Day In Pics: December 18, 2024

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress MPs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Kumari Selja and KC Venugopal and other opposition MPs hold portraits of Dr. BR Ambedkar during a protest amid the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi. Several MPs of the INDIA bloc staged a protest in Parliament premises on Wednesday demanding Home Minister Amit Shah's apology for his remarks which they claimed were an insult to B R Ambedkar.

Security personnel stand guard during a shutdown, being observed to protest the proposed ropeway project connecting Tarakote Marg to Sanji Chhat, which leads to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Farmers block railway tracks as part of their state-wide 'Rail Roko' protest to press the Centre into accepting their various demands, including a legally binding minimum support price for crops, on the outskirts of Amritsar. The call for the 'rail roko' has been given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha.

A man crosses a road amid dense fog in New Delhi.

In this file photo, India's Ravichandran Ashwin during a test cricket match, in Visakhapatnam. India's premier off-spinner R Ashwin on Wednesday surprised the cricketing world by announcing his retirement with immediate effect in the middle of the Test series against Australia here.

Taj Mahal shrouded in a dense fog during a cold winter morning, in Agra.

Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan, state Congress President K Sudhakaran and others during 바카라˜Chalo Raj Bhavan바카라™ in protest over Adani row, in Thiruvananthapuram.

A member of the Army Explosive Detection Dog & Bomb Disposal Squad during a search operation, in Imphal (E) district, Manipur. Five IEDs were recovered during the operation.

Asaram Bapu, who is serving a life term in Jodhpur Jail, leaves for Pune amid tight security after the Rajasthan High Court granted him a 17-day parole for treatment in the city, in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar arrives during the Winter session of the state Legislative Assembly, at Vidhan Bhavan in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, his cabinet colleagues and leaders of the ruling Congress take part in a 'Chalo Raj Bhavan' protest over the Adani issue and against 'Prime Minister Narendra Modi not visiting violence-hit Manipur', in Hyderabad.

Police personnel try to stop Congress workers and supporters during their protest march to Raj Bhavan over the indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani by a US court in a bribery case, in Patna.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal during an event where the latter announced that 'Sanjivni Yojna' would be launched for free treatment of people aged above 60 years after his party returns to power in Delhi, in New Delhi.

President Droupadi Murmu poses for pictures as she reviews preparations for the flower and horticulture festival 바카라˜Udyan Utsav바카라™ to be hosted at Rashtrapati Nilayam from December 29, in Secunderabad, Telangana.

Police personnel try to stop Congress workers from marching to the Raj Bhavan as part of a nationwide demonstration to highlight several issues, including BJP's policy to "defend" Gautam Adani, restoration of statehood to J-K, and the Manipur issue, in Srinagar.

Police personnel try to stop agitators during the Congress's 'Raj Bhavan Chalo' protest as part of its nationwide demonstration over several issues including indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani by a US court in a bribery case, in Guwahati.

Hamida Bano, an Indian woman who was living in Pakistan for the last 22 years, at her residence after returning to India via the Attari-Wagah Border, in Mumbai. Bano was fraudulently taken to Pakistan by a travel agent with the promise of a job in Dubai.