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Feb 07, 2011
File photo of Ajmal Kasab from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal video footage during 26/11. The Bombay High Court said it would deliver its verdict on Feb 21, 2011 on confirmation of death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for his role in the 26/11 terror attacks and also on his appeal against his conviction.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan at the Jain community's Kunthugiri Prathishta Mahotsav at Alate in Kolhapur District of Maharashtra on Friday. Devotees take part in Jyotiba Yatra at Jyotiba Hill in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Farmer Prakash Kisan Karde of Shiradhon village, Jalna, chops a dry <i>mousambi</i> (sweet lime) tree on his 2.5 acre orchard. This district, the worst-hit, saw rains for just one day last monsoon Mandabai Kondiba Bansode’s husband Kundalik Kondiba Bansode committed suicide last month, unable to repay loans of over Rs 1.5 lakh People scramble for water at Jalna’s Police Colony. As 150 private water suppliers make a quick buck, 200 state-owned tankers have also been pressed into service Sonaji Shinde from Zalta and Gopichand Lakhe from Paithan wait for buyers at the Jalna APMC market. Lack of water has spoilt most of the produce Children peer into a dry well at Ambad <i>taluka</i>, which yields the state’s largest sweet lime crop. Farmers now run the risk of losing 90% of their produce The Ghanewadi reservoir, which supplies water to Jalna districit. Villagers have started digging wells in the dam bed Women and children climb down perilous steps to the bottom of a nearly-dry well to collect drinking water Indiabulls is building a pump house that will supply 88.60 cubic mm (or 240 million litres) of water daily from the Morshi reservoir (Upper Wardha dam) in drought-hit Amravati district to its power plant The Indiabulls 1,350-MW thermal power project at Nandgaonpeth, Amravati district, has created controversy over allegations that diversion of water from the reservoir will destroy 23,219 hectares of agricultural land Actress Kangna Ranaut during the shoot of her upcoming film 'Rajjo' at Raigad in Maharashtra. Women take part in a protest rally demanding Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards in Karad. Governor of Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan (2ndR) along with state Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan pay homege to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 122nd birth anniversary at Shivaji Park, in Mumbai. Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his wife Subbulakshmi at Sai Baba temple in Shirdi. Ajit Pawar Ajit Pawar, Supriya Sule, Sharad Pawar MP Jaya Bachchan paying obesiance at Saibaba temple on her birthday in Shirdi, Maharastra. Police take accused, arrested in connection with building collapse incident, to produce them at the Thane court. BJP President Rajnath Singh interacts with farmers at a village in Aurangabad during his two day visit to drought affected areas of central Maharashtra. People collect water from a tanker at a drought-hit area of a village in Solapur,Maharashtra. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan pay floral tributes to freedom fighter `Krantiveer' Nagnath-anna Naikavdi during 1st death anniversary ceremony at village Walva in Sangli , Maharashtra. Devotees throw turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra on Monday, March 11, 2013. Security guard controls the crowd on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. on Monday, March 11, 2013. Devotees carry a palanquin during a procession on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Devotees carry a palanquin during a procession on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Devotee lashing himself after throwing turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Devotees throw turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. People offering prays on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Devotees throw turmeric powder on a holy horse as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Devotees throw turmeric powder on a holy horse as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Devotees carry a palanquin during a procession on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Devotees carry a palanquin during a procession on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Devotees throwing turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Devotees rush towards the holy lamp after throwing turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. The 'koli' fishermen devotees dance in the procession on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Rescue work in progress after a bus fell into a river near Khed in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. A devotees falls down after throwing turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. Devotees collecting 'Bhandara' turmeric powder which is offered to to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. A box seeking information in Murmadi The girls’ mum and grandparents The well where the bodies were found A burning car said to be burnt by MNS workers during a protest in the city against the Nationalist Congress Party in Mumbai. Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Ardeshar Larijani shakes hands with Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan at a meeting at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. <b>Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary:</b> A 100 km from Nagpur, Maharashtra, new tiger reserve for regular sightings of tigers, panthers, 160-plus species of birds and 30 species of reptiles. Photographs of four terror suspects wanted in Mumbai and Pune blast cases were released by Anti Terrorism squad of Maharashtra in Mumbai. “I have had loans for the past 20 years. I don’t know how much is interest or principal anymore.” <b>Bhanudas Zoting, Dorli village</b> “The crops failed soon after the loan relief offer...so after that we’ve only borrowed but not paid back.” <b>Gajanan Puri, Waifad</b> Sonia Gandhi hands over a no-dues certificate to a farmer in Loni village, Ahmednagar, 2008 The PM interacting with debt-ridden farmers of Koljhari village, Maharashtra Only muck left An almost-dry well in a village in Jalna district It’s drying out The elderly are the few ones left in a Beed village <b>Broken thread</b> A typical shed housing a powerloom unit in Malegaon Army soldiers perform Mallakhamb (gymnastics) on a vertical wooden pole during a rehearsal for Vijay Diwas celebrations in Mumbai. B.B. NIMBALKAR, 93, the “man who nearly beat Bradman” with his first-class knock for Maharashtra of 443 n.o in 1948 against Kathiawar. Still the 4th highest individual score. Never played for India. Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar is greeted by Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan as Governor K Shankarnarayanan looks on during his swearing-in as Deputy Chief Minister in Mumbai. School children make a human chain that reads AIDS on the occasion of 'World AIDS Day' at a school in Karad, Maharashtra. Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray during the condolence meeting of his father Balasaheb Thackeray in Mumbai. Maharashtra CM Prithivraj Chavan pays homage at the Samadhi of former deputy Prime minister late YB Chavan on the occasion of his 28 death anniversary at Karad in Maharashtra. Marathi artists perform during the Vasant Mahotsav and the 63rd Birthday celebration of Deputy chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council Vasant Davkhare in Thane. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and others during the platinum jubilee year celebrations of the state legislature in Pune, Maharashtra. <b>Shake it all about!</b> Belly dancing class in session at the Life and Dance studio in Pune King of Spain Juan Carlos I poses with Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Chhagan Bhujbal and others during a reception at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. BJP President Nitin Gadkari at an RSS function in Nagpur. The BJP president found himself drawn deeper into charges of financial irregularities as further investigations into his company accounts reveal that not just drivers and accountants, even an astrologer is a director in a Purti investor company, which itself, in turn, seems to be a shell company. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar with social worker Mohan Dharia during the late Yashwantrao Chavan's birth centenary year function in Pune, Maharashtra. File photo of NCP president Sharad Pawar. Former IPS Officer Y P Singh today targeted Pawar in alleged Lavasa scam. Singh said Arvind Kejriwal had concealed information while disclosing the facts and Sharad Pawar is the centre of the real scam. Ex-IPS officer turned legal activist Y P Singh and his wife Abha Singh during a press conference in Mumba. Y P Singh today targeted Sharad Pawar in alleged Lavasa scam. Singh said Ajit Pawar gave land to Lavasa at throwaway prices. He said land was given to company in which Supriya Sule had stake. Ajit Pawar violated SC order by not auctioning land, Singh further added. Actor Ajay Devgan with wife actress Kajol on way to Mahalaxmi temple to perform worship for the success of the film 'Son of Sardar' in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan arrives to appear before the Adarsh scam inquiry commission, in Mumbai. Republican Party of India President Ramdas Athawale with Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray during the 55th anniversary of RPI in Mumbai. <b>Channel of corruption?</b> NCP’s Ajit Pawar NCP leader Ajit Pawar with MP Supriya Sule during Rashtrawadi Yuvati Melava in Satara on Maharashtra. Ajit Pawar with NCP chief Sharad Pawar People gather to watch rescue operations after a bus fell into the Purna River in Maharashtra. Police said 17 people died when the bus they were traveling in plunged into the river. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar of NCP (second from right) with his party leaders at a press conference to announce his resignation as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra in Mumbai. Miraj-Parli Vaijnath Passenger train derailed between Ghatnandur and Parli Vaijnath stations in Beed district of Maharashtra. Devotees carry idols of Lord Ganesh in a procession on the occasion of 'Ganesh Chathurti' festival in Karad, Maharashtra. Children participate in a religious procession on the occasion of 'Ganesh Chathurti' festival in Sangli, Maharashtra. BJP workers protesting against the price hike of LPG and diesel in Karad, Maharashtra. An activist of India Against Corruption shouts slogans protesting the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, outside Arthur jail where he is being held, in Mumbai. A policeman tries to stop activists of India Against Corruption protesting the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, outside Arthur jail where he is being held, in Mumbai. An activist of India Against Corruption, center, holding an empty plastic bottle, shouts slogans while protesting the arrest of political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, outside Arthur jail where he is being held, in Mumbai. School children create a human chain in the shape of literacy logo on the eve of 'International Literacy Day' in Karad, Maharashtra. Actress Rani Mukherjee paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan along with Congress party leaders paying tribute to Late Vilasrao Deshmukh in Mumbai. Crowd of mourners during the funeral ceremony of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in Latur. A file photo of Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh with his wife and sons. Deshmukh, who was suffering from a serious liver ailment, died in a hospital in Chennai. Farmers from drought-hit regions display their cattle-fodder camp cards as they stand in queue at a Manndeshi Foundation cattle-fodder camp at Mhaswad in Satara. A woman performs 'arti' of social activist Anna Hazare as he prepares to leave for Delhi from his native place Ralegan in Maharashtra. Presidential candidate of the UPA Pranab Mukherjee is presented with a traditional headgear by Congress party members during his visit to Maharastra. Presidential candidate of the UPA Pranab Mukherjee wears a traditional headgear presented by Congress party members during his visit to Maharashtra. Presidential candidate PA Sangma holds his mask with Maharashtra BJP MPs and MLAs while posing for the media during his election campaign in Mumbai. Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan along with his daughter arrives for a questioning session by Adarsh Commission, in Mumbai. Women 'warkaris' take part in a race during Sant Tukaram Palkhi procession at Akluj in Solpaur district, Maharashtra. Smoke billows from the Mantralaya — headquarters of the Maharashtra state government in Mumbai. Hundreds of employees were evacuated from the seven-storey government building as more than two dozen fire engines battled a major fire that raged for more than three hours in the country's financial and entertainment capital. