February 5: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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Photo: IANS
The nameplate of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra seen outside a room allotted to her at the Congress headquarters, next to the office of her brother and party chief Rahul Gandhi, in New Delhi. The room was allotted to her on Tuesday, a day after she returned from the US. Priyanka prepares to take charge as General Secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh East. 
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gestures during a sit-in over the CBI’s attempt to question the Kolkata Police commissioner in connection with chit fund scams, in Kolkata. The Supreme Court on Today ordered Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in the Saradha chit fund case. 

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Monaco’s reigning monarch Prince Albert II pays floral tribute at Mahatma Gandhi memorial, Raj Ghat, in New Delhi.
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Farmers stage a sit-in demonstration to press for their various demands including complete debt waiver, in Amritsar.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Devotees perform a ritual in the Bagmati River during the Madhav Narayan Festival at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. The month-long festival is observed by fasting and praying to Goddess Swasthani and God Madhav Narayan. 
Photo by Vipin
Photo by Vipin
“Menstrual Health and Awareness Day” programme organised by Delhi government in New Delhi

Photo by Vipin
Photo by Vipin
Justice (retd.) A.P. Shah (C) with noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan, Prabhat Patnaik, Yogendra Yadav and Harsh Mander release a booklet titled “Reclaiming the Republic” at Press Club of India, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Congress party workers wear Mahatma Gandhi masks while taking part in a silent march protest against Hindu Mahasabha leaders who enacted the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, in Solapur, Maharashtra.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Police detain Youth Congress activists in front of the CBI office during a protest demanding the arrest of BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma for his alleged involvement in Chit Funds scam, in Guwahati.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Shri Rajput Karni Sena chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi addresses the state level workers’ convention in Bhopal.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
A visitor looks on at the newly renovated Knesset Eliyahoo, also known as the Blue Synagogue, in Mumbai.
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
A view of the tents burnt in a fire that broke out at Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (R, front), President of Equatorial Guinea chairs the Security Council high-level debate “Mercenary activities as a source of insecurity and destabilization in Africa,” at the UN headquarters in New York. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that the international body stands ready to continue to support governments in tackling mercenary activities. 

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