From Republic Day 2018 to Padmaavat protests: India this week in pictures

From Republic Day 2018 parades and celebrations across the country to violence leading up to the release of the film, 'Padmaavat' -- a round up of the week across India in pictures.

Updated on: Jan 28, 2018 3:04 PM IST

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BSF motor cycle team contingent passes through the saluting base at Rajpath during the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on Friday. (Ajay Aggarwal / HT Photo)

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An all-woman contingent of the BSF performs stunts during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Friday. (Ajay Aggarwal / HT Photo)

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Ranvir Singh, a conductor with Haryana Roadways seen in a bus which was set on fire on Wednesday, near village Bhondsi in Gurgaon by activists of Karni Sena while protesting against the release of film ‘Padmaavat.’ (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

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An Army contingent passes through the saluting base at Rajpath during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Mohd Zakir/HT Photo)

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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan poses for a photo at Davos in Switzerland where he received the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award on Monday. (PTI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his speech at the plenary session of the World Economic Forum, in Davos on Tuesday. (PTI)

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Relatives mourn next to the body of a victim, who was killed in Saturday’s fire at a warehouse in New Delhi. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)

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People rest up at Majestic Bus Stand during a Karnataka Bandh in Bengaluru on Thursday. Pro-Kannada organisations called a day-long statewide bandh on the issue of Mahadayi water sharing between the states of Karnataka and Goa. (PTI)

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A view of snow covered roofs after the first snowfall of the year at Sanjauli, Shimla on Wednesday. (Deepak Sansta / HT Photo)

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William Dalrymple speaks on the first day of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) 2018 at Diggi Palace, Rajasthan on Thursday. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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A demonstrator holds his fist in the air as members of Communist Party of India (CPI) along with Trade Unions protest demanding a standardization of minimum monthly wages of 18000 INR (USD $283) to working labourers in Chennai on Thursday. (Arun Sankar / AFP)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads into a meeting with Singapore's Prime Minister on the sidelines of India-ASEAN commemorative summit at Hyderabad house in New Delhi on Thursday. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

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Disqualified MLA Alka Lamba along with other AAP party workers participate in a protest march at Chawri Bazar, keeping with the call for a Delhi Bandh made by Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) to protest against sealing drive by MCD, in Old Delhi, on Tuesday. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

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Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen (L) interacts with an official after arriving at Air Force Station Palam for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) commemorative summit, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

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A shopkeeper looks out from his half-shuttered shop at Khari Baoli market during the traders' day-long bandh called over the ongoing sealing of business establishments across the city, on Tuesday. (PTI)

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal greets Delhi police personnel with a salute at Chhatrasal Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

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A fisherman and his wife attempt to lure in a catch in the waters of Vembanad Lake in Kochi on Wednesday. (Sivaram V / REUTERS)

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People react as they mourn the death of relatives after a major fire broke at a three-storey factory in north Delhi's Bawana Industrial Area on Saturday. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the inauguration of a Thai temple in Bodhgaya on Thursday. (PTI)

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Karni Sena chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi addresses a press conference at Rajput Sabha Bhawan on Wednesday over the release of film 'Padmaavat', in Jaipur. (PTI)

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Traffic jam seen at South Extension due to the Republic Day celebration rehearsals in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Burhaan Kinu/HT Photo)

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Nizamuddin Dargah embraces yellow to celebrate Sufi Basant, in New Delhi on Sunday. Special qawwali programmes were organised on the day and spring songs were dedicated to Hazrat Nizamuddin. (Burhaan Kinu/HT Photo)

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A monkey sips juice from a carton near the shrine of Vaishno Devi, in Katra on Sunday. (PTI)

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Participants seen during the Half Marathon at Bandra Worli sealink in Mumbai on Sunday. (Vijayanand Gupta/HT Photo)

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Silhouetted house boats and chinar trees are reflected on the waters of Dal lake in Srinagar on Wednesday. (Waseem Andrani / HT Photo)

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A shopkeeper waits for customers in a boat after the opening of the floating market in Kolkata on Wednesday. A market modelled on a floating market in the Thai capital Bangkok has opened in Kolkata, employing over 200 stall owners affected by the widening of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

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A villager looks at his charred motorcycle after heavy shelling by Pakistani forces, at the border village of Jora Farm in Jammu on Sunday. (PTI)

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Weapons of Indian Navy soldiers seen at Rajpath during a rehearsal by for the Republic Day parade on Sunday. (PTI )

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A reader leafs through a book at a store at Dal in Srinagar on Sunday. Gulshan Books, with collection of 80,000 books, was recently included in Limca Book of Records for being the only library in the country to be setup on a lake. (PTI)

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Devotees play with colours at the Banke Bihari Temple to mark the beginning of a 40-day long Holi Mahotsav in Mathura on Monday. (PTI)