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan visits Mantralay after fire broke in the building in Mumbai. For the flag and the country. Some government staff brave the fire and the smoke to remove the Indian tricolour from the top of the Mantralaya — headquarters of the Maharashtra state government after it caught in fire in Mumbai. Hundreds of employees were evacuated from the seven-storey government building as more than two dozen fire engines battled a major fire that raged for more than three hours in the country's financial and entertainment capital. Maharashtra Mantralaya engulfed in a major fire in Mumbai. A major fire broke out at the fourth floor of the Mantralaya building which houses the state secretariat in south Mumbai this afternoon, fire brigade sources said. Policemen gather as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the headquarters of the Maharashtra state government. Hundreds of employees were evacuated from the seven-story government building as more than two dozen fire engines battled the major fire that raged for more than three hours in Mumbai. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh (right) gestures during a press conference with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai. An injured passenger is carried for treatment to a hospital in Maharashtra. A bus carrying dozens of pilgrims home from a shrine plunged off a bridge and 32 passengers were killed. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inspects the progress of the monorail project in Mumbai. President Pratibha Patil with husband Devisingh Shekhawat pays obeisance at Lord Vithal's Temple in Pandharpur,Maharashtra. Sawantwadi fare: a thali at Chaitanya A meal at Amrita Guinness World Records' adjudicator Nikhil Shukla (R) hands a certificate to Shreeya Deshpande in Kolhapur. Shreeya set a new Guinness record in limbo skating with skating 158 feet 2 inches under 26 vehicles. Police inspect the damaged vehicle after an accident at Khalapur on Mumbai-Pune express highway near Navi Mumbai. Twenty-seven members of a marriage party, including 15 women and seven children, were crushed to death and 29 others injured. Family members of the victims of a bus accident wail at Yerawada in Pune. The accident took place when a stationary private mini-bus, carrying a marriage party, was by hit by a tempo on the Mumbai-Pune highway near Khalapur village. 27 members of a marriage party, including 15 women and seven children, were crushed to death and 29 others were injured in the mishap. <i>Om Shanti Om</I>, courtesy a travelling tent cinema in Pusegaon, Maharashtra Police trying to control a female elephant which ran berserk on the city roads at Kolhapur in Maharashtra. <b>Gone to seed</b> Grieving family of a cotton farmer who committed suicide in Vidarbha Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan exchanges documents with Andhra Pradesh CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy after signing an MoU for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pranhita-Chevelia Project in presence of Union Minister of Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal, in New Delhi. Maharashtra Governor K Shankarnarayan taking salute during a state level function on the occasion of 52nd foundation day of the state in Mumbai. Social activist Anna Hazare paying obeisance at Saibaba Temple in Shirdi. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi with Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan and State Congress President Manikrao Thakre interacts with people during a visit to a drought-hit village in Satara. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan interact with people during a visit to a drought-hit village in Satara. Cricketer Rahul Dravid with his family paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi. Rajendra Shekhawat A villager sits besides her hut damaged after a 5-magnitude quake at Gohsatwadi village in Satara, Maharashtra. <b>Crumbling tower?</b> The Rajabai tower of Mumbai university, once a pinnacle of quality education An injured CRPF jawan being taken to a hospital in Nagpur after a Maoist attack killed 12 CRPF personnel and injured 28 others in a land mine blast in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. President Pratibha Patil's husband Devi Singh Shekhawat paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi. <b>Victory lap</b> Uddhav celebrates the Sena win Students giving a last look to their notes at an examination centre during 12th standard exams of Maharashtra State Board in Karad, Maharashtra. Shiv Sena workers celebrate the party's win in the corporation elections in Mumbai. NCP candidates celebrate with supporters after their victory in civic polls in Karad, Maharashtra. A healthy cotton plan The team inspects the damaged crops Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithivraj Chavan addresses an municipal council elections rally at Gondavale in Satara district of Maharashtra. Muslim devotees participate in a procession amidst colorful smoke from flares in a procession to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohammed in Mumbai. Actor and BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha being presented a memento the Trustee of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (Shirdi), during his visit to Saibaba Temple in Shirdi on Tuesday. BJP MP and actor Shatrughan Sinha paying obiesance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi. <b>Language of grievance</b> The agitation for Vidarbha Shobha Ohatker (right), Special IG of Police, CID, talking to dalit woman Rekha Chavan at a hospital in Karad, Maharashtra. Chavan was assaulted and reportedly paraded naked in Mulgaon village of Satara district on Monday Jan 9, 2012. An FIR was registered in the case, but the authorities denied that the woman was stripped or paraded naked. <b>To hell and back</b> Arun Ferreira recounting his ordeal in Mumbai <b>Free at last</b> Arun with his mother after his release A woman performs 'arti' of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare as leaves for Mumbai for his three-day fast and Jail Bharo agitation for Jan Lokpal Bill from Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar. <b>Ralegaon Siddhi</b> <p> Village adopted by Anna Hazare, run along his strict militaristic-Gandhian rules of no smoking or chewing tobacco, cable TV or ‘outside’ jobs. Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare prays before an idol of a local deity at a temple where he lives in his native village, Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra. An IAF person near the debris of a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft that crashed soon after taking off from Lohegaon airbase near Pune. Both the pilots managed to bail out safely. Children make a human chain in the shape of AIDS insignia on the eve of “World AIDS Day” at their school in Karad. Army Chief Gen V K Singh along with his wife Bharti Singh paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi. Pro-Vidarbha activists at a protest in Nagpur Cricketer VVVS Laxman at Saibaba temple in Shirdi. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Congress MPs Gurudas Kamat, Priya Dutt and others participate in a party workers meeting ahead of the Municipal elections in Mumbai on Thursday evening. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is felicitated by former Union Minister Murli Deora and MRCC chief Kripashankar Singh for completing one year in office in Mumbai on Friday evening. Burning tyres and stones are seen on a road during a protest by farmers and Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana members demanding increase in the MSP of sugarcane in Sangli, Maharashtra. Senior BJP leader L K Advani playing a tribal musical instrument 'pungi' at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra at Talasari in Thane, Maharashtra. Senior BJP leader L K Advani at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra at Talegaon in Maharashtra. Senior BJP leader L K Advani and party national president Nitin Gadkari being garlanded at a public meeting during the former's Jan Chetna Yatra in Pune in Maharashtra . Senior BJP Leader L K Advani at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra at Shirwal in Maharashtra. Senior BJP leader L K Advani being presented an axe by party workers at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra at Kankawali in Maharashtra. School children make a human chain that reads 'Shubh Deepawali' ahead of Diwali festival at their school near Karad, Maharashtra. Girls hold certificates stating their new official names during a renaming ceremony in Satara. Almost 300 Indian girls known officially as Unwanted have traded their birth names for a fresh start in life. Given names like Nakusa or Nakushi _ or unwanted _ they grew up understanding they were a burden in families that preferred boys in Maharashtra state. <b>Lost prestige</b> A disappointed Ajit Pawar Women take out the Handa morcha on outside Thane Municipal Corporation for water shortage in Thane. Senior BJP leader L K Advani with party president Nitin Gadkari (R) and Ananth Kumar at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra in Nagpur in Maharashtra on Monday. Senior BJP leader L K Advani with party leaders Gopinath Munde, Ananth Kumar and others at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra at Saoner in Maharashtra. BJP workers burning fire crackers to celebrate their party's victory in the parliamentary by-election in Hisar and Khadakwasla assembly in Maharashtra, in New Delhi. A view of the Kutiya where Anna Hazare will be sitting during his indefinite 'maun vrat' in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar. Anna Hazare performs puja on the occasion of Dussehra in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar on Thursday night. Blackburn Rovers Football Club Team arrives at Pune Airport. The team will play against I-League club Pune FC at Shiv Chhatrapati Stadium, Balewadi on Friday October 7. Tribals displaying a cheque of Rs.781 addressed to the Prime Minister asking him to survive with Rs.26 per day as prescribed by the government for people living in the rural areas, in Thane. Labourers protest outside the district collectorate demanding that the government permit them to dive into water bodies to collect sand in Thane. A girl gives finishing touches to an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival in Karad, Maharashtra. Peace activist from Pakistan talk with Anna Hazare in Ralegan Siddhi. Karamat Ali, Nasir Aslam Zahid (ex-justice supreme court of pakistan) and M Rahman (ex vice chacellor of Aligarh Muslim University) were present. Anna Hazare gestures as he addresses media after the core committee meeting of Civil society as member Arvind Kejriwal (R) looks on in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmadnagar. Team members Shanti Bhushan, Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Manish Sisodia and others during a programme in Anna Hazare's village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmadnagar. Civil society members Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi and Santosh Hegde during a meeting in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmadnagar. Civil society members Medha Patkar, Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal address the media after their core committee meeting in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmadnagar. Team members Shanti Bhushan, Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia during a programme in Anna Hazare's village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmadnagar. Anna Hazare performs 'aarti' of Lord Ganesh during the ongoing Ganesh Utsav in Ralegan Siddhi, Ahmadnagar. Devotees immersing an idol of Lord Ganesh during the Ganesh Utsav in Karad, Maharashtra. Children perform 'Aarti' of Lord Ganesh made along with idols of Indian cricket players and World Cup trophy during Ganesh festival, at a pandal in Karad, Maharashtra. Anna Hazare prays at a Ganpati Pandal at Ralegan Siddhi. The Ganesh idol of the Maharashtra Mandal Mayur Vihar along with two portraits of the lord with the Anna cap''. The background in black is filled with I am Anna slogans in English, Hindi and Marathi. A sand idol of Lord Ganesh created by an artist on the theme of saving trees in Navi Mumbai. Anna Hazare waves a tricolour during a gram sabha meeting at his village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar. Anna Hazare paying respect to a photo of his mother before addressing a gram sabha meeting at his village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar. People carry ganesh idols for immersion on the second day of Ganesh Utsav in Mumbai. People carry idols of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha on a boat for immersion in the Arabian sea, on the second day of the ten-day long Ganesha Chaturthi festival in Mumbai. Anna Hazare upon his arrival at the airport in Pune on Wednesday night. Hazare was discharged from Medanta Medicity hospital of Gurgaon earlier. Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan along with his wife Satvasheela performs worship of Lord Ganesha on the occasion of Ganesh Utsav in Mumbai. Police officers offer roses to Muslims during Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations in Karad, Maharashtra. Chicken hang from a parked transport vehicle in a water logged street following heavy rains in Mumbai. Rescue work is on after an incident of landslide near Vellard View Apartment following heavy rains in south Mumbai. An Indian railway official measures water level on a flooded railway track after heavy rains in Mumbai. Train services were disrupted due to water logging in the tracks in several low-lying areas in the city. Commuters hang on train cars as a local train resumes service after a long break following heavy rains in Mumbai. Train services were disrupted due to water logging in the tracks in several low-lying areas in the city. Anna Hazare's supporters celebrate in the rain in Mumbai. A man lifts a child in jubilation as Anna's supporters celebrate in the rain in Mumbai. A man bites a piece of sweet and dances in jubilation as Anna's supporters spray foam and celebrate in Mumbai. Anna's supporters celebrate in the rain in Mumbai. Women dance as they celebrate at Anna Hazare's village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar after the Gandhian broke his fast. An artist gives final touches to the theme of World Cup idol of Lord Ganesha ahead of Ganesh Chathurti-festival in Karad, Maharashtra. NCP MP Supriya Sule dances as she participates in a padyatra from Naigaon to Pune against female infanticide at Naigaon in Satara, Maharashtra. Muslim supporters of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare wave flags as they march in support of him in Mumbai. Anna Hazare supporters take part in a huge rally in Mumbai. Shiv Sena activist during a protest in support of Anna Hazare's movement against corruption in Shirdi. Bahujan Samaj Party activists try to stall the first show of Prakash Jha's newly released film Aarakshan in Thane. Bahujan Samaj party activists show tickets after they attempt to stall the first show of Prakash Jha's film Aarakshan, demanding a change in its title in Thane. File photo: Former Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu Governor PC Alexander passed away at Madras Medical Mission hospital in Chennai. <b>Clean plan</b> With handpumps that work and provide potable water, women no longer have to collect water from ponds <b>Change master</b> Sarpanch Popatrao Pawar has transformed Hivre Bazaar village <b>Concrete change</b> Baba Ramji Pawar on a well-kept village street <b>Acres green</b> A bird’s eye view of the oasis that is Hivre Bazaar The Coast Guard augmenting the oil spill from the ill-fated vessel MV RAK that sunk off coast Mumbai on August 4. People walk on Juhu beach filled with oil spill from MV Rak, a cargo vessel which sunk off the Mumbai harbour on Thursday. Shiv Sena workers wearing masks of Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan, Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe, Narayan Rane, during a protest against 35 crores donation by Saibaba Sansthan for Shirdi aiport project in Shirdi. Prof Rajiv Kumar of IIT Kharagpur Madhuri Dixit with Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray during the launch of virtual classroom connecting 80 municipal schools in Mumbai. More than 18 thousand municipal students will benefit from this project. Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray and Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan along with Aditya Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray at the launch of a book 'Ayurvedic Garbha Sanskar' written by Balaji Tambe, in Mumbai. The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing the press after meeting the bomb blast victims, at J J Hospital, in Mumbai. Strongly condemning the barbaric bomb blasts, Singh said the perpetrators must be pursued relentlessly to bring them to justice quickly and promised the government will do everything in its power to prevent such attacks in future. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi looks on. The Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram addressing the press after visiting the bomb blast sites, in Mumbai. Admitting that there was no credible intelligence input on the Mumbai attack, Chidambaram did not rule out any angle, including the possibility of an attempt to derail Indo-Pak talks, behind the blasts. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan (left) is also seen. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi meets an injured of July 13 Mumbai serial blasts at Saifee Hospital in Mumbai. Police officers inspect the debris, covered under blue sheets, at the Opera House, one of the three sites of explosions, in Mumbai. Senior BJP leader LK Advani meets an injured of the July 13 serial blasts at JJ Hospital in Mumbai. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma, left, with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, center, and other members of his delegation in New Delhi. A TV grab showing the killers of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey on a motorbike after the shootout. Minister for Rural Development Vilasrao Deshmukh during a ceremony near Sangli. Cave 15, Ellora Cave 26, Ajanta <b>Not A Very Happy Hour for them</b> Youngsters under 25 can no longer consume anything stronger than beer in Mumbai’s drinking establishments Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan (R) with Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Express Group Shekhar Gupta (C) and Editor of The Hindu N Ram (L) addressing the media after a meeting in Mumbai. A delegation of senior editors met the Chief Minister to demand a CBI probe into senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey's killing. People gather to watch merchant ship MV Wisdom which has been grounded since June 11 at the Chowpatty Beach on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai. The cargo vessel went adrift after breaking loose while being towed from Colombo to Alang in Gujarat to be broken as scrap. Efforts to salvage the unmanned vessel which does not have any fuel on board has met with technical delays. <b>Set In Lead</b> A student on campus at IIT-Powai <b>Say Cheese</b> Govt Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan addresses a press conference after his cabinet deliberated on a law for the protection of journalists in Mumbai. <b>Staying Put</b> Farmers at Reliance’s MahaMumbai SEZ in Raigad district Shiv Sena activists argue with cops during a protest against the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for his remarks against Sena chief Bal Thackeray in Mumbai. Cricketer Suresh Raina (c) and Poorna Patel paying obeisance at the Saibaba Temple in Shirdi. Police chasing the agitating farmers who were protesting against land acquisition in three villages of Sangli, Maharashtra. Union Heavy Industry Minister Praful Patel along with his family paying obeisance at Saibaba Temple in Shirdi. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi. Shiv Sena activists burning the effigies of terrorist David Coleman Headley, Tahawwur Hussain Rana and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Thane. Trial Exhibits - Chabad House Trial Exhibits - Street Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithvraj Chavan (R) during Janata Darbar at Gandhi Bhawan in South Mumbai. Pakistani Hindu pilgrims paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi, Maharashtra. <b>Wrong target</b> After the death in police firing of a protester against the Jaitapur plant, villagers take it out on hospital staff The funeral procession of Tabrez Pehekar who died in the police firing during a protest against proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Plant, at his village Nate in Ratnagiri. Wailing relatives of Tabrez Pehekar who died in the police firing during a protest against the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Plant, during his funeral at Nate in Ratnagiri. Police at the site of the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Plant in Ratnagiri following violent protests against the project. A burnt vehicle along side a road at Nate in Ratnagiri following violent protest against the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Plant. Police charge protesters after a clash over the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. Police men deployed at the District Hospital of Ratnagiri following the violent protest against the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Plant which claimed one life. A view of the rampaged Nate police station after a clash between police and protesters over the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. A policeman looks on. An injured policeman after a clash between police and protesters over the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. A view of the market place after it closed following a protest against the Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. <b>Old burden</b> Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s government inherits debts previous governments mindlessly piled up Social activist Anna Hazare arrives at Lohegaon Airport to leave for his village Ralegan Siddhi in Pune. Suresh Raina, a member of World Cup winning Indian team, pays obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi. Traditionally dressed dancers pose for photographs during a procession to mark Gudi Padwa, or Maharashtrian New Year, in Mumbai. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan and Lasith Malinga during a practice session in Mumbai ahead of the CWC final match against India. Security at the Wankhade Stadium during net practice session of Sri Lankan team in Mumbai. NSG and CISF Commandos for maintenance of tight security at Marine Drive in Mumbai ahead of the CWC 2011 final match between India and Sri Lanka. NSG and CISF Commandos for maintenance of tight security at Marine Drive in Mumbai ahead of the CWC 2011 final match between India and Sri Lanka. Cricket fans fans celebrate Team India's victory over Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup semifinal match, in Mumbai. Firemen at work after a major fire broke out at an under-construction mall in Thane, Mumbai. Activists hold banners as they participate in a protest against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear plant, in Mumbai. The protest was organized by environmentalists and Leftist trade unions against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Maharashtra's Konkan region. FILE - In this June 30, 2005 file photo, police escort British charity worker Duncan Grant, as he comes out of the airport in Mumbai. Police rearrested Grant, 67, and Allan Waters convicted of sexually abusing boys in their Mumbai shelter after their 2008 acquittal was overturned. The Supreme Court ordered both to serve the rest of their six-year prison terms. FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2004 file photo, police escort British charity worker Allan Waters, to a local court in Mumbai. Police on rearrested Waters and Duncan Grant, 67, convicted of sexually abusing boys in their Mumbai shelter after their 2008 acquittal was overturned. The Supreme Court ordered both to serve the rest of their six-year prison terms. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan (R) plays Holi with Mumbai Congress President Krupa Shankar Singh at his residence in Mumbai. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Mumbai Congress President Krupa Shankar Singh greet each other during Holi celebrations in Mumbai. Protests against the N-plant in Jaitapur Sports Minister Ajay Maken presenting Maharashtrian of the Year Award 2010 (in sports category) to athlete Kavita Raut during the Lokmat Maharashtrian of the Year Award 2010 function in Mumbai. Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan looks on. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan presenting Maharashtrian of the Year Award 2010 to Home Minister R R Patil during an award function in Mumbai. Stud-farm owner Hasan Ali Khan being taken by Enforcement Directorate (ED) for interrogation, who is an accused of stashing black money abroad, in Mumbai. Outgoing Maharashtra DGP, D Sivanandan (R) welcomes successor Ajit Parasnis in Mumbai Government prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, center, shows victory sign as he leaves the trial court in Mumbai. The court confirmed the conviction and death sentence for Pakistan's Ajmal Kasab, 22, the only surviving gunman from the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, which killed 166 people. People celebrate with sweets after the Bombay High Court upheld the death sentence to 26/11 terror attack convict Ajmal Amir Kasab, in Mumbai. A security person stands guard at Bombay High Court during a hearing for the verdict on Ajmal Kasab's death sentence in Mumbai. The court upheld the death sentence to Kasab for his involvement in Nov 26, 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai in which 166 people were killed. Young fans looking at a hoarding featuring Indian cricketers World Cup 2011 trophy in Karad, Maharashtra. Lyricist Swanand Kirkire, singer Shaan and music composer Leslie Lewis during the launch of cricket anthem 'Go India Go' in Mumbai. Muslim devotees participate in a procession amidst colorful firecrackers on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Mumbai. Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan along with choreographers Farah Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant during the announcement of a TV talent show in Mumbai. Muslim devotees participate in a procession on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Mumbai. Muslim devotees participate in a procession amidst colorful firecrackers on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Mumbai. Girls selecting cards at a shop ahead of the Valentine Day in Karad, Maharashtra. Union Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar addressing a party rally at Kagal in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Tigress Basanti's two months cubs playing at Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai. 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab's lawyer Amin Solkar coming out of the Bombay High Court in Mumbai. File photo of Ajmal Kasab from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal video footage during 26/11. The Bombay High Court said it would deliver its verdict on Feb 21, 2011 on confirmation of death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for his role in the 26/11 terror attacks and also on his appeal against his conviction. President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil lighting a lamp during a function at Nagpur High Court on Sunday. Also seen in the picture is Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. With M.S. Dhoni at the inauguration of the Dilip Vengsarkar Cricket Academy at Pimpri, near Pune, October 2008 A girl displays a message for peace and harmony on Gandhi's martyrdom day during the International Marathon in Nagpur CBI personnel carry out searches at the Adarsh Housing Society complex in Mumbai. Foreign athletes compete in the International Marathon in Nagpur. The collector's office wears a deserted look during Government employees' 'Bandh' in protest against the killing of Malegaon Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane, in Mumbai. Government employees take part in a silent march protesting brutal killing of Malegaon Additional Collector Yashwant Sonavane, in Thane near Mumbai. Additional DC Yashwant Sonawane who was burnt alive allegedly by member of the oil mafia when his team conducted a raid at a roadside eatery near Manmad in Maharashtra on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Maharashtra tableau on display during Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi Folk dancers perform alongside a tableau from Maharashtra at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi Veteran actors Rajesh Khanna and Zeenat Aman at Saibaba temple in Shirdi. Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray waves at the party workers gathered outside his residence to wish him on his 85th birthday in Mumbai. A view of the oil slick 2 km off the coast after a leak in ONGC's Mumbai Uran Trunk pipeline in Mumbai. Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi takes part in a protest meeting demanding release of Malegaon blast accused Muslims in the wake of Swami Aseemanand's statement, at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. An oil spill was reported on Friday off the Mumbai coast following a rapture in a pipeline carrying crude oil from ONGC'S offshore oilfields. Samajwadi Party activists hold placards during a protest rally against RSS at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. A view of the 31-storey Adarsh Housing Society building complex located at Colaba in Mumbai. The environment ministry has said the building should be demolished within three months. Winners of the Mumbai Marathon 2011 (women's category), from left, Merima Mohammed (Silver), Koren Yal (Gold) and Elfemesh Alemu (Bronze), all from Ethiopia, wave as they pose with their prize cheques during victory ceremony of the event in Mumbai. Runners participate in the Mumbai Marathon 2011 at Bandra Worli Sea Link in Mumbai. Athletes run during the Marathon in Mumbai. A participant, wearing fancy sunglasses, during the Mumbai Marathon 2011, in Mumbai. A man dressed in Mahatma Gandhi participates in the Mumbai Marathon 2011, in Mumbai. Liquor Barron Vijay Mallya's son Sidharth Mallya participates in the Mumbai Marathon 2011, in Mumbai. Maharashtra PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal (R), DGP D Shivanandan (L), and actor Vivek Oberoi during the Mumbai Marathon 2011 in Mumbai. Disabled persons participate in the Mumbai Marathon 2011, in Mumbai. Senior BJP leader L K Advani and Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray (L) pay tribute to a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji during the NDA's Mahasangram rally at Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai. JD(U) President Sharad Yadav is also seen. Models perform during Fashion Broadway show of director Karan Johar and designer Manish Malhotra in Mumbai on Saturday evening. A policeman shoots at a leopard to save a man from its clutches in Karad, Maharashtra. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveils a plaque during inauguration of the Power Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant-2 in Tarapur, Maharashtra. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayan, (2nd R), Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon (L) and other leaders applaud. School children dressed as rabbits participating in campaign - Save Trees, Save Rabbits and Save Tigers- in Karad, Maharashtra. A boy plays with pigeons as police stand guard outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. India increased security in major cities across the country on Tuesday after receiving information that a Pakistan-based militant group was planning an attack over New Year's weekend. KRISHNA WATER DISPUTE TRIBUNAL Union Home Minister P Chidambaram during his visit to Naxal-affected Murumgaon in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. Police officers check the bag of a man outside the Taj hotel in Mumbai. Police searched India's financial capital on Friday for four men who authorities believe entered Mumbai to carry out a terrorist attack, a top police official said. Mumbai police commandos march at a street after a high alert has been sounded in Mumbai. <b>The way to dusty...</b> Beed town’s main thoroughfare seems stuck in the ’80s <b>Everyone’s gone</b> Locked doors, a constant reminder at Imampur village, Beed district <b>To the slave mills</b> Labour contractor/moneylender Navnath Salunkhe <b>Stretched Idyll</b> Beach houses in Ratnagiri French President Nicolas Sarkozy, delivers a speech beside his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy during a ceremony in tribute to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks, in Mumbai. Seeking greater global cooperation to fight terror, French President Nicolas Sarkozy today asked Pakistan to be resolute in combating the menace. A member of the bomb disposal squad checks an unclaimed bag after an e-mail threatened to blow up the Koram Mall in Thane near Mumbai. A policeman keeps vigil at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus after a high alert was sounded in Mumbai after the bomb blast in Varanasi. French President Nicholas Sarkozy honours Karambir Kang of Taj Hotel and Devendra Bharma (R) of Trident-Oberoi during a function to pay homage to the victims of 26/11 terror attacks, in Mumbai. French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy attends with French President Nicolas sarkozy, a ceremony in tribute to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks, in Mumbai. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, greets relatives of victims during a ceremony in tribute to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks, in Mumbai. Sarkozy, one of a stream of world leaders coming here seeking lucrative deals for their struggling economies, proposed a total partnership with India in its growing needs for civilian nuclear power. Members of Muslim community hold placards during a protest demanding the reconstruction of Babri Masjid on the 18th anniversary of demolition of the mosque, in Mumbai. A Muslim woman signs a banner demanding the execution of convicted terrorist Ajmal Kasab, at Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai. India marked the second anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack with somber ceremonies and a renewed promise to seek justice for the 166 people slain in an assault that has set back peace efforts with arch rival Pakistan. Kasab, the only gunman to survive the assault, has been sentenced to death, but none of the seven alleged masterminds arrested in Pakistan has been put on trial. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, Petroleum Minister Murle Deora (extreme L), Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Mumbai Congress president Kripashankar Singh (R) paying tributes to the victims of 26/11 terror attack at CST Railway Station in Mumbai. A man pays homage in front of portraits of police officers killed in the Mumbai terror attack outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, one of the sites of the attack, on the second anniversary of the attack in Mumbai. India rebuked Pakistan for not punishing the alleged masterminds of the 2008 terror attack on the financial capital of Mumbai that killed 166 people. Policemen march in a parade to commemorate the second anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack in Mumbai. Home Minister P. Chidambaram pays tribute to victims of the Mumbai terror attack on the second anniversary of the attack in Mumbai. Policemen participate in a parade to commemorate the second anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack in Mumbai. Policemen march past the Trident hotel during a parade to commemorate the second anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack in Mumbai. India rebuked Pakistan for not punishing the alleged masterminds of the 2008 terror attack on the financial capital of Mumbai that killed 166 people. Slain police officer Hemant Karkare's wife Kavita Karkare paying tributes to the martyrs of 26/11 terror attack at their memorial at Police Gymkhana on the second anniversary of the incident, in Mumbai. Policemen march in a parade to commemorate the second anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack in Mumbai. School children hold a banner bearing a message 'The Great Wall of India' to pay homage to the victims of 26/11 terror attack on its 2nd anniversary, outside the Trident Hotel in Mumbai. Maharashtra police force personnel take part in a parade on the 2nd anniversary of 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. Maharashtra police force personnel move in specially designed vehicles as they take part in a parade on the 2nd anniversary of 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. Maharashtra police force personnel take part in a parade on the 2nd anniversary of 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg and Frieda Holtberg who lost son Rabbi Gabriel and daughter-in-law Rivka in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, pay homage to departed souls during a visit to the Nariman House on the second anniversary of the gruesome tragedy, in Mumbai. K. Unnikrishnan, father of National Security Guard commando Major Sandeep Krishnan, who was killed during the Mumbai terror attacks stands with his bicycle during a march for solidarity in the memory of victims, outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. India marked the second anniversary of the Mumbai attack with somber ceremonies and a renewed promise to seek justice for the 166 people slain in an assault that has set back peace efforts with arch rival Pakistan. Passengers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus(CST) railway station on the eve of the 2nd anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, in Mumbai. A foreign tourist taking pictures at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus(CST) railway station on the eve of the 2nd anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, in Mumbai. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan (C), Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel (R) and NCP MP Supriya Sule during a press conference at Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi. Ramesh cleared the Navi Mumbai airport, paving the way for a second airport to ease air traffic in Mumbai. The site of Navi Mumbai Airport which was cleared by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan (C) and Liechtenstein Prince Alois during the dinner party hosted in honour of the Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein at Raj Bhawan in Mumbai on Thursday evening Nov 18, 2010. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan administers oath to Nasim Khan (L) as a minister at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar (2nd L) are also seen. BJP President Nitin Gadkari shows a document during a press conference at the party headquarters in Mumbai. Gadkari today distanced himself from the Adarsh Housing scam saying that he was not even remotely connected with the project. Firemen battle to control a blaze on the 9th floor of the Dheeraj Arma Tower, which houses the head office of Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL), at Bandra in Mumbai. Cars being displayed at the 'Autocar Performance show 2010' in Mumbai. