August 5: Delhi and beyond, in  pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Army personnel stand guard during restrictions, in Jammu for Amarnath yatris. 
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah, NC leader Omar Abdullah, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, Peoples Conference chairman Sajjad Gani Lone and other leaders during an all parties meet, in Srinagar.

RSTV: PTI Photo
RSTV: PTI Photo
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Senior Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad addresses the media persons after Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the proposal to remove Article 370 in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, in the Parliament during the Budget Session, in New Delhi. Congress leaders P Chidambaram, Shashi Tharoor, TMC leader Derek O’Brien, SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav and others are also seen.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
PDP MP Fayaz Ahmad Mir protests against the Union Government’s decision on scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution and to give Jammu and Kashmir a Union Territory status; at Parliament in New Delhi.
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Members of Kinnar Akhara perform ‘Jalabhishek’ of Lord Shiva during the ‘Naga Panchami’ festival, at a temple in Jabalpur.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
‘Kanwariyas’ wait in multiple queues outside Kashi Vishwanath Temple to offer prayers on third Monday of the Hindu holy month of ‘Sharvan’ in Varanasi.
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Assam Rifle troopers during a major operation launched against Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh.

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Protesters sit on the roads near the Legislative Council building and the Central Government building during the anti-extradition bill protest in Hong Kong. 
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Mourners visit a makeshift memorial outside Ned Peppers bar following a vigil at the scene of a mass shooting, in Dayton.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Mothers of newly born babies participate in World Breastfeeding Week at Wadia Maternity Hospital in Mumbai.
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
People celebrate Union Government’s decision of scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution and to give Jammu and Kashmir a Union Territory status; in Varanasi.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
People exchange sweets as they celebrate the Centre’s decision to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution and to give Jammu and Kashmir a Union Territory status; in New Delhi.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Members of a Kashmiri Pandit family clap as they watch the news on revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir on television, in Lucknow.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Shiv Sena workers distribute sweets as they celebrate the government’s decision to abolish Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and a separate bill to bifurcate the state into two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, in Mumbai.

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