October 29: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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PTI
Assam Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi administers the oath of office to Karnataka High Court Judge Justice Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna as the Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court during a swearing-in ceremony, at Raj Bhawan in Guwahati.
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PTI
Mahant Dharam Dass of Nirwani Akhara addresses the media at Supreme Court in New Delhi. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said an ‘appropriate bench’ will decide in January next year the future course of hearing on the appeals filed against the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case.

PTI
PTI
Sunni Waqf Board’s lawyer Shakeel Ahmed Sayeed leaves after a hearing at Supreme Court, in New Delhi. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said an ‘appropriate bench’ will decide in January next year the future course of hearing on the appeals filed against the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case.
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NH photo
A train on the Pink line of the metro arrives at Anand Vihar metro station during a media preview of the Trilokpuri, Sanjay Lake- Shiv Vihar section, in New Delhi.

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PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the business leaders during the India-Japan Business Leaders Forum, in Tokyo.
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Sri Lanka’s newly appointed prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, center, hands over inaugural documents to an official during his duties assuming ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

PTI
PTI
Workers construct a pontoon bridge over River Ganga ahead of Kumbh 2019, in Allahabad.
Photo by Vipin
Photo by Vipin
Delhi’s air quality continued to remain in the very poor category today as a thick haze engulfed the city which is battling alarming levels of pollution.

IANS 
IANS 
Japanese sumo wrestlers
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A woman looks at the tributes outside Leicester City Football Club, Leicester, England, after a helicopter crashed in flames Saturday. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the Thai billionaire owner of Premier League team Leicester City was among five people who died after his helicopter crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from the soccer field, the club said Sunday. 

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AP/PTI
Shiite pilgrims gathering between the holy shrine of Imam Hussein, top, and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas, bottom, in Karbala, Iraq. Millions of Shia Muslims from around the world are making the journey to the holy shrines of their saints Hussein and Abbas in Karbala, Iraq, in a pilgrimage that is as much about camaraderie as religion. 
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AP/PTI
President Donald Trump holds up part of a child’s halloween costume as he and first lady Melania Trump give candy to children during a Halloween trick-or-treat event at the White House.

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AP/PTI
An Afghan security personnel inspects the site of suicide attack near the election commission office in Kabul, Afghanistan. The bomber exploded his vehicle early Monday morning outside the heavily fortified office of the Independent Election Commission after police suspected his intentions and opened fire, says Basir Mujahid, Kabul police chief spokesman. 
PTI
PTI
Indian batsman Virat Kohli and former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar before the 4th ODI cricket match between India and West Indies at Brabourne Stadium, in Mumbai.

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