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PM Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram arrive for a high level meeting on food inflation in New Delhi. As the government grapples with high prices of essential commodities, Singh held a meeting with senior ministers to find ways to tame food inflation which has crossed 18 per cent.
- PTI Photo

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PM Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram arrive for a high level meeting on food inflation in New Delhi. As the government grapples with high prices of essential commodities, Singh held a meeting with senior ministers to find ways to tame food inflation which has crossed 18 per cent. Former Congress MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy sits in the backdrop of a portrait of his father YSR Reddy during a day-long fast to protest against alleged injustice to farmers from Andhra Pradesh state, in New Delhi. Reddy is protesting against the alleged injustice meted out to Andhra Pradesh state in the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal award, settling dispute between the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh over sharing of the waters of River Krishna, and the possible adverse impact it will have on farmers of the state. Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley speaks during the party's 'Karyakarta Sammelan' organised to fight against the alleged corruption by the Congress in 2G Spectrum and Bofors scams, in New Delhi. Taking the attack on the ruling dispensation a notch further, the BJP accused the Prime Minister of leading the most corrupt government in the country's history and said the UPA II has little idea on how to deal with the various problems plaguing the country. Ratan N Tata, Diilip Modi and Rajan Bharti Mittal during a pre-budget consultation with Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi. An Indian laborer adjusts onion sacks at a wholesale market in Calcutta. India is urging Pakistan to resume onion exports to help ease the strain of rocketing food prices. Overall, food inflation hit its highest level in a year last month at 18.32 percent, compounding the hardships of hundreds of millions living in poverty. Devotees take part in a religious procession at the Golden Temple as they celebrate birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh ji at Golden Temple in Amritsar. Soccer player Lionel Messi of Argentina poses with the trophy after winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2010, soccer player of the year 2010, prize during the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2010 gala held at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and government employees observe a moment of silence on South Lawn of the White House in Washington, to honor those who were killed and injured in the shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is in critical condition after being shot in the head. Soldiers of the Gurkha Regiment march in front of India Gate during rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day on a foggy morning in New Delhi. Army soldiers march in front of India Gate during rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day, in New Delhi. An army soldier gives a command during rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day, in New Delhi. Students showing their identity cards as they arrive at Ravindralaya for an interaction with Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi in Lucknow. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi during an interaction with students in Agra. Congress workers trampling a poster of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in Allahabad a day after activists of his party's student wing showed black flags to AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. Police arrest Congress workers demonstrating against Samajwadi Party workers who showed black flags to AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, in Allahabad. Banned ULFA Foreign Secretary Sasha Choudhury, center, walks out from the Guwahati Central Jail after his released in Guwahati. Choudhury, who was arrested in Bangladesh in Nov.1 2009, was granted bail by a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act court paving the way for his release. BJP President Nitin Gadkari with RSS leader Indresh Kumar (R) during the release of a book Secrets of RSS-Demystifying the Sangh by Ratan Sharda (unseen), during a function at the party headquarters in New Delhi. BJP President Nitin Gadkari releases a book Secrets of RSS-Demystifying the Sangh by Ratan Sharda (R), during a function at the party headquarters in New Delhi. West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Manas Bhunia (2nd R) interacts with residents of Netai village, Lalgarh in West Midnapore district in West Bengal, where suspected armed cadre of the CPI(M) opened fire killing innocent villagers. People march during a rally demanding immediate release of doctor-activist Binayak Sen in Kolkata. Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda inspects a gun on display during the two-day Know Your Army programme at Morhabadi Ground in Ranchi. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at the 21st International Kite festival at the Sabarmati river front in Ahmedabad. