7.30 pm: Former Congress MLAs Alpesh Thakor (second from right) and Dhavalsinh Zala (second from left) join the BJP in the presence of Gujarat BJP president Jitu Vaghani (centre) at a function held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on July 18, 2019.
6.30 pm: Devotees wait near the East Gopuram to have a darshan of the Athivaradar at Devarajaswamy Temple, in Kancheepuram on July 18, 2019.
5.20 pm: Indian Air Force's helicopter display team 'Sarang' performs during the celebrations of 20 years of Kargil War victory at the IAF station in Thanjavur on July 18, 2019.
4.20 pm: BJP leaders Jagdish Shettar, Arvind Limbavali, Basavaraj Bommai,S.R. Vishwanath and N. Ravikumar addressing the media after meeting the Governer at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru.
1.30 pm: BJP MP Hema Malini with National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah at the Parliament in New Delhi on Thursday, July 18, 2019.
12.40 pm: Tracks submerged at Mangaluru Station due to heavy rains on July 18, 2019. Heavy rains that lashed Mangaluru and surrounding areas since Thursday morning inundated several low lying areas as Mangaluru City Corporation's haphazar works caused arfitifical floods across the city. The Central Railway Station in the heart of the City witnessed artificial flooding across its premises, though normal train operations were not affected. Passengers had to wade through knee-deep waters to enter the platforms as the front portion of the station was filled with rainwater.
11.20 am: Demonstrators and police face off during a protest against Ricardo Rossello, the governor of Puerto Rico on July 17, 2019 in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Police used tear gas and reportedly fired rubber bullets during the protest.
10.15 am: Firefighters work as smoke billows from a three-story building of Kyoto Animation in a fire in Kyoto, western Japan, Thursday, July 18, 2019.
9.30 am: Protesterers led by native Hawaiian elders take part in a protest against the building of a giant new telescope on what they considered sacred ground at the summit of Mauna Kea volcano, on Big Island, Hawaii, U.S. July 17, 2019.
8.00 am: Switzerland's Michelle Heimberg performs her routine in the women's 3m springboard diving event at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Thursday, July 18, 2019.
