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REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: July 26, 2016 09:35 IST

Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.

An enthusiastic Yoga guru Baba Ramdev kicks off an exhibition football match between MPs and Bollywood celebrities organised by the Adhunik Art Gallery at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. Photograph: PTI Photo


Members of the Bishnoi community protest against the Rajasthan high court’s decision to acquit Salman Khan in two cases related to poaching of Chinkaras in Jodhpur in 1998. Photograph: PTI Photo


Home Minister Rajnath Singh outside the Parliament house during the monsoon session in New Delhi on Monday. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo


This car skidded off the road and fell into Sal river after an accident in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh on Monday. Photograph: PTI Photo


A jawan stops a man near a barricade on the 16th consecutive day of curfew and strike in Downtown area of Srinagar on Monday. Photograph: S Irfan/PTI Photo


Coast Guard IG Rajan Bargotra briefing on the search operations of missing IAF AN-32 aircraft at a press conference, in Chennai on Monday. Photograph: R Senthil Kumar/PTI Photo


Students cross water-logged roads during heavy rains in Kolkata on Monday. Incessant rains affected life across many parts of northern and eastern India. Photograph: PTI Photo


In his first interaction with the media after announcing his resignation from the Upper House last week, former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu reiterated his love for his state, saying he would choose it over any party or family. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI Photo  


Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and other dignitaries at the inauguration of the newly opened museum at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. Built at a cost of Rs 80 crore and in 19 months, it will be the country’s only underground museum, and boast of state-of-the-art virtual reality exhibitions. Stand in a room and see Mahatma Gandhi talking to Lord Irwin on screen. And then, when he walks out of the Rashtrapati Bhavan -- then the Viceroy's House -- you can join him in virtual reality. Photograph: President of India/Facebook


Chairman of Moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq being arrested after he defy curfew and taken out a protest rally in Srinagar. The CRPF, accused of disproportionate use of force in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday expressed regret for injuries caused to youths due to firing of pellet guns in the Valley and said it would use this 'least-lethal' weapon only in ‘extreme’ situations as of now. Photograph: Umar Ganie


School students celebrate the 17th Kargil Vijay Diwas in Jalandhar on Monday to commemorate the victory in the war against Pakistan. Photograph: PTI Photo