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REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

October 28, 2016 08:57 IST

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


Bengali film actress Deblina Dutta celebrates Diwali and Kali Puja with street children & under privileged children in Kolkata on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo


A Delhi Metro train decorated with Diwali greetings in New Delhi. Photograph: PTI Photo


IAF's Surya Kiran team performs an air show in Jodhpur. Photograph: PTI Photo


Jama Masjid is reflected in the pond in the early morning light in New Delhi. Photograph: Shirish Shete/PTI Photo


A villager shows the pockmarked wall of a building damaged by alleged shelling from the Pakistani side of the border, at Gopad basti village in R S Pura Sector, about 35KM from Jammu. Photograph: PTI Photo


New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and his wife share a light moment at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi. Photograph: Shirish Shete/PTI Photo


Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit outside the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi on Thursday. He was there to lodge a protest on behalf of his government over the arrest of Mehmood Akhtar, a high commission staffer, who was accosted by the Delhi Police on espionage charges. Photograph: PTI Photo


Wrestlers fight during an amateur wrestling match inside a makeshift ring installed on a road organised by local residents as part of Diwali celebrations in Kolkata. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters


A school boy holds an INSAS assault rifle on display during a programme organized by Assam Rifles to attract youth in joining the force at their headquarters in Agartala. Photograph: Jayanta Dey/Reuters


Paralympic Games silver medalist Deepa Malik taking a selfie with her portrait at a programme at a private school in Chennai. Photograph: PTI Photo