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan addressing a press conference at Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi. Maharshtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan (C), Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora (R), MoS for IT Gurudas Kamat, MPCC Chief Manikrao Thakre and MRCC Chief Kripashankar Singh during a felicitation ceremony by Mumbai Regional Congress Committee for the new Chief Minister at the MRCC office in Mumbai on Friday. Prithviraj Chavan, Maharashtra's new Chief Minister, smiles during the oath taking ceremony in Mumbai. Prithviraj Chavan, Maharashtra's new Chief Minister, speaks at the oath taking ceremony in Mumbai. Adarsh Housing Society apartments at Cuff parade in Mumbai. <b>Hot Seat:</b> Prithviraj Chavan is greeted by party supporters at Mumbai airport, Nov 10, 2010 NCP boss Sharad Pawar, an old bogeyman for the new CM, with daughter Supriya Sule A meadow of balsam blooms at Torna Fort Matheran wildflower (Paracaryopsis lambertiana) Jartari (Flaminga gracilis) The rare Karvi bloom, from 2007 Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks to the media on Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's alleged involvement in a housing scam, in New Delhi. Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan talks to the media after a meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi. Chavan offered to resign from the post, becoming the first political casualty to the embarrassing housing scam in Mumbai. Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray along with his Son Uddhav Thackeray and grandson Aditya Thackeray during the Dusshera rally in Mumbai. A malnourished child in Amravati Royal Bengal Tiger, Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve “The mere threat of filing an RTI for non-receipt of my dad’s death certificate ensured I received it in 30 minutes.” <b>Dinesh Shetty, 34, Director, Maharashtra</b> <p> Dinesh always makes sure his team of 18- to 25-year-olds isn’t pressed for time after performing ‘Haq’, a street play on RTI, which has got spectators crowding around with questions after each of its 70-plus shows. Having highlighted poorly-equipped hospitals and problems of public school students, Dinesh is sifting through ideas for a second play on RTI. Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, launches the Aadhaar Number under Unique Identification Authority of India, as UPA Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ashok Chavan (R) and Governor of Maharashtra, K. Sankaranarayanan (L) look on, at Tembhli village, Nandurbar, Maharashtra. Ten adivasis from the tribal hamlet of Tembhli today became the first to receive the Unique Identity Numbers from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who said this would help the poor get the benefits of welfare projects. The GSB Mandal idol insured for Rs 49.5 cr Devotees carry a huge idol of elephant headed Lord Ganesha, backdropped by high rise buildings ahead of Ganesh Chaturti festival in Mumbai. Every year millions of devout Hindus immerse idols of god Ganesh into oceans and rivers in the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturti festival that celebrates the birth Lord Ganesha. Partially nude Devadasi women protest in Mumbai to demand Rs 2000 per month as pension for life after their retirement. Devadasis belong to a Hindu tradition in which girls are married and dedicated to a deity or temple. The sign reads Maharashtra Submissive and Devadasis Women's Organization. Various Demands, Opposing Maharashtra Government. Nude Rally.” <b>No abode adobe</b> The Katkaris in their bungalow in Agroli village A typical settlement of the rat-catching Katkari tribe An artist works on an idol of Ganesha, being prepared ahead of the annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai. The idols will in turn be immersed in the Arabian Sea at the end of the festival. A visually challenged man and his wife cover themselves with a plastic sheet during rainfall in Mumbai as a man with an umbrella passes by. <b>Slow mover</b> Reliance MahaMumbai SEZ TDP President N. Chandrababu Naidu speaks during a protest against the Babli Dam project in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Hyderabad. The protesters alleged that Maharashtra state is building the dam across River Godavari illegally and this would deprive Andhra Pradesh state of its due share of Godavari waters. Naidu was earlier arrested while trying to visit the project site and was forced to return to Hyderabad on Tuesday. Police detain Telugu Desam Party member and state lawmaker Payyavula Keshav during a protest against the arrest of their leader Chandrababu Naidu and against the Bhabli Dam project in Hyderabad.The protesters alleged that Maharashtra state is building the dam across River Godavari illegally and this would deprive Andhra Pradesh state of its due share of Godavari waters. <b>Sarkar raj</b> Sambhaji Brigade protesters <b>MALEGAON BLASTS II</b><br>The bomb here was mounted on a Hero Honda Ajanta & Ellora: A Buddhist priest at Cave No 15 in Ellora Ajanta & Ellora: Padmapani in Cave 1, Ajanta Ajanta & Ellora Ajanta & Ellora: A seated Buddha, also at Ellora Ajanta & Ellora: The Buddhist caves at Ellora Ajanta & Ellora: Detail from the walls of Cave 26, Ajanta Ajanta & Ellora: The Mahaparinirvana, Ajanta Ajanta & Ellora: The Nandi statue in Cave 15, Ellora Women walk on a street as it rains heavily in Mumbai. Heavy monsoon rains coupled with strong winds claimed 46 lives in Maharashtra state even as hot conditions prevailed in North India. People make their way through flood water after heavy rains in Mumbai. Heavy monsoon rains coupled with strong winds claimed 46 lives in Maharashtra even as hot conditions prevailed in north India People get drenched from a wave that hit the shore during high tide at the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai. Heavy monsoon rains coupled with strong winds claimed 46 lives in Maharashtra even as hot conditions prevailed in north Indi People enjoy the high tide as well as heavy rains at the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai. Heavy monsoon rains coupled with strong winds claimed 46 lives in Maharashtra even as hot conditions prevailed in north India A physically disabled girl enjoys the rain with her friends during high tide at the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai. Heavy monsoon rains coupled with strong winds claimed 46 lives in Maharashtra even as hot conditions prevailed in north India Construction workers ride with their belongings on the back of a tractor in Mangaon 140 kilometers from Mumbai. The Shankaracharya of Karveer Peeth (second from right), Kolhapur, Maharashtra The Merc Gang of Aurangabad President Pratibha Patil felicitates cricketer Sachin Tendulkar during a function to celebrate the golden jubilee of Maharashtra's Foundation Day in New Delhi. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar with his wife Anjali during the golden jubilee celebration of Maharashtra state in Mumbai on April 30, 2010. Jai Maharashtra! As the state celebrates its golden jubilee, Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray and party's Executive President Udhav Thackeray with his wife Rashmi Thackeray are seen during the inauguration of Sanyukta Maharashtra Museum in Mumbai on April 30, 2010. Sachin Tendulkar displays a sword presented to him by MNS Chief Raj Thackeray during the Golden jubilee celebrations of Maharashtra state, in Mumbai. A tourist admires the strawberries during the 'strawberry festival' in Panchgani in Satara, Maharashtra. The German Bakery was handed back to the owners by the police after the clean up job, 40 days after the bomb blasts. BJP President Nitin Gadkari and Congress leader Vilas Muttamwar along with devotees pulling the chariot of Lord Ram during Ram Navami celebrations in Nagpur. BJP MLAs shout slogans after being arrested in Mumbai. Twenty-five BJP MLAs were arrested outside the Vidhan Bhawan for demanding a separate Vidarbha state. Watermelons on sale along side a road as mercury rises in Karad in Maharashtra. Rescue team carrying an injured person after an under construction building collapsed near Masjid railway station in Mumbai Friends of victims in German bakery blast at a peace march at Marine Drive in Mumbai. People take part in a candle light march for the victims of Saturday bomb blast, in Pune. The death toll in the Pune bomb blast rose to 11 with one more person succumbing to injuries, hospital sources said today. Laskhar-e-Taiba Al Alami, a hitherto unheard of terror outfit, claimed it carried out the Pune blast because of India's refusal to discuss the Kashmir issue with Pakistan. Foreign tourists walking on a road near the German Bakery in Pune. The Centre is mulling a reward of Rs one crore to anyone who gives clues about terrorists who may have planted the bomb in the German Bakery, a favourite eating joint of foreigners. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram addresses a press conference accompanied by MP Suresh Kalmadi, at the Council Hall in Pune. The Pune blast was not the result of any intelligence failure but an 'insidious' planting of a bomb in a 'soft' target establishment, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said today. Police inspect remains of the bomb blast at the German Bakery in Pune. A Delhi Police constable stands guard as a group of visitors make their way across Rajpath near India Gate in New Delhi. In the wake of the Pune blast, an alert was today sounded in Delhi, Kanpur and Indore, to tighten security following intelligence inputs that terrorists may target public places there. Followers of Osho greet each other near the site of an explosion outside a German bakery close to the Osho Ashram, a renowned meditation center, in Pune. Police inspects the site of an explosion outside a German Bakery close to the Osho Ashram in Pune. A bomb detonated in a crowded German bakery popular with foreigners killing 9 people and wounding 50, the first terrorist attack in the country since the 26/11 Mumbai massacre. Relatives of a girl who died in Saturday's explosion mourn outside a morgue in Pune. Police and rescue workers inspect the site of an explosion in German Bakery close to the Osho Ashram in Pune. A powerful IED explosion rocked the bakery killing at least eight people and injured 40 others. Police and rescue workers at German Bakery, where an IED explosion killed 8 and injured at least 18. Shiv Sena party activists vandalise a poster of Shah Rukh Khan’s new film 'My Name is Khan' in Mumbai. Theatre owners heaved a sigh of relief and re-opened advance bookings for the film after the Maharashtra government beefed up security and arrested over 1600 Shiv Sena activists in the run up to the release of the movie on Feb 12. With Bal Thackeray issuing a diktat to his party cadres to greet the Italian Prince with black flags to mark the party's protest against his Mumbai for all remarks, a defiant Rahul Gandhi cocked a snook at the Sena supremo when he jettisoned plans to go to a slum in Ghatkopar by a waiting helicopter for his second and final engagement in the city and instead hopped on to a train. Shiv Sena activists protest against AICC Rahul Gandhi's Mumbai visit at Ghatkopar in Mumbai. AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, amidst tight security, waving to supporters at Andheri Station during his visit to Mumbai. Ignoring protests by Shiv Sena, Rahul Gandhi today took a local train from suburban Andheri to Dadar in central Mumbai after dropping his plans to visit a slum in Ghatkopar by a helicopter. Executive President of the Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray along with party MP Sanjay Raut interacts with the media during a press conference at Shiv Sena Bhawan in Mumbai. Referring to Rahul's stop at an ATM enroute to Andheri station, Uddhav said, Mumbai has been made an ATM of Delhi. One can take away Mumbai's money anytime to Delhi. This is the mentality we are fighting against. Police arrest Shiv Sena workers showing black flags to AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi at Bhaidas Hall, where he interacted with youth, in Mumbai. B-108, MUM-050216 - FEBRUARY 05, 2010 - Mumbai: Shiv Sena workers showing black flags to AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi at Bhaidas Hall where he interacted with Mumbai's youths in Mumbai. AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi being welcomed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, MPCC President Manikrao Thakre and Mumbai Congress Chief Kripashanker on his arrival in Mumbai. Rahul arrived amidst tight security following Shiv Sena's call for black flag demonstrations against him for his Mumbai for all Indians remarks. Shiv Sena activists tear a poster of actor Shahrukh Khan's latest movie 'My Name is Khan', in Mumbai. In the eye of a storm over his criticism of exclusion of Pakistani cricketers from the IPL tournament, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is hoping that Shiv Sena's ire against him would not be visited on his new film. Flagging his stand on sons-of-soil issue, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today