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REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

October 19, 2016 09:07 IST

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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries his hand on a charkha at a ceremony to distribute charkhas to women before the National MSME Awards at Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photograph: PIB


Activists of Hindu Sena set a portrait of United States presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on fire during a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI Photo


Myanmar's Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi  pays floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Photo


Police detain people of Dalit community after they blocked the traffic during a protest in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Photo


Women get their hands decorated with henna on the eve of Karwa Chauth festival in Indore on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Photo


The mangled remains of the SUV of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abbhishek Banerjee after an accident on Durgapur Expressway at Singur in Hooghly district of Bengal on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Photo


Students jubilate after the first convocation at Rajendra Institute of Medical Science in Ranchi on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Photo


Rapid Action Force personnel flag march before the funeral procession of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker Rudresh in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo


All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supporters hold fire pots on their heads during a special prayer for speedy recovery of party supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in front of Apollo hospital in Chennai on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Photo


People carry the mortal remains of Sepoy Sudhesh Kumar who lost his life in firing by Pakistan, during his funeral at his native village in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Photo


A fireman sifts through the burnt debris of the residential apartment in Cuffe Parade's Maker Chambers in Mumbai on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Photo