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People in Mumbai thronged markets to buy decorative items and jewellery ahead of Diwali on Friday. Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi and Atul Kamble

A&nbsp;Mumbai-based businessman allegedly received an extortion call from a member of&nbsp;Lawrence Bishnoi gang demanding Rs 20 lakh, police said on Saturday, PTI reported. All pictures: File Photo

Mid-Day story creates an impact Impact as two days after reports of potholes on Thane East Kopri Bridge were reported, the potholes were filled by the authorities. Mid-day had reported that Thane&rsquo;s Kopri rail overbridge (ROB) was yet another newly opened bridge to wither within a few months of use, exposing more shoddy work in the state. Inaugurated by the CM in February, the cement concrete portion of the bridge developed cracks and potholes. The MMRDA said this stretch was built by Central Railway. All pictures: Sameer Markande

A demostration led by students in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989 saw it all; millitarty-led crackdown, agitation and even bloiddshed. Tiananmen Square Massacre, also known as June Fourth Massacre occured when "troops armed with assault rifles and accompanied by tanks fired at the demonstrators and those trying to block the military's advance into Tiananmen Square." The agitations began on 15 April and were forcibly suppressed on 4 June when Chinese government sent the People's Liberation Army to occupy parts of central Beijing. The clashes led to widspread violence, the death toll vary from several hundred to several thousand, with thousands more injured. Here's look into the incident in visuals! All pictures: AFP

Police fired tear gas and demonstrators burned cars Monday near the home of Senegal's main opposition leader, as tensions rise in the capital days before a court verdict is expected on charges against the politician. All pictures: AFP

In terms of seats and vote share, the victory of Congress in Karnataka assembly polls has set a record that has stood for more than 30 years. With a vote percentage of 42.88 percent, the party has won 135 seats, gaining 55 more than in 2018. The 1999 election, when it won 132 seats and earned a vote share of 40.84 percent, was the closest the Congress has ever come to today&rsquo;s result. It received 43.76 per cent of the vote in 1989 and gained won seats. "This victory belongs to the people of the state," said Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge after the results. &ldquo;People decided and chose. That is why we got 136 seats - huge after 36 years... It is a big victory...,&rdquo; he said.

Mumbai on Thursday witnessed what has been described as unseasonal rainfall. Other districts of Maharashtra also witnessed raifall this evening. Videos of the rainfall in the city surfaced across social media sites. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) earlier said that a thunderstorm accompanied with light to moderate rainfall was expected today in Mumbai. Mid-day's Photojournalists -- Pradeep Dhivar and Atul Kamble -- captured moments as the city witnessed rainfall.

At least 17 people were killed and over 100 others injured on Tuesday in the explosion at Old Dhaka's crowded Gulistan area. Bangladesh's Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Wednesday that the country has sufficient expertise to carry out the investigation into the powerful explosion that ripped through a building in the country's capital.

In a crackdown on associates of gangster Atiq Ahmed named in the sensational Umesh Pal murder case, the Prayagraj Development Authority in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday demolished the house of a close aide of Ahmed. (All pictures: PTI)

Mid Day

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In photos: Mumbaikars throng markets ahead of Diwali

Mumbai businessman receives extortion call for Rs 20 lakh

In Photos: Mid-day story's impact, potholes on Thane East Kopri Bridge filled

In Photos: 34th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing

In photos: Senegal unrest flares over opposition leader's arrest

A record victory in nearly four decades, Congress all the way in Karnataka

In Photos: Mumbai witnesses unseasonal rainfall

In Photos: Explosion in Dhaka; 17 killed, over hundred injured

In Photos: Yogi govt bulldozes house of Atiq Ahmed’s aide in Prayagraj

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