In Pics: India This Week

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week from 1-6 December.

People shower flower petals on the Indian policemen guarding the area where the accused in the Hyderabad vet’s rape and murder case were shot, in Shadnagar, some 50 kilometres or 31 miles from Hyderabad. 

(Photo: AP)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week from 2 December to 6 December 2019.

Pranav M B, 21-year-old differently-abled artist from Kerala, meets superstar Rajinikanth at his residence in Chennai. 

Women activists hold banners and shout slogans demanding justice in the case of rape and murder of a woman veterinarian in Hyderabad. 

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram comes out after he was released from Tihar Jail in New Delhi. The Supreme Court granted bail to Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case. 

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal sits on the second day of her hunger strike demanding for the rapists of Hyderabad rape-murder case to be hanged within six months of their conviction, at Samta Sthal, in New Delhi

Students and activists participate in a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Guwahati. 

An elderly Indian man is helped by volunteers as he exits a polling station after casting his vote in Bangalore. 

Punjab Panthers MC Mary Kom in a bout against Bombay Bullets Ingrit Lorena Valencia during Big Bout Indian Boxing League at the Gautam Buddha University Indoor Stadium, in Greater Noida. 

Differently-abled students visit Parliament House during the ongoing Winter Session, in New Delhi

People shower flower petals on the Indian policemen guarding the area where the accused in the Hyderabad vet’s rape and murder case were shot, in Shadnagar, some 50 kilometres or 31 miles from Hyderabad. 

Indian navy personnel display their skills during Naval Day celebrations in Mumbai. 

The part of a satellite launch vehicle which was caught in the nets of fishermen, in Puducherry. 

Children play on the Marina Beach on the Bay of Bengal coast which is blanketed in sea foam in Chennai.

Villagers pluck water chestnuts from a pond in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Workers earn about about Rs 250 a day after spending 5-6 hours extracting the aquatic vegetable that grows mostly in stagnant water.