In Pics: India This Week

Protesters holding tricolour raise slogans during a demonstration against the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu, Friday, 15 February. At least 40 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on 14 February in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 350 kg of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district. 

(Photo: PTI)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 8 February to 15 February 2019.

Policemen patrol a street after vehicles were set on fire by protesters against the killing of CRPF personnel in the Pulwama terror attack, in Jammu on 15 February. Protests rocked the city of Jammu a day after a CRPF convoy was targeted by Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi and All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary of Uttar Pradesh East, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, during a roadshow, in Lucknow on Monday. This was Priyanka’s first roadshow since her induction as Congress General Secretary.

Rescue efforts being carried out after a massive fire at hotel Arpit Palace in New Delhi’s Karol Bagh on 12 February 2019. At least 17 people were killed and several injured when a fire broke out in the hotel in the wee hours of Tuesday, 12 February.

Family members of victims who are undergoing treatment on being poisoned after consuming a spurious liquor, at a hospital in Saharanpur, Saturday, 9 February. The death toll in the hooch tragedy, that hit two adjoining districts in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, has risen to 70.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, along with Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh, shoulders a coffin of a slain CRPF jawan during a wreath laying ceremony for the martyrs of Thursday’s Pulwama terror attack that left at least 40 CRPF jawans dead.

A woman kisses Congress President Rahul Gandhi during a rally at Dharampur in Valsad, in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday, 14 February 2019.

Naga sadhus after taking a holy bath at Sangam on the occasion of Basant Panchami festival during the Kumbh Mela 2019, in Prayagraj (Allahabad) on Sunday, 10 February 2019.

Couples sit at the Arabian Sea promenade to celebrate Valentine’s Day in Mumbai.

Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy with his cabinet colleagues during a dharna outside the official residence of Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi for not permitting implementation of his governments welfare schemes, in Puducherry, Thursday, 14 February.

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav addresses the Lok Sabha during the final session before the Lok Sabha elections. Mulayam said that he wants PM Modi to come back as the prime minister, at a time when his party workers are hellbent on forming a grand alliance against the BJP.

A man sits near the debris of his damaged hut after a fire broke out in the slums around Chandola Lake in Ahmadabad on Sunday, 10 February 2019. A major fire engulfed over 50 huts early morning on Sunday, the cause of which is unknown.