From Dussehra to Mumbai Elphinstone Road stampede: India this week in pictures

From the tragic Elphinstone Road stampede, which killed at least 22 people in Mumbai to Durga Puja and Dussehra celebrations in India; a roundup of this week's news in photos from across the country.

Updated on: Sep 30, 2017 1:07 PM IST

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Men haul the ten painted faces of a Ravana effigy at Lokmanya Nagar during its assembly in Pune, Maharashtra, on September 28, 2017. Effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkaran and Meghnad will be burnt on Dussehra symbolising the victory of good over evil. (Pratham Gokhale / HT Photo)

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Barisha Club Durga Puja Pandal in Behala, South Kolkata had an interesting take on locks and keys, visible throughout the Durga Puja pandal on September 23, 2017. Elaborate pandals and festive gaiety was witnessed across the country. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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A worker removes paper rolls after filling them with gunpowder mixture to make firecrackers ahead of Dussehra and Diwali, at a factory on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat on September 27, 2017. (Amit Dave / REUTERS)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi reflects during the BJP national executive meeting at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, India on September 25, 2017. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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A rush hour stampede during a sudden monsoon downpour killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 30 on Friday at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road station. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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Father Tom Uzhunnalil (R), a Vatican priest from Kerala who was kidnapped by ISIS in Yemen last year returned to India after being rescued earlier this month. He is seen meeting Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj at Jawahar Lal Nehru Bhawan in New Delhi, India on September 28, 2017. (Sushil Kumar / HT Photo)

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A dance group performs the epic of Mahabharata in an Indian contemporary form at the Purana Qila Dance Festival organised by Sahitya Kala Parishad, in New Delhi, India on September 26, 2017. (Arun Sharma / HT Photo)

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US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis (L) speaking with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on September 26, 2017. The Pentagon chief arrived September 25 for a 48-hour trip -- the first to India by any member of President Donald Trump's cabinet. (PIB / AFP)

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Men beat their chests during a Shiite Muslim procession held ahead of Ashura on the fifth day of Muharram in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on September 26, 2017. Ashura, one of the most important days of the year for Shiite Muslims, falls on the 10th day of Muharram, which is the mourning period for the seventh-century killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)

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Indian Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh (R) celebrates with former Indian cricketers Kapil Dev (L) and Madan Lal (C) during the announcement of the upcoming sports drama Hindi film '1983 World Cup' in Mumbai, Maharashtra on September 27, 2017. (AFP)

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A protest by women students against an incident of molestation on the Banaras Hindu University campus in Varanasi turned violent. The university called in the police, who lathi-charged the students. In the aftermath of the protest, the university was shut four days early for Dusshera holidays, FIRs were registered against 1,000 students and protests spilled across party lines till Delhi. (PTI)

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Thousands of Devotees in form an image holding candles of the deity Amba during a ‘Maha Aarti’ on Maha Ashtami of the Navratri period in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on September 29, 2017. (PTI)