said If Kasab can learn Marathi in a year, why can't Abu Azmi, who has been living in Mumbai for years and doing business, ignores the state language? Raj said at a rally at Dombivali in Thane district. Shah Rukh Khan, listens to Karan Johar as they discuss their film 'My Name is Khan' during a press conference at a central London hotel. In the eye of a storm over his criticism of exclusion of Pakistani cricketers from the IPL tournament, Shah Rukh Khan said If there is an issue with me you have to sort it out with me and talk to me about my ideology,. AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference in Patna. The war of words between Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena over the Mumbai migrant issue intensified today with the Congress leader asserting that India is for all Indians and Udhav Thackeray accusing him of insulting Marathi policemen who were killed in the 26/11 attacks. Champaran: AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi during his two-day tour of Bihar at Bhitharwa Ashram in West Champaran, Bihar on Monday from where Mahatma Gandhi had launched the historic Satyagraha movement. With an eye on Assembly elections due this year end, Rahul set out on a tour of the NDA-ruled state and said the Congress will go it alone like it did for Lok Sabha polls. Significantly, on a day when the BJP-RSS combine took on the Shiv Sena by saying that Mumbai belongs to all Indians and not just Maharashtrians, Rahul Gandhi too joined the issue and said, In Maharashtra, MNS leader Raj Thackeray keeps on saying throw out people of Bihar and UP. But, who killed the terrorists who had attacked Mumbai? They were the NSG guys from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and from the rest of the country. At that time they did not say throw away Biharis. Mumbai High Court Justice Jayant Chitre gives to Kavita Karkare, wife of late Hemant Karkare the Maharana Pratap Shuory award at National Hindi Kavi Sammelan in Thane, Mumbai. Shiv Sena activist tear of posters of actor Shahrukh Khan's film <i>My Name Is Khan</i> over his Indian Premier League (IPL) comments in Thane. Ashok Chavan's Maharashtra govt in a soup over its order that cabbies must know Marathi. A fast U-turn is of no avail as the Sena, MNS weigh in; give 40 days to learn or flee. Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi having a look of party general secretary Janardhan Singh's car, damaged by Shiv Sena activists, in Mumbai. New Governor of Maharashtra K Sankaranarayanan being administered the oath of office by J N Patel, the acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. Police takes encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma to a local court after he was arrested for an alleged fake encounter case, in Mumbai. The arrest comes in the wake of investigations made by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Bombay High Court into the alleged encounter of gangster Ram Narayan alias Lakhan Bhaiya on November 11, 2006 near Nana-Nani park in suburban Versova, officials said On display all-terrain vehicles inducted for city police force at costal area for patrolling, at Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai. Commandos of Maharashtra state's newly formed elite special commando force, Force One display their skills during their inauguration ceremony in Mumbai. The elite force was formed for the security of the state on the lines of National Security Guards in the wake of last year's terror attacks. Wither freedom of press? This time it was Shiv Sena activists, in Mumbai, vandalising the office of IBN-Lokmat. A vehicle wades through a flooded road after heavy rains in Karad, Maharashtra. A woman gets drenched in the rain in Karad. Maharashtra is experiencing incessant shower due to Cyclone Phyan in the Arabian Sea. A policeman takes stock of weather condition through a telescope as meteorological department warned of and heavy rain in Mumbai. An old man looking at his house in despair following the damage caused by the cyclone, in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. Cyclone Phyan roared towards the western coast as authorities sounded an alert and shut schools and offices in anticipation of its blustery arrival. Hundreds of fishermen were told to turn back as Phyan stormed in from the Arabia Sea. A boy sits on a fishing boat in Mumbai. Cyclone Phyan weakened by evening and bypassed Mumbai. Most of about 600 stranded fishermen in Gujarat and Daman also returned safely. Mumbai on the day Cyclone Phyan advanced from the Arabian Sea towards the Western Ghats in Maharashtra, coastal line of Gujarat and Goa. The cyclone has been named by Myanmar and it comes from the Burmese word, 'Phyan' which means a 'cherry which has fallen off a tree.' Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azami reacts after being attacked by MNS MLAs when he started taking oath in Hindi, in the Vidhan Bhawan in Mumbai. The four suspended MLAs of MNS being garlanded after they disrupted the oath taking ceremony in Vidhan Sabha, Mumbai. Mumbai Congress president Kripashankar Singh, may land in trouble following a revelation that his affidavit for the 2004 and 2009 assembly elections contained different PAN card numbers. The Permanent Account Number is self-explanatory that it cannot change during the holder's lifetime, according to the IT norms. Congress leader Chhagan Bhujbal and Maharashtra CM designate Ashok Chavan congratulate each other as they stake claim to form government before Governor S C Jamir in Mumbai. NCP party general secretary and Union Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel along with deputy chief minister Chaggan Bhujbal and State President R.R. Patil during the meeting at NCP headquarters in South Mumbai. Congress party workers celebrate their victory in Maharashtra State elections at the party state headquarters in Mumbai. Maharashtra CM and Congress party leader Ashok Chavan lights firecrackers to celebrate the party's victory in the state elections, in Mumbai. NCP candidate Ganesh Naik garlanded by supporters during a victory procession after his win in Navi Mumbai. Raj Thackeray-led MNS made its maiden foray in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, playing spoiler for the Shiv Sena-BJP Combine. NCP-Congress had much to thank him and his party for their doing well in the Lok Sabha polls too. Supporters take part in a victory procession after BJP candidate Sambhaji Pawar's win in Sangli, Maharashtra. Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan flashes victory sign with Union Minister and party leader Sushilkumar Shinde and MPCC President Manikrao Thackeray while celebrating party's victory in assembly election in Mumbai. MNS party workers celebrating their candidate's win in Mahim, Mumbai. A woman, carrying a load, shows shows her voter identity card as she comes after casting her vote for the assembly elections, at Malgaon in Sangli, Maharashtra. Actress Naghma shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting her vote for the state assembly elections, at Bandra in Mumbai. Nuns show ink marks on their fingers after casting their votes for the state assembly elections, at Bandra in Mumbai. First time young voters show their ink stained fingers after casting votes for the Maharashtra assembly elections at a polling booth, at Karad in Maharashtra. Congress President Sonia Gandhi waves during a rally for the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, in Nasik. Former cricketer Vinod Kambli and his wife along with RPI (A) President Ramdas Athawale, on his way to file nominations for the upcoming assembly election in Mumbai. Security men in action against a violent mob following a communal clash at Meraj, in Sangli. Janamashtmi means Dahi Handi competitions in Maharashtra. Swine Flu may have caused a bit of panic, but festivities were not muted in Mumbai Janamashtmi means Dahi Handi competitions in Maharashtra. Swine Flu may have caused a bit of panic, but festivities were not muted in Mumbai or elsewhere Janamashtmi means Dahi Handi competitions in Maharashtra. Swine Flu may have caused a bit of panic, but festivities were not muted in Mumbai Rubina Ali, child actress from the Oscar-winning movie <i>Slumdog Millionaire</i>, stands inside her house as it is demolished by local authorities in Mumbai. Rubina and her co-star Azhar had an amazingly roller-coaster year as they went from their slums to the red carpet at the Oscar ceremonies and back to the heart-breaking, grim reality of their lives in Mumbai. Both Rubina and Azhar were on the streets after their homes in the Garib Nagar slum in Bandra were pulled down by Western Railway officials. But finally there was something to cheer about: both the kids did get new homes, thanks to the state government and the trust set up by the filmmakers. Congress candidate Priya Dutt flanked by her husband Roncon, and a Congress MLA, flashing victory signs after being elected from Mumbai North central seat, in Mumbai. Congress candidate Gurudas Kamat celebrates along with his wife and son after winning the Mumbai North-West seat, in Mumbai. Winning flag: Priya Duttwith supporters in Mumbai after her victory
May 18, 2013
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan at the Jain community's Kunthugiri "Prathishta Mahotsav" at Alate in Kolhapur District of Maharashtra on Friday.
- PTI Photo
Apr 25, 2013
Devotees take part in Jyotiba Yatra at Jyotiba Hill in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Apr 23, 2013
Farmer Prakash Kisan Karde of Shiradhon village, Jalna, chops a dry mousambi (sweet lime) tree on his 2.5 acre orchard. This district, the worst-hit, saw rains for just one day last monsoon
- Soumik Kar
Apr 23, 2013
Mandabai Kondiba Bansode’s husband Kundalik Kondiba Bansode committed suicide last month, unable to repay loans of over Rs 1.5 lakh
- Soumik Kar
Apr 23, 2013
People scramble for water at Jalna’s Police Colony. As 150 private water suppliers make a quick buck, 200 state-owned tankers have also been pressed into service
- Soumik Kar
Apr 23, 2013
Sonaji Shinde from Zalta and Gopichand Lakhe from Paithan wait for buyers at the Jalna APMC market. Lack of water has spoilt most of the produce
- Soumik Kar
Apr 23, 2013
Children peer into a dry well at Ambad taluka, which yields the state’s largest sweet lime crop. Farmers now run the risk of losing 90% of their produce
- Soumik Kar
Apr 23, 2013
The Ghanewadi reservoir, which supplies water to Jalna districit. Villagers have started digging wells in the dam bed
- Soumik Kar
Apr 23, 2013
Women and children climb down perilous steps to the bottom of a nearly-dry well to collect drinking water
- Soumik Kar
Apr 23, 2013
Indiabulls is building a pump house that will supply 88.60 cubic mm (or 240 million litres) of water daily from the Morshi reservoir (Upper Wardha dam) in drought-hit Amravati district to its power plant
- Soumik Kar
Apr 23, 2013
The Indiabulls 1,350-MW thermal power project at Nandgaonpeth, Amravati district, has created controversy over allegations that diversion of water from the reservoir will destroy 23,219 hectares of agricultural land
- Soumik Kar
Apr 23, 2013
Actress Kangna Ranaut during the shoot of her upcoming film 'Rajjo' at Raigad in Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Apr 15, 2013
Women take part in a protest rally demanding Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards in Karad.
- PTI Photo
Apr 14, 2013
Governor of Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan (2ndR) along with state Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan pay homege to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 122nd birth anniversary at Shivaji Park, in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Apr 12, 2013
Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his wife Subbulakshmi at Sai Baba temple in Shirdi.
- PTI Photo
Apr 10, 2013
Ajit Pawar
- Fotocorp (From Outlook 22 April 2013)
Apr 10, 2013
Ajit Pawar, Supriya Sule, Sharad Pawar
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Apr 10, 2013

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Apr 09, 2013
MP Jaya Bachchan paying obesiance at Saibaba temple on her birthday in Shirdi, Maharastra.
- PTI Photo
Apr 07, 2013
Police take accused, arrested in connection with building collapse incident, to produce them at the Thane court.
- PTI Photo
Apr 01, 2013
BJP President Rajnath Singh interacts with farmers at a village in Aurangabad during his two day visit to drought affected areas of central Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Mar 27, 2013
People collect water from a tanker at a drought-hit area of a village in Solapur,Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Mar 24, 2013
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan pay floral tributes to freedom fighter `Krantiveer' Nagnath-anna Naikavdi during 1st death anniversary ceremony at village Walva in Sangli , Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees throw turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra on Monday, March 11, 2013.
- Apoorva Salkade/ OUITLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Security guard controls the crowd on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra. on Monday, March 11, 2013.
