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New Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel being welcomed by his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh as the former arrives to assume charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Singh

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New Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel being welcomed by his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh as the former arrives to assume charge at his office in New Delhi. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Communication & IT Kapil Sibal making calls at the launch of Pan India Mobile Number Portability Services in New Delhi. Senior BJP leaders L K Advani, Ananth Kumar, Venkaiah Naidu and Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha President Anurag Thakur hold swords during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra, in New Delhi. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna shakes hands with Australia's Resource, Energy and Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson during a high-level meeting in Melbourne. Krishna met his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd even as he again made a strong pitch to lift ban on uranium sale to India insisting that nuclear power is necessary for energy starved developing countries. Men carry a wounded man to safety in Karbala, 80 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq. A pair of bombs blasted through security checkpoints ringing the Iraqi holy city of Karbala Thursday and killed scores of people, many of whom were Shiite pilgrims headed to observe yearly religious rituals. Army daredevils during a rehearsal for Republic day function in New Delhi. Son and wife of jailed BSP MLA Purshottam Naresh Dwivedi talks to the media in Lucknow demanding CB-CID probe into Banda rape case. Claiming that Dwiwedi was physically unable to commit rape, his wife Asha demanded DNA and medical test to prove his involvement in the assault on a Dalit teenager in Banda. Actor Hrithik Roshan unveils his new waxwork figure of himself at Madame Tussauds in London. Former West Indies' cricketer Brian Lara and former cricketer Anil Kumble watch participants during a cricket clinic for young talents in Bangalore. Army soldiers recover the body of a young landslide victim in Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Mudslides have destroyed entire communities, killed at least 700 people since Jan. 11 and left nearly 14,000 homeless. Aamir Khan speaks as his wife Kiran Rao leans on him during a news conference to promote their new movie Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai. The movie directed by Rao is slated to be released on Feb. 21 and is a film about the intertwining relationships of four people in Mumbai. Yesteryear actress Vaijantimala after being presented with Shanmukhananda National Eminence Award in the feild of fine arts and Bharat Natyam during a function in Mumbai. Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh distributing blankets among poor people in Azamgarh. South Carolina Governer Nikki Haley, delivers her first State of the State address at the Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina, USA on January 19. Haley is the second person of Indian-origin to be a Governor of an American state. A foreign tourist plays with the moustache of a Rajasthani man during International Camel Festival at Ladera in Bikaner. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Grand Staircase as they arrive for a state dinner at the White House in Washington. Moroccan girl nicknamed Ruby, whose encounters with Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi are at the base of a prostitution probe which is rocking Italian politics, cries as she speaks during the taping of a television show in Milan, Italy. Milan prosecutors are investigating Berlusconi on suspicion he paid for sex with the Moroccan girl, a nightclub dancer who was a minor at the time of the alleged encounters, between February and May. The girl turned 18 in November, 2010. The prosecutors are also investigating if Berlusconi abused his powers to win the release of the girl in May from police custody, where she was held for theft. Paying for sex with a prostitute below the age of 18 is a crime in Italy. Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates during his second round win over France's Gilles Simon at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. A devotee gets pierced with a metal rod during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The festival is rooted in Hindu legend and was brought from southern India by 19th century immigrants who came to the Malaysian peninsula to work in rubber estates and government offices. A sadhu stands in the backdrop of a tent during the annual Magh Mela festival at Sangam, in Allahabad. A devotee with hooks embedded into his back takes part in a procession during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Alize Cornet of France celebrates after beating Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. Alize Cornet of France returns a ball to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn, is kissed by his wife, Hadassah, at a gathering in Stamford. Lieberman has decided to retire and not seek a fifth term in 2012. President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao arrive for a state arrival ceremony at the White House in Washington. Behind them, from left are, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jill Biden, and Vice President Joe Biden. A Russian crosses himself as he emerges from an ice hole made in the shape of a cross in a traditional Epiphany celebration in Moscow. