Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Artists perform acrobatic stunts with an elephant in a circus in Mumbai. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters
Journalists take selfies with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Bharatiya Janata Party's Diwali Mangal Milan Samaroh at party office in New Delhi on Thursday. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Photo
Army soldiers paying tributes at the memorial of the first Param Vir Chakra recipient Major Somnath Sharma on his 69th death anniversary, near the airport in Budgam district of Kashmir on Thursday. Photograph: S Irfan/PTI Photo
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi attends the cremation ceremony of ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal at his village Bamla in Bhiwani, Haryana on Thursday. Grewal allegedly committed suicide over OROP issue. Photograph: PTI Photo
President Pranab Mukherjee visits Pashupati Nath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday. Photograph: @presidentofindiarb/Facebook
Vehicles plying on wet street after sudden spell of rains hit Chennai due to depression in Bay of Bengal on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo
Debris of a multi-storyed building which was demolished using latest technology by government officials in Chennai, on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo
People move through smog in Gurgaon on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's rath being repaired after a technical snag during the yatra in Lucknow on Thursday. Photograph: Nand Kumar/PTI Photo
A boy dressed up as Lord Krishna performs at River Ganga during the celebrations Nag Nathaiya festival in Varanasi on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee giving footballs to women footballers at state government programme in West Midnapore district on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo
Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav waves at supporters during his Vikas Rath Yatra that was flagged off on Thursday in Lucknow. Photograph: Nand Kumar/PTI Photo
