October 20: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers



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A view of illuminated Jabalpur city during Diwali celebrations on Thursday night
NH Photo by Vipin
NH Photo by Vipin
A view of Diwali lights in Outer Delhi



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NH Photo by Vipin
Despite Supreme Court’s ban on the sale of firecrackers, many Delhiites continued with the tradition of bursting firecrackers this year ariund as well


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Family members join mechanics as they wash their tools with milk on the occasion of ‘Vishwakarma Puja’ in Amritsar



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Workers light incense sticks and pray next to their tools on Vishwakarma festival in Jammu
NH Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
NH Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
A mechanic offers prayers in front of his tools as his friend looks on, at ITO in New Delhi



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Women farmers stage a Zameen Satyagraha against forced acquisition of land by Jaipur Development Authority during Govardhan Puja in Nindar village in Jaipur


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People wade through a waterlogged street as goddess Kali’s idol is seen in a pandal after heavy rains in Kolkata



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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the head of the ANC crest along with the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Admiral (Retd.) D.K. Joshi and the Commander-in-Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command, Vice Admiral Bimal Verma on her visit to Andaman & Nicobar Command, in Port Blair


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An elderly woman tries to exercise as smog covers Lodhi Garden in New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali.



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Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire
A view of London’s Gibbon Park this Diwali


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Photo: Dinendra Haria/REX/Shutterstock
Thousands of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and people from other communities attended Diwali in Trafalgar Square, London, this weekend

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