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REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

October 20, 2016 09:53 IST

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

A women performs rituals on the occasion of Karva Chauth in Mirzapur on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo 


Cricketers Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane try to know about the functioning of a mortar shell launcher as they spend time with the soldiers of 124 Sikh Battalion at Territorial Army Headquarter in New Delhi on Wednesday. BCCI President Lt Anurag Thakur and crickter Manish Pandey are also seen. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo 


 

National Zoological Park shuts down temporarily amid bird flu scare in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo 


Border Security Force men patrol near International Border in RS Pura Sector in Jammu on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo 


Trinamool Congress activists ransack a Bharatiya Janata Party activist's car during a clash in Asansol, West Bengal on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo 


Indian Coast Guard ship Rani Gaidinliu commissioned by the Director-General of the Indian Coast Guard Rajendra Singh in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo 


Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Chief of the Air Staff Arup Raha at the Air Force Commanders conference at Air Force  headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI Photo 


Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi before their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo 


NCC cadets take weapons training during a camp at Polytechnic ground in Mirzapur on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo 


Acid attack victim Laxmi clicks a selfie with her husband and child at Diversity Awareness Month organised by Erricson in Gurgaon on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo 


People from Maratha community participate in the 'Maratha Kranti Mook Morcha' in Chandrapur, Maharashtra on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo