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REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

October 07, 2016 10:19 IST

Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.

BJP President Amit Shah and Union Minister Babul Supriyo beat the drum during the inauguration of the Durga Puja pandal at Safdarjung Enclave in New Delhi on Thursday. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo


Fashion Gurukul Mrs India Home Makers 2017 winner Kirsti Das with 1st runners up Ankita Sarma (right) and Amita Dutta, 2nd runners up (left) in Guwahati. Photograph: PTI Photo


People burning an effigy of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal over his remarks on the surgical strike in PoK, in Noida. Photograph: PTI Photo


Ariane 5 carrying India's latest communication satellite GSAT-18 lifts off from the Spaceport Kourou in French Guiana. Photograph: PTI Photo


Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addresses supporters during his Kisan Yatra in Meerut on Thursday. Actress and party leader Nagma is also seen. Photograph: PTI Photo


An Indian Air Force Mig-29 flies past during the rehearsal for the Air Force Day parade at Hindan Air Force base in Gaziabad. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI Photo


A policeman escorts men who they said were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of tricking American citizens into sending them money by posing as US tax officials, at a court in Thane, on the outskirts of Mumbai. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters


Soldiers displaying the cache of arms and ammunition recovered from three terrorists who were killed after they launched an attack on an army camp in north Kashmir's Kupwara district. Photograph: Umar Ganie


Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar being honoured for successfully leading the Indian Army in carrying out surgical strikes at terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, at a function organised by the Rashtriya Rachcha Sankalp Morcha in Lucknow on Thursday. Photograph: Nand Kumar/PTI Photo