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with kite enthusiasts during the prize distribution of the 21st International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad. Former Congress MP Jagan Mohan Reddy along with supporters during a protest dharna against Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal verdict at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Food Inflation. Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah speaks to Sikh devotees at a gurdwara on the occasion of the 345th birth anniversary of the Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu. Sikh devotees offer special prayers at Chati Padshahi Gurdwara during the birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, in Srinagar. Salma Ansari, wife of Vice-President Hamid Ansari, receives a sword from Sikh devotees as she takes part the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh, at Gurdwara Dumdama Sahib near Nizamuddin in New Delhi. Homeless people sleep at a roadside in New Delhi on a cold night on Monday. Police inspects the site of a road rage where a young restaurant manager, Rajiv Jolly, was killed when Vikas Aggarwal, a pilot of a private airliner, allegedly ran his car over him after their vehicles collided, in New Delhi. Students celebrating Pongal at their school in Chennai. Smoke billows out after a fire at under construction Ambedkar Park in Noida. Vice-President Hamid Ansari pays floral tribute at the samadhi of the former Prime Minister, late Lal Bahadur Shastri, on his death anniversary, at Vijay Ghat in New Delhi. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrate's court in London for his extradition hearing. A relative cries as she is comforted by the others during a funeral ceremony for victims of Sunday's IranAir passenger plane crash, at the city of Orumiyeh, 460 miles (700 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Tehran, Iran. An IranAir passenger jet carrying 104 people crashed as it was making an emergency landing Sunday, Jan. 9, in a snowstorm in the country's northwest and broke into several pieces, killing nearly 80 of those on board, Iranian media reported. Iranians carry the coffins of victims of the Sunday's IranAir passenger plane crash, during a funeral ceremony, at the city of Orumiyeh, 460 miles (700 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Tehran, Iran. An IranAir passenger jet carrying 104 people crashed as it was making an emergency landing Sunday, Jan. 9, in a snowstorm in the country's northwest and broke into several pieces, killing nearly 80 of those on board, Iranian media reported. A polling center official explains to a Southern Sudanese woman the two voting signs contained in the ballot, separation and unity, at a polling center during the third day of the referendum in the city of Um Durman, Sudan. Arab tribesman attacked a vehicle convoy carrying southern Sudanese traveling from the country's north to their home region, which is holding an independence referendum this week, an official said Tuesday. Conflicting reports put the death toll between two and 10. A Helicopter carrying US Vice President Joe Biden lands at a forward operating base Airborne, in Maidan Shar, in Afghanistan's Wardak province. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, is accompanied by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, as they inspect the guard of honor ahead of their meet in Kabul, Afghanistan. Back-dropped by the National Gallery, campaigners from the London Guantanamo Campaign hold a silent vigil in Trafalgar Square, London. Human rights groups demanded the release of the last British inmate at Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday, donning orange jumpsuits to demonstrate against the U.S. prison's ninth anniversary. Afghans walk on a bridge on the outskirts of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Pakistani Ehssan Abduallah, 6, looks on while studying in a madrassa, or Islamic school, located next to the house of Mumtaz Qadri, the alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Salman Taseer was killed last Tuesday by his bodyguard commando reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. A musher leads his dogs through the Col de Cou mountain pass during the fourth stage of the Grande Odyssee race between Morzine and Champery, along the Franco-Swiss border in the Alps. The international Grande Odyssee Savoie Mont Blanc is a 1000 kilometer (621 mile) dog sledge race which runs from Jan. 8 to 19, 2011.
Jan 11, 2011
PM Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram arrive for a high level meeting on food inflation in New Delhi. As the government grapples with high prices of essential commodities, Singh held a meeting with senior ministers to find ways to tame food inflation which has crossed 18 per cent.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Former Congress MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy sits in the backdrop of a portrait of his father YSR Reddy during a day-long fast to protest against alleged injustice to farmers from Andhra Pradesh state, in New Delhi. Reddy is protesting against the alleged injustice meted out to Andhra Pradesh state in the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal award, settling dispute between the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh over sharing of the waters of River Krishna, and the possible adverse impact it will have on farmers of the state.