- Apoorva Salkade/ OUITLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees carry a palanquin during a procession on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/ OUTLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees carry a palanquin during a procession on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUTLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotee lashing himself after throwing turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUTLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees throw turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUITLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
People offering prays on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/ OUITLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees throw turmeric powder on a holy horse as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUTLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees throw turmeric powder on a holy horse as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUTLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees carry a palanquin during a procession on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUTLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees carry a palanquin during a procession on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUTLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees throwing turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUTLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees rush towards the holy lamp after throwing turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/ OUITLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
The 'koli' fishermen devotees dance in the procession on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUITLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Rescue work in progress after a bus fell into a river near Khed in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Mar 19, 2013
A devotees falls down after throwing turmeric powder as an offering to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUTLOOK
Mar 19, 2013
Devotees collecting 'Bhandara' turmeric powder which is offered to to Khandoba, 'God of Jejuri', on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra.
- Apoorva Salkade/OUITLOOK
Mar 07, 2013
A box seeking information in Murmadi
- Sunny Shende
Mar 07, 2013
The girls’ mum and grandparents
- Sunny Shende
Mar 07, 2013
The well where the bodies were found
- Sunny Shende
Feb 27, 2013
A burning car said to be burnt by MNS workers during a protest in the city against the Nationalist Congress Party in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Feb 25, 2013
Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Ardeshar Larijani shakes hands with Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan at a meeting at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Feb 14, 2013
Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary: A 100 km from Nagpur, Maharashtra, new tiger reserve for regular sightings of tigers, panthers, 160-plus species of birds and 30 species of reptiles.
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Feb 11, 2013
Photographs of four terror suspects wanted in Mumbai and Pune blast cases were released by Anti Terrorism squad of Maharashtra in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Feb 07, 2013
“I have had loans for the past 20 years. I don’t know how much is interest or principal anymore.” Bhanudas Zoting, Dorli village
- Apoorva Salkade
Feb 07, 2013
“The crops failed soon after the loan relief offer...so after that we’ve only borrowed but not paid back.” Gajanan Puri, Waifad
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Feb 01, 2013

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Feb 01, 2013
Sonia Gandhi hands over a no-dues certificate to a farmer in Loni village, Ahmednagar, 2008
- PTI
Feb 01, 2013
The PM interacting with debt-ridden farmers of Koljhari village, Maharashtra
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Jan 10, 2013
Only muck left An almost-dry well in a village in Jalna district
- Amit Haralkar
Jan 10, 2013
It’s drying out The elderly are the few ones left in a Beed village
- Amit Haralkar
Dec 13, 2012
Broken thread A typical shed housing a powerloom unit in Malegaon
- Apoorva Salkade
Dec 13, 2012
Army soldiers perform Mallakhamb (gymnastics) on a vertical wooden pole during a rehearsal for Vijay Diwas celebrations in Mumbai.
- AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade
Dec 11, 2012
B.B. NIMBALKAR, 93, the “man who nearly beat Bradman” with his first-class knock for Maharashtra of 443 n.o in 1948 against Kathiawar. Still the 4th highest individual score. Never played for India.
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Dec 07, 2012
Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar is greeted by Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan as Governor K Shankarnarayanan looks on during his swearing-in as Deputy Chief Minister in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo/ Shashank Parade
Dec 01, 2012
School children make a human chain that reads "AIDS" on the occasion of 'World AIDS Day' at a school in Karad, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Nov 27, 2012
Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray during the condolence meeting of his father Balasaheb Thackeray in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo/Mitesh Bhuvad
Nov 25, 2012
Maharashtra CM Prithivraj Chavan pays homage at the Samadhi of former deputy Prime minister late YB Chavan on the occasion of his 28 death anniversary at Karad in Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Nov 11, 2012
Marathi artists perform during the Vasant Mahotsav and the 63rd Birthday celebration of Deputy chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council Vasant Davkhare in Thane.
- PTI Photo
Nov 09, 2012
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and others during the platinum jubilee year celebrations of the state legislature in Pune, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Nov 08, 2012
Shake it all about! Belly dancing class in session at the Life and Dance studio in Pune
- Vikram Patwardhan
Oct 25, 2012
King of Spain Juan Carlos I poses with Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Chhagan Bhujbal and others during a reception at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Oct 24, 2012
BJP President Nitin Gadkari at an RSS function in Nagpur. The BJP president found himself drawn deeper into charges of financial irregularities as further investigations into his company accounts reveal that not just drivers and accountants, even an astrologer is a director in a Purti investor company, which itself, in turn, seems to be a shell company.
- PTI Photo
Oct 19, 2012
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar with social worker Mohan Dharia during the late Yashwantrao Chavan's birth centenary year function in Pune, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Oct 18, 2012
File photo of NCP president Sharad Pawar. Former IPS Officer Y P Singh today targeted Pawar in alleged Lavasa scam. Singh said Arvind Kejriwal had concealed information while disclosing the facts and Sharad Pawar is the centre of the real scam.
- PTI Photo/ Subhav Shukla
Oct 18, 2012
Ex-IPS officer turned legal activist Y P Singh and his wife Abha Singh during a press conference in Mumba. Y P Singh today targeted Sharad Pawar in alleged Lavasa scam. Singh said Ajit Pawar gave land to Lavasa at throwaway prices. He said land was given to company in which Supriya Sule had stake. Ajit Pawar violated SC order by not auctioning land, Singh further added.
- PTI Photo/ Shashank Parade
Oct 12, 2012
Actor Ajay Devgan with wife actress Kajol on way to Mahalaxmi temple to perform worship for the success of the film 'Son of Sardar' in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Oct 04, 2012
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan arrives to appear before the Adarsh scam inquiry commission, in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo/Shashank Parade
Oct 03, 2012
Republican Party of India President Ramdas Athawale with Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray during the 55th anniversary of RPI in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo by Shashank Parade
Oct 03, 2012
Channel of corruption? NCP’s Ajit Pawar
- Amit Haralkar
Oct 01, 2012
NCP leader Ajit Pawar with MP Supriya Sule during Rashtrawadi Yuvati Melava in Satara on Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Sep 27, 2012
Ajit Pawar with NCP chief Sharad Pawar
- Fotocorp (From Outlook 08 October 2012)
Sep 26, 2012
People gather to watch rescue operations after a bus fell into the Purna River in Maharashtra. Police said 17 people died when the bus they were traveling in plunged into the river.
- AP Photo
Sep 25, 2012
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar of NCP (second from right) with his party leaders at a press conference to announce his resignation as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Sep 23, 2012
Miraj-Parli Vaijnath Passenger train derailed between Ghatnandur and Parli Vaijnath stations in Beed district of Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Sep 19, 2012
Devotees carry idols of Lord Ganesh in a procession on the occasion of 'Ganesh Chathurti' festival in Karad, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Sep 19, 2012
Children participate in a religious procession on the occasion of 'Ganesh Chathurti' festival in Sangli, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Sep 15, 2012
BJP workers protesting against the price hike of LPG and diesel in Karad, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Sep 11, 2012
An activist of India Against Corruption shouts slogans protesting the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, outside Arthur jail where he is being held, in Mumbai.
- AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade
Sep 11, 2012
A policeman tries to stop activists of India Against Corruption protesting the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, outside Arthur jail where he is being held, in Mumbai.
- AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade
Sep 11, 2012
An activist of India Against Corruption, center, holding an empty plastic bottle, shouts slogans while protesting the arrest of political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, outside Arthur jail where he is being held, in Mumbai.
- AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade
Sep 07, 2012
School children create a human chain in the shape of literacy logo on the eve of 'International Literacy Day' in Karad, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Aug 21, 2012
Actress Rani Mukherjee paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi.
- PTI Photo
Aug 16, 2012
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan along with Congress party leaders paying tribute to Late Vilasrao Deshmukh in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo/Santosh Hirlekar
Aug 15, 2012
Crowd of mourners during the funeral ceremony of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in Latur.
- PTI Photo
Aug 14, 2012
A file photo of Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh with his wife and sons. Deshmukh, who was suffering from a serious liver ailment, died in a hospital in Chennai.
- PTI Photo
Aug 05, 2012
Farmers from drought-hit regions display their cattle-fodder camp cards as they stand in queue at a Manndeshi Foundation cattle-fodder camp at Mhaswad in Satara.
- PTI Photo
Jul 24, 2012
A woman performs 'arti' of social activist Anna Hazare as he prepares to leave for Delhi from his native place Ralegan in Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Jul 13, 2012
Presidential candidate of the UPA Pranab Mukherjee is presented with a traditional headgear by Congress party members during his visit to Maharastra.
- AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade
Jul 13, 2012
Presidential candidate of the UPA Pranab Mukherjee wears a traditional headgear presented by Congress party members during his visit to Maharashtra.
- AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade
Jul 10, 2012
Presidential candidate PA Sangma holds his mask with Maharashtra BJP MPs and MLAs while posing for the media during his election campaign in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo/ Shashank Parade
Jun 30, 2012
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan along with his daughter arrives for a questioning session by Adarsh Commission, in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo/ Shashank Parade
Jun 25, 2012
Women 'warkaris' take part in a race during Sant Tukaram Palkhi procession at Akluj in Solpaur district, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Jun 21, 2012
Smoke billows from the Mantralaya — headquarters of the Maharashtra state government in Mumbai. Hundreds of employees were evacuated from the seven-storey government building as more than two dozen fire engines battled a major fire that raged for more than three hours in the country's financial and entertainment capital.
- AP
Jun 21, 2012
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan visits Mantralay after fire broke in the building in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo by Santosh Hirlekar
Jun 21, 2012
For the flag and the country. Some government staff brave the fire and the smoke to remove the Indian tricolour from the top of the Mantralaya — headquarters of the Maharashtra state government after it caught in fire in Mumbai. Hundreds of employees were evacuated from the seven-storey government building as more than two dozen fire engines battled a major fire that raged for more than three hours in the country's financial and entertainment capital.
- AP
Jun 21, 2012
Maharashtra Mantralaya engulfed in a major fire in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo by Santosh Hirlekar
Jun 21, 2012
A major fire broke out at the fourth floor of the Mantralaya building which houses the state secretariat in south Mumbai this afternoon, fire brigade sources said.
- @Shael Sharma/Twitter
Jun 21, 2012
Policemen gather as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the headquarters of the Maharashtra state government. Hundreds of employees were evacuated from the seven-story government building as more than two dozen fire engines battled the major fire that raged for more than three hours in Mumbai.
- AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool
Jun 18, 2012
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh (right) gestures during a press conference with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo/ Shashank Parade
Jun 16, 2012
An injured passenger is carried for treatment to a hospital in Maharashtra. A bus carrying dozens of pilgrims home from a shrine plunged off a bridge and 32 passengers were killed.
