Jan 14, 2011
Muslims arrive to protest and to offer Friday prayers at the site of a razed Mosque in New Delhi. According to DDA officials, the religious structure was built illegally on DDA land and was demolished after a committee approved it.
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AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Jan 14, 2011
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi enjoys kite flying on the occasion of Makar Sankranti at old Ahmedabad.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick smile during a joint press conference after signing of an agreement for rural road projects, in New Delhi.
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PTI Photo/Vijay Kumar Joshi
Jan 14, 2011
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters burn an effigy of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on the third day of their strike demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland at Panchanadi in Siliguri.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
Passengers boarding a train at Badarpur Metro Station in New Delhi after Delhi Metro's Sarita Vihar-Badarpur section became operational.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
People rally to protest against any attempt to modify the Blasphemy law near the house of Mumtaz Qadri who assassinated a liberal Pakistani governor, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Islamic extremists rallied in support of the confessed killer of a liberal Pakistani governor and protested against Pope Benedict XVI for urging the scrapping of blasphemy laws that stipulate death for those insulting Islam.
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AP Photo/B.K.Bangash
Jan 14, 2011
School children perform during rehearsals for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
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AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Jan 14, 2011
India's Sunil Chhetri, right, fights for ball against Bahrain's Abdulla Omar during their AFC Asian Cup group C soccer match at Al Sadd Stadium, in Doha, Qatar
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
Priests hold traditional lamps as they perform rituals at Sangam, during the annual religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad.
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AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Jan 14, 2011
Residents clear away the mud from their flooded home in Brisbane, Australia. Parts of Brisbane reopened as deadly floodwaters that had swamped entire neighborhoods recede, revealing streets and thousands of homes covered in a thick layer of putrid sludge.
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AP/PTI
Jan 14, 2011
Actress Madhuri Dixit and choreographer Saroj Khan on the sets of a TV reality show on dance in Mumbai.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
Jama Masjid chief cleric Syed Ahmed Bukhari, left wearing sunglasses, prepares to offer Friday prayers at the site of a razed Mosque in New Delhi. According to DDA officials, the religious structure was built illegally on DDA land and was demolished after a committee approved it.
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AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Jan 14, 2011
Muslims remove the Delhi Development Authority board at the razed Mosque site, in New Delhi. According to DDA officials, the religious structure was built illegally on DDA land and was demolished after a committee approved it.
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AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Jan 14, 2011
Muslims offer Friday prayers outside a police station to protest against the demolition of a mosque in New Delhi. According to DDA officials, the religious structure was built illegally on DDA land and was demolished after a committee approved it.
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AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Jan 14, 2011
Policemen stand guard as Muslims walk at the site of a razed Mosque in New Delhi. According to DDA officials, the religious structure was built illegally on DDA land and was demolished after a committee approved it.
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AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Jan 14, 2011
Two women look out from the window of their house as Muslims offer Friday prayers at the site of the razed Mosque in New Delhi. According to DDA officials, the religious structure was built illegally on DDA land and was demolished after a committee approved it.
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AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Jan 14, 2011
Cultural performers from Punjab participate in rehearsals for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
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AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Jan 14, 2011
A Sikh devotee takes a dip in the Sarovar at the Golden Temple on the occasion of Makarsankranti festival in Amritsar.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
People walk during heavy snowfall at Residency Road in Srinagar.
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PTI Photo/S Irfan
Jan 14, 2011
A view of a pillar illuminated ahead of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday celebrations, in Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow.
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PTI Photo/Nand Kumar
Jan 14, 2011
Accused persons of Haryana's Mirchpur case relating to the alleged attack on Dalits by members of the upper caste community, being shifted to Tihar Jail after they were produced in a court at Rohini in New Delhi.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
Volkswagen's driver Carlos Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz, from Spain, compete in the 11th stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Chilecito and San Juan, Argentina.
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AP/PTI
Jan 14, 2011
A holy man puffs marijuana after bathing in the holy Ganges River, on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti. Thousands of devotees performed rituals after bathing at Gangasagar, the confluence of the Ganges river and Bay of Bengal.
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AP Photo/Bikas Das
Jan 14, 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick at a meeting in New Delhi.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav with Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari at a meeting at Jama Masjid in New Delhi.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. Zardari traveled to Washington to attend a memorial service for Ambassador Richard Holbrooke who died in December while serving as Obama's senior envoy to the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.