- AP Photo/ Gurinder Osan
Jan 11, 2011
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley speaks during the party's 'Karyakarta Sammelan' organised to fight against the alleged corruption by the Congress in 2G Spectrum and Bofors scams, in New Delhi. Taking the attack on the ruling dispensation a notch further, the BJP accused the Prime Minister of leading the "most corrupt" government in the country's history and said the UPA II has little idea on how to deal with the various problems plaguing the country.
- PTI Photo/ Vijay Kumar Joshi
Jan 11, 2011
Ratan N Tata, Diilip Modi and Rajan Bharti Mittal during a pre-budget consultation with Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
An Indian laborer adjusts onion sacks at a wholesale market in Calcutta. India is urging Pakistan to resume onion exports to help ease the strain of rocketing food prices. Overall, food inflation hit its highest level in a year last month at 18.32 percent, compounding the hardships of hundreds of millions living in poverty.
- AP Photo/Bikas Das
Jan 11, 2011
Devotees take part in a religious procession at the Golden Temple as they celebrate birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh ji at Golden Temple in Amritsar.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Soccer player Lionel Messi of Argentina poses with the trophy after winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2010, soccer player of the year 2010, prize during the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2010 gala held at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland.
- AP Photo/ Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella
Jan 11, 2011
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and government employees observe a moment of silence on South Lawn of the White House in Washington, to honor those who were killed and injured in the shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is in critical condition after being shot in the head.
- AP Photo/ Susan Walsh
Jan 11, 2011
Soldiers of the Gurkha Regiment march in front of India Gate during rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day on a foggy morning in New Delhi.
- AP Photo/ Kevin Frayer
Jan 11, 2011
Army soldiers march in front of India Gate during rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day, in New Delhi.
- AP Photo/ Kevin Frayer
Jan 11, 2011
An army soldier gives a command during rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day, in New Delhi.
- AP Photo/ Kevin Frayer
Jan 11, 2011
Students showing their identity cards as they arrive at Ravindralaya for an interaction with Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi in Lucknow.
- PTI Photo/ Nand Kumar
Jan 11, 2011
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi during an interaction with students in Agra.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Congress workers trampling a poster of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in Allahabad a day after activists of his party's student wing showed black flags to AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Police arrest Congress workers demonstrating against Samajwadi Party workers who showed black flags to AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, in Allahabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Banned ULFA Foreign Secretary Sasha Choudhury, center, walks out from the Guwahati Central Jail after his released in Guwahati. Choudhury, who was arrested in Bangladesh in Nov.1 2009, was granted bail by a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act court paving the way for his release.
- AP Photo/ Anupam Nath
Jan 11, 2011
BJP President Nitin Gadkari with RSS leader Indresh Kumar (R) during the release of a book "Secrets of RSS-Demystifying the Sangh" by Ratan Sharda (unseen), during a function at the party headquarters in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist
Jan 11, 2011
BJP President Nitin Gadkari releases a book "Secrets of RSS-Demystifying the Sangh" by Ratan Sharda (R), during a function at the party headquarters in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist
Jan 11, 2011
West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Manas Bhunia (2nd R) interacts with residents of Netai village, Lalgarh in West Midnapore district in West Bengal, where suspected armed cadre of the CPI(M) opened fire killing innocent villagers.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
People march during a rally demanding immediate release of doctor-activist Binayak Sen in Kolkata.
- PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik
Jan 11, 2011
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda inspects a gun on display during the two-day "Know Your Army" programme at Morhabadi Ground in Ranchi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at the 21st International Kite festival at the Sabarmati river front in Ahmedabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with kite enthusiasts during the prize distribution of the 21st International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Former Congress MP Jagan Mohan Reddy along with supporters during a protest dharna against Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal verdict at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Subhav Shukla
Jan 11, 2011
Food Inflation.
- PTI GRAPHICS
Jan 11, 2011
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah speaks to Sikh devotees at a gurdwara on the occasion of the 345th birth anniversary of the Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Sikh devotees offer special prayers at Chati Padshahi Gurdwara during the birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, in Srinagar.
