Congress leader and LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi speaks during the 'Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan', in Patna.

People walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building, in Mumbai. Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fell over 5 per cent in early trade on Monday. BSE Sensex tumbled 3,939.68 points to 71,425.01 and NSE Nifty slumped 1,160.8 points to 21,743.65.

A pedestrian on a hot summer day, at the Kartavya Path in New Delhi. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for the city, forecasting a heatwave to persist until Wednesday.

In this image posted by @INCIndia via X, Congress leader and LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during the 'Palayan Roko Naukri Do Yatra', in Begusarai, Bihar.

In this image provided by AICC, Congress leader and LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi being welcomed on his arrival at the Patna Airport for the party's 'Palayan Roko Naukri Do' padyatra, in Bihar.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee interacts with a teacher who lost her job after a Supreme Court verdict invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and other staff in state-run and state-aided schools in West Bengal, at Netaji Indoor Stadium, in Kolkata.

Teachers, who lost their jobs after a Supreme Court verdict invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and other staff in state-run and state-aided schools in West Bengal, during an interaction with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at Netaji Indoor Stadium, in Kolkata.

Former BJP MP Locket Chatterjee being detained while embarking upon a protest march with other party functionaries, alleging the failure of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to protect the interests of school teachers who had got their jobs through honest means, in Kolkata.

Police personnel use water cannons to disperse Congress workers protesting against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan after his daughter Veena was named by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in an alleged illegal payment case, in Kochi.

People wait in queues to purchase tickets of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, outside the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, in Jaipur.

Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly and AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami with party MLAs stages a walkout from the Assembly during the Budget session, in Chennai.