India this week: From the Talwars being released to Diwali festivities

From Rajesh and Nupur Talwar's release from prison on Monday to a former widow’s remarriage in Vrindavan and Diwali celebrations pan-India; a roundup of this week's news in photos from across the country.

Updated on: Oct 21, 2017 11:00 AM IST

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Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were released from a jail on Monday, four days after being acquitted by Allahabad High Court for the murder of their teenage-daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in their apartment in Noida in 2008. (Sakib Ali / HT Photo)

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In a departure from tradition, Vinita Devi (centre), a former widow, was married to Rakesh Kumar and the ceremony was solemnized in the presence of 500 widows at the 400 year-old Gopinath temple in Vrindavan on October 16, 2017. Vinita was widowed in 2013, when she lost her husband in the Uttarakhand floods. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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On the occasion of Diwali, Market Yard in Pune was lit up by crackers. (Pratham Gokhale / HT Photo)

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10,000 N95 pollution masks were distributed among Delhi Traffic Police personnel to minimize the impact of toxic air at Traffic Police Headquarters, Pusa in New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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Indian widows light earthen lamps or diyas during Diwali celebrations at Gopinath temple in Vrindavan on October 16. The event was organized by Sulabh International, an NGO. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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People light earthen lamps on the banks of river Saryu during Deepotsav in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. The UP state tourism department in association with the Avadh University and the district administration aimed to set a new world record by lighting more than 171,000 earthen oil lamps on the steps of the Sarayu ghats at Ram Ki Paidi . (Deepak Gupta / HT Photo)

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A Tibetan protestor is whisked away by the police outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi. Nearly two dozen members of the Tibetan Youth Congress on Wednesday protested against a second five-year term for Chinese President Xi Jinping as the 19th Communist Party Congress opened in Beijing. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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The idol of Goddess Kali being carried to a pandal from a workshop in Kolkata on Tuesday ahead of Kali puja. (Swapan Mahapatra / PTI)

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Indian amateur wrestlers participate in a friendly wrestling competition on a make-shift ring at the junction of a busy road, Rajakatra, Burrabazar, as part of Diwali festivities in Kolkata on October 18. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

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An Indian fruit vendor loads bananas on to a truck at the Daranggiri banana market in the Goalpara district, Assam. The banana market is the largest one in Asia and supplies bananas to the states of Bengal and Bihar, as well as to Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. (Biju Boro / AFP)

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Vehicles are seen during a traffic jam at Yamuna bridge in Allahabad on October 17. (Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)

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Smoke billows out from Jeevan Sudha building, an LIC office beside Maidan metro station after a fire broke out in Kolkata on Thursday. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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Delhi woke up to the sight of dense smog the morning after Diwali, even though this was the least polluting Diwali in three years. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand on Friday having spent Diwali with BSF Jawans a day earlier in Gurez valley. (PTI)