- PTI Photo/S Irfan
Jan 11, 2011
Salma Ansari, wife of Vice-President Hamid Ansari, receives a sword from Sikh devotees as she takes part the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh, at Gurdwara Dumdama Sahib near Nizamuddin in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Homeless people sleep at a roadside in New Delhi on a cold night on Monday.
- PTI Photo/Aman Sharma
Jan 11, 2011
Police inspects the site of a road rage where a young restaurant manager, Rajiv Jolly, was killed when Vikas Aggarwal, a pilot of a private airliner, allegedly ran his car over him after their vehicles collided, in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/Atul Yadav
Jan 11, 2011
Students celebrating Pongal at their school in Chennai.
- PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar
Jan 11, 2011
Smoke billows out after a fire at under construction Ambedkar Park in Noida.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
Vice-President Hamid Ansari pays floral tribute at the samadhi of the former Prime Minister, late Lal Bahadur Shastri, on his death anniversary, at Vijay Ghat in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 11, 2011
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrate's court in London for his extradition hearing.
- AP/PTI
Jan 11, 2011
A relative cries as she is comforted by the others during a funeral ceremony for victims of Sunday's IranAir passenger plane crash, at the city of Orumiyeh, 460 miles (700 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Tehran, Iran. An IranAir passenger jet carrying 104 people crashed as it was making an emergency landing Sunday, Jan. 9, in a snowstorm in the country's northwest and broke into several pieces, killing nearly 80 of those on board, Iranian media reported.
- AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Esfandiar Asgharkhani
Jan 11, 2011
Iranians carry the coffins of victims of the Sunday's IranAir passenger plane crash, during a funeral ceremony, at the city of Orumiyeh, 460 miles (700 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Tehran, Iran. An IranAir passenger jet carrying 104 people crashed as it was making an emergency landing Sunday, Jan. 9, in a snowstorm in the country's northwest and broke into several pieces, killing nearly 80 of those on board, Iranian media reported.
- AP/PTI
Jan 11, 2011
A polling center official explains to a Southern Sudanese woman the two voting signs contained in the ballot, separation and unity, at a polling center during the third day of the referendum in the city of Um Durman, Sudan. Arab tribesman attacked a vehicle convoy carrying southern Sudanese traveling from the country's north to their home region, which is holding an independence referendum this week, an official said Tuesday. Conflicting reports put the death toll between two and 10.
- AP Photo/Nasser Nasser
Jan 11, 2011
A Helicopter carrying US Vice President Joe Biden lands at a forward operating base Airborne, in Maidan Shar, in Afghanistan's Wardak province.
- AP Photo/Dusan Vranic
Jan 11, 2011
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, is accompanied by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, as they inspect the guard of honor ahead of their meet in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- AP/PTI
Jan 11, 2011
Back-dropped by the National Gallery, campaigners from the London Guantanamo Campaign hold a silent vigil in Trafalgar Square, London. Human rights groups demanded the release of the last British inmate at Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday, donning orange jumpsuits to demonstrate against the U.S. prison's ninth anniversary.
- AP Photo/Akira Suemori
Jan 11, 2011
Afghans walk on a bridge on the outskirts of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.
- AP Photo/Rahmat Gul
Jan 11, 2011
Pakistani Ehssan Abduallah, 6, looks on while studying in a madrassa, or Islamic school, located next to the house of Mumtaz Qadri, the alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Salman Taseer was killed last Tuesday by his bodyguard commando reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam.
- AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen
Jan 11, 2011
A musher leads his dogs through the Col de Cou mountain pass during the fourth stage of the Grande Odyssee race between Morzine and Champery, along the Franco-Swiss border in the Alps. The international "Grande Odyssee Savoie Mont Blanc" is a 1000 kilometer (621 mile) dog sledge race which runs from Jan. 8 to 19, 2011.
- AP/PTI
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