In Photos: India This Week

Beyond the headlines, The Quint brings you snapshots of India this week, between 9-15 December.

Srinagar received fresh snowfall and we cannot stop drooling!

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Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week – from 9-15 December 2018.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi participates in a ceremony to pay homage on the parliament attack anniversary at the Parliament House in New Delhi on Thursday, 13 December. The 2001 attack on India’s Parliament had left 14 people dead.

A metro train runs on the elevated corridor, as work to fix the damaged pillar underneath is in progress in Bengaluru on Wednesday, 12 December.

The overcast conditions led to rise in the minimum temperature in the Kashmir valley. Fresh snowfall has been recorded in Gulmarg, the famous ski-resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a MET department official said, adding that the resort recorded around three inches of snowfall.

Congress party workers display Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s cutout as they celebrate after initial trends showed the party leading in the state Assembly election results, at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday, 11 December.

Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee President and Deputy CM-designate Sachin Pilot waves at the crowd while going to attend the Congress Legislature Party meeting at the party office in Jaipur on Wednesday, 12 December.

Reliance Industries Chairperson Mukesh Ambani, left, speaks with his son, Anant, sitting on a horse during the wedding of his daughter, Isha, in Mumbai on Wednesday, 12 December.

Shiv Sena MPs display placards while staging a protest during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament in New Delhi on Wednesday, 12 December.

ASHA workers stage a demonstration demanding a hike in their wages and regularisation of their jobs, in Patna on Tuesday, 11 December.

Agni V, a long-range surface-to-surface Nuclear Capable Ballistic missile, is successfully launched at the Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Monday, 10 December.

A man and woman walk past a painting on a wall which was part of the 4th edition of Kochi Muziris Biennale, an international exhibition of contemporary art held on 12 December.

Cricketer Gautam Gambhir greets his fans on the last day of Ranji Trophy group league match between Delhi and Andhra at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, in New Delhi, on Sunday, 9 December. Gambhir announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 4 December.

LGBTQI+ members pose for the shutter bugs with a placard in their hands.

Thai officials get ordinated as Buddhist monks at Watpa Thailand Temple in Bodh Gaya on Sunday, 9 December.

An Indian man carries plastic buckets as he walks past cow dung cakes used as a fuel for clay stoves, in New Delhi, on Saturday, 8 December.

An unidentified relative weeps near the body of Mudasir Rashid Parray during joint funeral of teenage rebels Saqib Bilal Sheikh and Parray at Hajin village, north of Srinagar, Kashmir, on Monday, 10 December. Thousands of people in Kashmir joined the funeral procession of the rebels killed over the weekend in a long gun battle with Indian troops in the disputed region.

Empty bullet cartridges seen lying on the road at the site of a gun battle in Mujagund area some 25 Kilometers (16 miles) from Srinagar, Kashmir, on Sunday, 9 December. Indian troops killed three suspected rebels in the outskirts of disputed Kashmir’s main city, ending nearly 18-hour-long gun battle, officials said on Sunday.

A crow sits on a Himalayan Griffon vulture, one of the largest birds of the Himalaya, near a carcass in Dharmsala on Monday, 10 December.

A supporter of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) dressed as Lord Hanuman lifts a mace during Dharma Sabha event, in which thousands of people gathered at Ramlila Maidan to press for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, days before Parliaments winter session commences, in New Delhi, on Sunday, 9 December.