April 10: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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Children perform during Rajya Sabha Day celebrations at Parliament Library in New Delhi.
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Bodies of the 27 students who lost their lives in an accident, being cremated in Nurpur of Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district. Thirty people, including 27 students were killed when a private school bus skidded off road and fell into a 100-feet deep gorge near Gurchal village on the Nurpur-Chamba road. 

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Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel conduct flag march, during “Bharat Bandh” called by various groups to protest against reservation policies, in Agra
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Rapid Action Force personnel walk past closed shops at wall city during ‘Bharat bandh’ over Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes reservation issue, in Jaipur.

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Patna: A protester burns a tyre as he stages a demonstration against clashes during a shutdown called on April 2 by Dalit groups against the alleged dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, during “Bharat Bandh” in Patna.
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A view of the country’s first 12,000 horsepower (HP) electric locomotive, that was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Madhepura loco factory in Bihar.

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A BSP worker paints the newly constructed statue of BR Ambedkar in blue in Badaun. The saffron-statue raised controversy as Ambedkar’s statues have always been shown in blue coat. 
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Activists force closure of shops at a market during “Bharat Bandh”, called over SC/ST reservation issue, in Allahabad

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A petrol pump remains shut during “Bharat Bandh” called by various groups to protest against reservation policies, in Patna.
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Pupils experience tea picking at a tea garden in Tumen Village, Baokang County of central China’s Hubei Province.

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The work at the much-delayed Signature Bridge project has been resumed and officials claim that the project is likely to get completed by June this year. The contractors had stopped the construction work due to non-payment of funds. 
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Police at the site where a tempo heading to Pune from Karnataka, overturned on the Pune-Satara Highway after the Khambatki Tunnel in the Khandala ghats, killing 18 labourers and injuring 19 others, in Pune.

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