Women celebrate after casting their votes at the world's highest polling station located at an altitude of 15,256 feet in Tashigang, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.(Arun Sharma / PTI)
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Polling officials are seen at a polling station as a man casts his vote in Faridkot, Punjab.(Adnan Abidi / Reuters)
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Indian Army personnel stand in a queue to cast their votes in Chandigarh.(ANI)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
