Pics of the day

BJP supporters raise a cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public rally for the Karnataka assembly elections, in Bengaluru on Thursday. PTI Photo

Some of the award winners interact with the media after deciding to skip the 65th National Film Awards ceremony in New Delhi on Thursday. More than 60 winners of the National Film Awards decided to skip the function in protest agains a last minute announcement that President Ram Nath Kovind would be presenting only 11 awards, a departure from tradition. PTI Photo

Smoke billows out of the Ahmedabad office of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) where a fire broke out on Thursday afternoon. PTI Photo

DMRC MD Mangu Singh (2nd L) presents a memento to former President Pranab Mukherjee during Delhi Metro’s 24th Foundation Day celebrations in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo

A damaged electric pole is pictured in a market after strong winds and dust storm in Alwar, in the western state of Rajasthan, India May 3, 2018. REUTERS

A group of monkeys drink water out of a bucket on a hot, summer day at Galta temple in Jaipur on Thursday. PTI Photo