IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee makes momos at a local stall during her morning walk in Darjeeling. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu interacts with Bommarabettu Laxmijanardhan Santosh -- the Bharatiya Janata Party's general secretary (organisation) and inarguably the fourth most important leader in the ruling party. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat presents an honorary doctorate to former ISRO chief Dr K Kasturirangan at the Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence in Muddenahalli. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Bhagwat presents an honorary doctorate to cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar at the Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence in Muddenahalli. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Singer Daler Mehndi being taken to jail after medical tests at the Mata Kaushalya government hospital in Patiala after being sentenced to two years in prison in a 2003 human trafficking case. Photograph: ANI Photo
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