July 22 Delhi and beyond, in  pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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People celebrate with a Tricolour after the successful launch India’s second Moon mission, CGSLV MkIII-M1 rocket carrying Chandrayaan-2 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan addresses after the successful launch of GSLV-MkIII-M1 rocket carrying Chandrayaan-2 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at Sriharikota in Nellore district. 

Photo: Twitter
Photo: Twitter
Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnesses the launch of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III), carrying the 3,850 kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft that blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh; in New Delhi.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Congress MPs stage a protest at Parliament premises over the Sonbhadra violence and the detention of the party’s General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, during the Budget Session, in New Delhi.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Former chief minister Siddaramaiah, Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao, state Revenue Minister R V Deshpande and other MLAs during the assembly session at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Former chief minister and BJP State President B S Yeduyurappa during the assembly session at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
TV GRAB** Parliamentarians observe silence during an obituary reference of sitting member Ram Chandra Paswan and former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit in the Lok Sabha, during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Fire personnel attempt a rescue after fire broke out at the MTNL building in Bandra, Mumbai.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Kanvariyas queue up outside the Kashi Vishwanath Temple to offer prayers on the first Monday of ‘Sawan’ month - considered to be one of the holiest months of the Hindu calendar - in Varanasi.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Army personnel construct an embankment along the Ghaghara River to contain the flood situation at Moonak in Sangrur district.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Traffic congestion due to waterlogging, following heavy monsoon rain at ITO in New Delhi.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Five days after the gory dance of death played out in Murtiya village in Sonebhadra where 10 people were killed and 24 injured over a land dispute, two videos have emerged on the social media that relive the moments before the carnage took place. In one of the videos, the attackers can be seen beating the villagers with sticks.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Devotees gather to witness ‘aanayoottu’ - a ritualistic ceremony where elephants are fed with food - at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur, Kerala.
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Members of the emergency services try to extinguish a wildfire near Cardigos village, in central Portugal. About 1,800 firefighters were struggling to contain wildfires in central Portugal that have already injured people, including several firefighters, authorities said Sunday.

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Israeli forces destroy a building in a Palestinian village of Sur Baher, east Jerusalem. Israeli work crews have begun demolishing dozens of Palestinian homes in an east Jerusalem neighborhood. 
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
South Korean police officers detain protesters in front of the Japanese consulate in Busan, South Korea. South Korean police say they’ve detained six people for allegedly illegally entering a Japanese diplomatic facility in South Korea. 

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