REGION IN PICS

REGION IN PICS

A security perssonal stands near electronic voting machines during distribution ahead of the fifth phase of state assembly elections in Jammu on Friday Nitin Kanotra/HT

Members of Sikh unity forum addressing a press conference in Jammu on Friday. Nitin Kanotra/HT

Bollywood actress Rati Agnihotri with her sister Anita Agnihotri paying obeisance at Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday. Sameer Sehgal/HT

Tibetan government in exile holding prayer service to mourn and express solidarity with the latest self-immolator Sangay Khar and his family at the main Tibetan temple in Mcleodgang near Dharamsala on Friday. Shyam Sharma/HT

Tibetan government in exile holding prayer service to mourn and express solidarity with the latest self-immolator Sangay Khar and his family at the main Tibetan temple in Mcleodgang near Dharamsala on Friday. Shyam Sharma/HT

Kashmiri Shiite boys wear symbolic shroud and hold placards during a protest against the Taliban in Srinagar on Friday. Waseem Andrabi/HT

Teachers of private aided colleges of Punjab holding a protest rally against the Punjab government in Amritsar on Thursday.Sameer Sehgal/HT