Farmers protest and state election dates released: India this week

From the long protest of farmers to raise several demands to the release of the election dates for the states of Maharashtra and Haryana; a roundup of top photos from across the country.

Updated on: Sep 22, 2019 8:22 PM IST

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Bharatiya Kisan Sangathan members march to raise their demands of loan waiver, higher rate for sugarcane crops and the recently revised power tariff, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The members were marching from Noida to Delhi’s Kisan Ghat over their demands. (Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)

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Children during the first day of their academic year, at Holy Cross High school, at Kurla, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The school is affiliated to the Maharashtra International Education Board (MIEB). (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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Devotees sit in the boot of a Hindustan Ambassador car with an idol of the Hindu deity Vishwakarma as they transport it in the rain for an immersion ceremony in Kolkata, West Bengal. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

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People cross the road during sudden rain, near Barakhamba, in New Delhi. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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Men fish in Dal lake, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam addresses a press conference to announce the cabinet’s decision to ban e-cigarettes, in New Delhi. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

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Elephant Lakshmi being taken to the ITO nursery after it was found by the Delhi forest department, at Vikas Marg, Shakarpur, in New Delhi. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Asiatic lion ‘Ambar' looks on in the open enclosure at the Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Sam Panthaky / AFP)

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An army instructor demonstrates how to catch wild snakes as part of jungle survival training during a joint Royal Thailand Army and Indian army exercise at the Foreign Training Node in Umroi, Meghalaya. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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Vinesh Phogat reacts as she won the bronze match of the women's 53kg category against Maria Prevolaraki of Greece during the Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. (Anvar Ilyasov / AP)

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Commuters wait with their luggage during a strike by United Front of Transport Association (UFTA) against the new amendments of Motor Vehicle (MV) Act, at Paharganj, in New Delhi. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

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Volunteers join a clean-up drive to commemorate ‘International Coastal Cleanup Day’ at Versova beach, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Ragul Krishnan / HT Photo)

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Cars submerged in water after the increase in the water levels, at Danapur area, in Patna, Bihar. (Santosh Kumar / HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 22, 2019 8:22 PM

Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Babul Supriyo leaves after a meeting, at K P Basu hall, Jadavpur University, in Kolkata, West Bengal. Earlier in the morning, he was manhandled by the students in the campus. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 22, 2019 8:22 PM

Reigning junior world champion Deepak Punia (86kg) acknowledges his supporters after defeating Switzerland’s Stefan Reichmuth in the semifinals of World Wrestling Championship 2019, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. (PTI)

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Updated on Sep 22, 2019 8:22 PM

Khasi men fish at a pond during a fishing competition near Weilei village, in Meghalaya. (Diptendu Dutta / AFP)

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People hold placards and raise slogans for climate justice and climate emergency march from Lodhi Garden to Envirionment Ministry, at Lodhi road, in New Delhi. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 22, 2019 8:22 PM

Artisans rest besides unfinished clay idols of Hindu goddess Durga at a studio in Kolkata, West Bengal. The idols are being made for worship venues ahead of Durga Puja festival that begins first week of October. (Bikas Das / AP)

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A painter paints a wall at Ismail Yusuf College as part of the beautification at Western Express Highway,Jogeshwari, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Pramod Thakur / HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 22, 2019 8:22 PM

Two-headed poisonous Russell Viper snake that has been rescued by animal lovers Harish Jadhav and Sandeep Pandit from a footpath and handed over to the War Rescue Foundation, in Kalyan, Maharashtra. (Rishikesh Choudhary / HT Photo)

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An environmental activist from Japan performs an act during a demonstration against governmental inaction towards climate breakdown and environmental pollution, in McLeodganj, Himachal Pradesh. (Lobsang Wangyal / AFP)

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Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar unveils a statue of Mahatma Gandhi with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, in Helsinki, Finland. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto / AP)

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India's captain Virat Kohli plays a shot during the second Twenty20 international cricket match of a three-match series between India and South Africa, at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, in Mohali, Punjab. (Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanges greetings with a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits during an interaction with the Indian community in Houston, Texas, USA. (PTI)

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Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora flanked by Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa (L) and Sunil Chandra during a press conference regarding Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly Elections, at Election Commission, in New Delhi. (Shahbaz Khan / PTI)