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AP/PTI
Jan 14, 2011
People make their way through a flooded street as it rains in the Vila Itaim neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Flooding has paralyzed main thoroughfares in the capital city since Sunday and 21 people died in collapsed homes, mudslides and flooding throughout Sao Paulo state, while at least 350 people have died in Rio de Janeiro state after landslides hit early Wednesday.
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AP/PTI
Jan 14, 2011
Pakistani journalists protest to condemn the killing of a local journalist in Karachi, Pakistan. Ten people had been killed over the past 24 hours in what appears to be fresh round of ethnic and political violence. placard in center reads " Truth cannot be snubbed by killing Wali Babar."
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AP Photo/Shakil Adil
Jan 14, 2011
Pakistani journalists protest holding a poster of Karachi-based slain journalist Wali Khan Babar in Peshawar, Pakistan. Ten people had been killed over the past 24 hours in what appears to be fresh round of ethnic and political violence in Karachi, police said.
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AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad
Jan 14, 2011
Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad interact during inauguration of '4th World Congress on Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction', at Science City in Kolkata.
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PTI Photo/Monojit Kumar Saha
Jan 14, 2011
A demonstrators throws a stone at police during clashes in Tunisia. Tunisia's president declared a state of emergency and announced that he would fire his government as violent protests escalated with gunfire echoing in the North African country's usually calm capital and police lobbing tear gas at protesters.
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AP Photo/Christophe Ena
Jan 14, 2011
A wayside vendor sells umbrellas as it snows in Srinagar. Police say near-freezing temperatures and Himalayan winds killed at least 13 homeless people in northern India, raising the death toll from a severe cold spell to 129 on Wednesday.
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AP Photo/Dar Yasin
Jan 14, 2011
Personnel of Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) display fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 10.07 lakh seized from four Bangladeshi nationals in Mumbai.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
Shivraj Puri, the main accused in the alleged Rs 400-crore Citibank fraud, after being produced in a court in Gurgaon. The court sent him to 14 days judicial custody.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
British actor Colin Firth, who stars in 'The King's Speech', waves during the dedication ceremony for his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
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AP/PTI
Jan 14, 2011
Actor Shah Rukh Khan greets fans and reporters on the red carpet of the Bollywood Zee Cine Awards at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
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AP/PTI
Jan 14, 2011
England's Tim Bresnan, in black, congratulates Australia players after the Twenty20 cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia. Australia won the match by 4 runs.
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AP/PTI
Jan 14, 2011
India's Gouramangi Singh, left, celebrates his goal against Bahrain with his teammate Anwar, right, during their AFC Asian Cup group C soccer match at Al-Sadd Stadium, in Doha, Qatar.
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AP/PTI
Jan 14, 2011
Devotees return after taking a holy dip in the Ganga at Sangam in Allahabad.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
People arrive to offer prayers at the site of a mosque demolished by authorities at Jangpur B-Block in New Delhi
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
Muslims break police barricades near a site of a razed Mosque in New Delhi. According to news reports, the mosque built "illegally" on a civic body land, was demolished by it acting on a court order on Jan 12
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
Friday prayers at the site of a razed Mosque in New Delhi. According to news reports, the mosque built "illegally" on DDA land, was demolished by it acting on a court order on Jan 12.
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AP
Jan 14, 2011
Friday prayers at the site of a razed Mosque in New Delhi. According to news reports, the mosque built "illegally" on DDA land, was demolished by it acting on a court order on Jan 12
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AP
Jan 14, 2011
Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani speaks during the First Indian Parliament of Student Council Leaders in Pune.
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PTI Photo
Jan 14, 2011
A Pakistani demonstrator reacts during a rally against recent statements by Pope Benedict XVI about Pakistan's blasphemy laws, next to burning tires in Islamabad, Pakistan. Islamist protesters have demonstrated in three cities against a call by Pope Benedict XVI for Pakistan to scrap its blasphemy laws. The laws stipulate death sentence for anyone insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
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AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen
Jan 14, 2011
Actress Padukone is seen on the red carpet of the Bollywood Zee Cine Awards at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
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AP/PTI