- AP Photo
Jun 12, 2012
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inspects the progress of the monorail project in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Jun 11, 2012
President Pratibha Patil with husband Devisingh Shekhawat pays obeisance at Lord Vithal's Temple in Pandharpur,Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Jun 10, 2012
Sawantwadi fare: a thali at Chaitanya
- Jason Mendez
Jun 10, 2012
A meal at Amrita
- Jason Mendez
May 31, 2012
Guinness World Records' adjudicator Nikhil Shukla (R) hands a certificate to Shreeya Deshpande in Kolhapur. Shreeya set a new Guinness record in limbo skating with skating 158 feet 2 inches under 26 vehicles.
- PTI Photo
May 28, 2012
Police inspect the damaged vehicle after an accident at Khalapur on Mumbai-Pune express highway near Navi Mumbai. Twenty-seven members of a marriage party, including 15 women and seven children, were crushed to death and 29 others injured.
- PTI Photo
May 28, 2012
Family members of the victims of a bus accident wail at Yerawada in Pune. The accident took place when a stationary private mini-bus, carrying a marriage party, was by hit by a tempo on the Mumbai-Pune highway near Khalapur village. 27 members of a marriage party, including 15 women and seven children, were crushed to death and 29 others were injured in the mishap.
- PTI Photo
May 25, 2012
Om Shanti Om, courtesy a travelling tent cinema in Pusegaon, Maharashtra
- Amit Madheshiya
May 16, 2012
Police trying to control a female elephant which ran berserk on the city roads at Kolhapur in Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
May 09, 2012
Gone to seed Grieving family of a cotton farmer who committed suicide in Vidarbha
- Atul Loke
May 05, 2012
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan exchanges documents with Andhra Pradesh CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy after signing an MoU for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pranhita-Chevelia Project in presence of Union Minister of Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal, in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
May 01, 2012
Maharashtra Governor K Shankarnarayan taking salute during a state level function on the occasion of 52nd foundation day of the state in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
May 01, 2012
Social activist Anna Hazare paying obeisance at Saibaba Temple in Shirdi.
- PTI Photo
Apr 28, 2012
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi with Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan and State Congress President Manikrao Thakre interacts with people during a visit to a drought-hit village in Satara.
- PTI Photo
Apr 28, 2012
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan interact with people during a visit to a drought-hit village in Satara.
- PTI Photo
Apr 24, 2012
Cricketer Rahul Dravid with his family paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi.
- PTI Photo
Apr 19, 2012
Rajendra Shekhawat
- PTI
Apr 14, 2012
A villager sits besides her hut damaged after a 5-magnitude quake at Gohsatwadi village in Satara, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Apr 05, 2012
Crumbling tower? The Rajabai tower of Mumbai university, once a pinnacle of quality education
- Apoorva Salkade
Mar 27, 2012
An injured CRPF jawan being taken to a hospital in Nagpur after a Maoist attack killed 12 CRPF personnel and injured 28 others in a land mine blast in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Mar 10, 2012
President Pratibha Patil's husband Devi Singh Shekhawat paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi.
- PTI Photo
Feb 23, 2012
Victory lap Uddhav celebrates the Sena win
- Amit Haralkar
Feb 21, 2012
Students giving a last look to their notes at an examination centre during 12th standard exams of Maharashtra State Board in Karad, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Feb 17, 2012
Shiv Sena workers celebrate the party's win in the corporation elections in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo/Shashank Parade
Feb 17, 2012
NCP candidates celebrate with supporters after their victory in civic polls in Karad, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Feb 15, 2012
A healthy cotton plan
- T. Narayan
Feb 15, 2012
The team inspects the damaged crops
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Feb 05, 2012
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithivraj Chavan addresses an municipal council elections rally at Gondavale in Satara district of Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Feb 05, 2012
Muslim devotees participate in a procession amidst colorful smoke from flares in a procession to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohammed in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Feb 01, 2012
Actor and BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha being presented a memento the Trustee of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (Shirdi), during his visit to Saibaba Temple in Shirdi on Tuesday.
- PTI Photo
Feb 01, 2012
BJP MP and actor Shatrughan Sinha paying obiesance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 26, 2012
Language of grievance The agitation for Vidarbha
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Jan 13, 2012
Shobha Ohatker (right), Special IG of Police, CID, talking to dalit woman Rekha Chavan at a hospital in Karad, Maharashtra. Chavan was assaulted and reportedly paraded naked in Mulgaon village of Satara district on Monday Jan 9, 2012. An FIR was registered in the case, but the authorities denied that the woman was stripped or paraded naked.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2012
To hell and back Arun Ferreira recounting his ordeal in Mumbai
- Apoorva Salkade
Jan 11, 2012
Free at last Arun with his mother after his release
- Mahesh Sushil Tickley
Dec 26, 2011
A woman performs 'arti' of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare as leaves for Mumbai for his three-day fast and Jail Bharo agitation for Jan Lokpal Bill from Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar.
- PTI Photo
Dec 21, 2011
Ralegaon Siddhi

Village adopted by Anna Hazare, run along his strict militaristic-Gandhian rules of no smoking or chewing tobacco, cable TV or ‘outside’ jobs.
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Dec 20, 2011
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare prays before an idol of a local deity at a temple where he lives in his native village, Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra.
- AP Photo/ Vishal Yadhav
Dec 13, 2011
An IAF person near the debris of a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft that crashed soon after taking off from Lohegaon airbase near Pune. Both the pilots managed to bail out safely.
- PTI Photo
Nov 30, 2011
Children make a human chain in the shape of AIDS insignia on the eve of “World AIDS Day” at their school in Karad.
- PTI Photo
Nov 25, 2011
Army Chief Gen V K Singh along with his wife Bharti Singh paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi.
- PTI Photo
Nov 23, 2011
Pro-Vidarbha activists at a protest in Nagpur
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Nov 19, 2011
Cricketer VVVS Laxman at Saibaba temple in Shirdi.
- PTI Photo
Nov 18, 2011
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Congress MPs Gurudas Kamat, Priya Dutt and others participate in a party workers meeting ahead of the Municipal elections in Mumbai on Thursday evening.
- PTI Photo/ Shirish Shete
Nov 12, 2011
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is felicitated by former Union Minister Murli Deora and MRCC chief Kripashankar Singh for completing one year in office in Mumbai on Friday evening.
- PTI Photo/ Shirish Shete
Nov 11, 2011
Burning tyres and stones are seen on a road during a protest by farmers and Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana members demanding increase in the MSP of sugarcane in Sangli, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Nov 05, 2011
Senior BJP leader L K Advani playing a tribal musical instrument 'pungi' at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra at Talasari in Thane, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Nov 04, 2011
Senior BJP leader L K Advani at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra at Talegaon in Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Nov 04, 2011
Senior BJP leader L K Advani and party national president Nitin Gadkari being garlanded at a public meeting during the former's Jan Chetna Yatra in Pune in Maharashtra .
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Nov 03, 2011
Senior BJP Leader L K Advani at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra at Shirwal in Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Nov 02, 2011
Senior BJP leader L K Advani being presented an axe by party workers at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra at Kankawali in Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Oct 24, 2011
School children make a human chain that reads 'Shubh Deepawali' ahead of Diwali festival at their school near Karad, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Oct 22, 2011
Girls hold certificates stating their new official names during a renaming ceremony in Satara. Almost 300 Indian girls known officially as "Unwanted" have traded their birth names for a fresh start in life. Given names like "Nakusa" or "Nakushi" _ or "unwanted" _ they grew up understanding they were a burden in families that preferred boys in Maharashtra state.
- AP Photo
Oct 20, 2011
Lost prestige A disappointed Ajit Pawar
- Fotocorp (From Outlook, October 31, 2011)
Oct 19, 2011
Women take out the Handa morcha on outside Thane Municipal Corporation for water shortage in Thane.
- PTI Photo
Oct 18, 2011
Senior BJP leader L K Advani with party president Nitin Gadkari (R) and Ananth Kumar at a public meeting during his Jan Chetna Yatra in Nagpur in Maharashtra on Monday.
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Oct 17, 2011
Senior BJP leader L K Advani with party leaders Gopinath Munde, Ananth Kumar and others at a public meeting during his "Jan Chetna Yatra" at Saoner in Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Oct 17, 2011
BJP workers burning fire crackers to celebrate their party's victory in the parliamentary by-election in Hisar and Khadakwasla assembly in Maharashtra, in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo | Subhav Shukla
Oct 17, 2011
A view of the Kutiya where Anna Hazare will be sitting during his indefinite 'maun vrat' in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar.
- PTI Photo
Oct 07, 2011
Anna Hazare performs puja on the occasion of Dussehra in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar on Thursday night.
- PTI Photo
Oct 05, 2011
Blackburn Rovers Football Club Team arrives at Pune Airport. The team will play against I-League club Pune FC at Shiv Chhatrapati Stadium, Balewadi on Friday October 7.
- PTI Photo
Sep 26, 2011
Tribals displaying a cheque of Rs.781 addressed to the Prime Minister asking him to "survive" with Rs.26 per day as prescribed by the government for people living in the rural areas, in Thane.
- PTI Photo
Sep 26, 2011
Labourers protest outside the district collectorate demanding that the government permit them to dive into water bodies to collect sand in Thane.
- PTI Photo
Sep 24, 2011
A girl gives finishing touches to an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival in Karad, Maharashtra.
- PTI Photo
Sep 21, 2011
Peace activist from Pakistan talk with Anna Hazare in Ralegan Siddhi. Karamat Ali, Nasir Aslam Zahid (ex-justice supreme court of pakistan) and M Rahman (ex vice chacellor of Aligarh Muslim University) were present.
- PTI Photo
Sep 11, 2011
Anna Hazare gestures as he addresses media after the core committee meeting of Civil society as member Arvind Kejriwal (R) looks on in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmadnagar.
- PTI Photo
Sep 10, 2011
Team members Shanti Bhushan, Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Manish Sisodia and others during a programme in Anna Hazare's village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmadnagar.
- PTI Photo
Sep 10, 2011
Civil society members Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi and Santosh Hegde during a meeting in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmadnagar.
- PTI Photo
Sep 10, 2011
Civil society members Medha Patkar, Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal address the media after their core committee meeting in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmadnagar.
- PTI Photo
Sep 10, 2011
Team members Shanti Bhushan, Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia during a programme in Anna Hazare's village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmadnagar.
- PTI Photo
Sep 08, 2011
Anna Hazare performs 'aarti' of Lor