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**PHOTO ADVISORY-2**: LIST OF PHOTOS (60-133) RELEASED UP TO 8.00 P.M. New Delhi: Dec 31, 2018; – NATIONAL: Lucknow: UP CM Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference in relation to Congress' involvement in AgustaWestland chopper deal (A+B); Mumbai/Patna: Bigg Boss Season 12 winner (B); New Delhi: Lajpat Nagar – Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 Metro section opened (B); Karad/Amritsar/Allahabad/Shimla/Calangute: New Year's eve (A+B); New Delhi: Handing over of Senior Officer in-charge of Administration (B); Ooty: Annual Hethai Amman festival (B); Allahabad: Train run late due to fog in Allahabad (B); Jaipur/Kolkata/Puri: Last sunset of 2018 (A+B); Bodhgaya: Nitish Kumar meets the Dalai Lama (B); Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee at press conference (B); Bengaluru: 'Person of the Year' Award (B); Somnath: President Ram Nath Kovind offers prayers at Somnath Temple(B); –INTERNATIONAL: Magnitigorsk: Gas explosion in a house in Russia's Urals city of Magnitogorsk(B); Bangkok: Monks drape a cloth over worshippers lying coffins at the Takien temple (B); Sydney: New Year's Eve celebrations (B); Dhaka: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina greets the gathering in Dhaka (B); --SPORTS: Guwahati/Patna/Nagpur: Ranji trophy cricket match(B); Agartala: Dipa Karmakar meets Tripura CM (B).

Magnitogorsk : Russian President Magnitogorsk attends a meeting of Emergency Situations headquarter at a collapsed apartment building in Magnitogorsk, a city of 400,000 people, about 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. At least four people died Monday when part of a 10-story apartment building collapsed in Russia's Ural Mountains region, and hundreds of rescuers searched for survivors under the rubble in the frigid weather.

Jaintia Hills: Firefighting personnel conduct rescue task at the site of the coal mine collapse at Ksan, in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018.

New Delhi: A view of Ashram Station, the smallest station of the network, after the inauguration of Lajpat Nagar – Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 Metro section of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec 31, 2018.

Somnath: President Ram Nath Kovind offers prayers at Somnath Temple, in Somnath, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018.

Dhaka: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greets the gathering in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Bangladesh's ruling alliance won virtually every parliamentary seat in the country's general election, according to official results released Monday, giving Hasina a third straight term despite allegations of intimidation and the opposition disputing the outcome.

Amritsar: Youngsters paint their faces on the New Year's eve, in Amritsar, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018.

New Delhi: Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia, Japan’s Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra flag off a metro train to inaugurate the Lajpat Nagar – Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 Metro section of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec 31, 2018. DMRC MD Mangu Singh is also seen.

***PHOTO ADVISORY-1*** LIST OF 59 PHOTOS RELEASED UP TO 4.00 P.M.; New Delhi: Dec 31, 2018; --NATIONAL: Port Blair: PM Modi in Port Blair(A+B); Bodhgaya: Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya(A); New Delhi: Winter session of Parliament/TV Grab (A+B); New Delhi: RD parade rehearsal (A+B); Allahabad: Cold & foggy weather (B); Allahabad: Kumbh Mela in Allahabad(B); Srinagar: Mehbooba Mufti at press conference(A+B); Guwahati: New year celebrations 2019(A); New Delhi: RD parade rehearsal (B); New Delhi: Sajjan Kumar surrenders(B); --INTERNATIONAL: Hong Kong: Hong Kong share index outside a bank in Hong Kong(B); Kinshasa: Police officers secure the Les Anges primary school in Kinshasa(A); --SPORTS: Perth: Hopman Cup in Perth(A+B); Kolkata: Children play Rugby at Kolkata Maidan(A).