festivities. 
PTI
PTI
Former prime minsiter and JDS National President HD Devegowda with former chief minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy during a joint press conference for upcoming byelection, in Bengaluru.

PTI
PTI
People gather for the announcement of the results of recently held Urban Local Body (ULB) elections, in Jammu.
PTI
PTI
Polling staff counts the votes of urban local body elections of Jammu and Kashmir for 52 civic bodies, at a Counting Centre in Srinagar.

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AP/PTI
A man and women from the minority Sikh community register to vote in Parliamentary elections in old city of Kabul, Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of Afghan forces fanned out across the country as voting began Saturday in the elections that followed a campaign marred by relentless violence. 
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AP/PTI
Defense Ministers pose for a group photo at the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting-PLUS in Singapore.

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AP/PTI
Abeer Shalgheen and her four children after being freed by the Islamic State group that kidnapped them on July 25 during a raid by the extremists on the southern province of Sweida, Syria. The Islamic State group early Saturday released two women and four children they had been holding since July in the first part of an exchange with the Syrian government that will set free dozens of women related to members of the extremist group, opposition activists said. 
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PTI
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and others pay floral tributes to former chief minister of UP and Uttarakhand ND Tiwari, at Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow.

IANS
IANS
Models present creations of Portuguese designer Micaela Oliveira during the 43rd Portugal Fashion Week in Porto, Portugal.
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IANS
Heaps of paddy at Anaj Mandi in Mathura.

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PTI
Devotees carry an idol of God Durga for immersion at Kuakhai river following Dussehra festival celebrations, in Bhubaneswar, Saturday, Oct 20, 2018.
Photo by Vipin
Photo by Vipin
Debris along the Yamuna ghat after immersion of Durga Puja idols near ISBT Kashmere Gate in Delhi.

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