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers plunged into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark the Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. Water that is blessed by a cleric on Epiphany is considered holy and pure until next year's celebration, and is believed to have special powers of protection and healing. The Russian Orthodox Church follows the old Julian calendar, according to which Epiphany falls on Jan. 19. Moscow temperatures on Wednesday morning dropped to -13 C. Newly sworn-in Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal assuming charge at his office in New Delhi. New Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath being welcomed by Saugata Roy as he arrives to assume charge at his office in New Delhi. People walk past a wall of graffiti relating to the recent presidential election in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On top in red the graffiti reads, Viva Jude 2011, in blue the graffiti reads, We support Alexis, and on the bottom in red the graffiti reads, Viva Miki, respect the popular vote. New Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi being greeted by his predecessor Praful Patel after he assumed charge at his office in New Delhi. Newly sworn-in Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar takes charge at his office in New Delhi. New Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel greets his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh before assuming charge at his office in New Delhi. New Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath talks to the media after assuming charge at his office in New Delhi. New Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi with his predecessor Praful Patel talks to the media after assuming charge at his office in New Delhi. New Union Mister for Road Transport and Highways C.P. Joshi being welcomed by MoS Tusharbhai Chaudhary as he assumes charge at his office in New Delhi. New MoS for Road Transport and Highways Jitin Prasada is also seen. New Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi poses for a picture behind a replica of an aeroplane as he arrives to assume charge at his office in New Delhi. Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde congratulates newly sworn-in Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal after the latter took charge at his office in New Delhi. New Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel after assuming charge at his office in New Delhi. S. Jaipal Reddy assumes charge as the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas in New Delhi. Murli Deora assumes charge as the new Union Minister for Corporate Affairs in New Delhi. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram with new MoS for Home Gurudas Kamat after the latter assumes charge at his office in New Delhi. New Minister of Water Resources Salman Khurshid being welcomed by Minister of State Vincent H. Pala as he arrives to assume charge at his office in New Delhi. New Sports Minister Ajay Maken talks to the media after assuming the charge at his office in New Delhi. New Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay, being greeted after he assumed charge at his office in New Delhi. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Communication & IT Kapil Sibal during the launch of Pan India Mobile Number Portability Services in New Delhi. BJP senior leader Vinkaiah Naidu and party's Yuva Morcha President Anurag Thakur being welcomed during BJP's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra rally in Faridabad Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar speaks during the lecture by former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (L) on Evolution of India–Pakistan Relations in the First Decade of the Twenty-first Century, in New Delhi. A school girl with her mother walks past a poster put CPI(M) cadres against Railways Minister and Trinaomool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, at a shop in Kolkata. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Chinese Ambassador to India Zhang Yan at a meeting in Patna. Supporters of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha take part in a foot march demanding separate state of Gorkhaland at Sevok, Siliguri. Mahendra Singh Dhoni reacts as the team physiotherapist examines him after he was hit by a ball on his left leg during their net practice at the St George's Park in Port Elizabeth. India will be playing their fourth One Day International cricket match against South Africa on Jan. 21. Piyush Chawla bowls during their net practice at the St George's Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. India will be playing their fourth One Day International cricket match against South Africa on Jan 21. Harbhajan Singh bowls during their net practice at the St George's Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. India will be playing their fourth One Day International cricket match against South Africa on Jan 21. Former West Indies' cricketer Brian Lara speaks to a young cricketer as Rahul Dravid looks on during a cricket clinic for young talents in Bangalore. Spain's Rafael Nadal keeps his eyes on the ball as he makes a backhand return to Ryan Sweeting of the U.S. during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. Tejas, India's first indigenous combat jet, is displayed during Republic Day parade rehearsals in New Delhi. Soldiers rehearse for Republic day function in New Delhi. Army soldiers gather during Republic Day parade rehearsals in New Delhi. Paramilitary soldiers dance before the start of Republic Day parade rehearsals in New Delhi. Actors Preity Zinta and Anil Kapoor, left, sit for interviews in Toronto, following the announcement that the International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony will be held in Toronto on June 23-25, making it the first time that the awards will be held in North America. Students of Osmania University tear question and answer papers as they boycott examinations as part of a protest demanding the creation of a separate Telangana state carved out of existing Andhra Pradesh state in Hyderabad. A Qatari AFC volunteer looks on before the Asian Cup Soccer match between the United Arab Emirates and Iran at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium, in Doha, Qatar. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati addresses the media at her official residence in Lucknow. Firefighters and local residents work to extinguish a fire at a residential area in Srinagar. At least two houses were damaged by the fire. Winter in Kashmir brings not only freezing cold and snow, but also widespread incidents of fire blamed mainly on accidental ignition of charcoal, usually stored for fighting cold and cooking purpose on the top floors of homes. Shiite pilgrims march on their way to Karbala for Arbaeen, in Baghdad, Iraq. The holiday marks the end of the forty-day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. Police and hospital officials in Baghdad said a roadside bomb killed one pilgrim and wounded several others as they were walking to Karbala, a holy city where religious rituals are about to peak in an end to a 40-day mourning period for Shiites. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao calling on former Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba at his residence in Kathmandu Survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster take out a torch rally demanding immediate release of doctor-activist Binayak Sen, sentenced to life imprisonment for sedition, in Bhopal. Sri Lankan workers load their bags as they prepare to travel home, some after finishing their contracts and others fearing the unstable situation in Lebanon, according to a police officer at the scene, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanese troops tightened security around the prime minister's office and other government buildings as a political crisis deepened over a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of a former prime minister. A vet collects blood samples from a buffalo to check for Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus at Kolat village in Ahmedabad. Samajwadi Party activists hold placards during a protest rally against RSS at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. ABVP activists hang posters of UPA leaders by donkeys during a protest rally against corruption in Bhopal. Pakistani school children attend an English class in an outdoor school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. Newly elected Darul Uloom V-C GHULAM MOHAMMAD VASTANVI is to resign after his ‘pro-Narendra Modi comments’ on Gujarat creates a furore among other clerics, Deoband students.
Jan 20, 2011
New Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel being welcomed by his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh as the former arrives to assume charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Singh
Jan 20, 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Communication & IT Kapil Sibal making calls at the launch of Pan India Mobile Number Portability Services in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Senior BJP leaders L K Advani, Ananth Kumar, Venkaiah Naidu and Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha President Anurag Thakur hold swords during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra, in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/Atul Yadav
Jan 20, 2011
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna shakes hands with Australia's Resource, Energy and Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson during a high-level meeting in Melbourne. Krishna met his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd even as he again made a strong pitch to lift ban on uranium sale to India insisting that nuclear power is necessary for energy starved developing countries.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Men carry a wounded man to safety in Karbala, 80 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq. A pair of bombs blasted through security checkpoints ringing the Iraqi holy city of Karbala Thursday and killed scores of people, many of whom were Shiite pilgrims headed to observe yearly religious rituals.
- AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini
Jan 20, 2011
Army daredevils during a rehearsal for Republic day function in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Atul Yadav
Jan 20, 2011
Son and wife of jailed BSP MLA Purshottam Naresh Dwivedi talks to the media in Lucknow demanding CB-CID probe into Banda rape case. Claiming that Dwiwedi was "physically unable" to commit rape, his wife Asha demanded DNA and medical test to prove his involvement in the assault on a Dalit teenager in Banda.
- PTI Photo/ Nand Kumar
Jan 20, 2011
Actor Hrithik Roshan unveils his new waxwork figure of himself at Madame Tussauds in London.
- AP Photo/Jonathan Short
Jan 20, 2011
Former West Indies' cricketer Brian Lara and former cricketer Anil Kumble watch participants during a cricket clinic for young talents in Bangalore.
- AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi
Jan 20, 2011
Army soldiers recover the body of a young landslide victim in Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Mudslides have destroyed entire communities, killed at least 700 people since Jan. 11 and left nearly 14,000 homeless.
- AP Photo/ Felipe Dana
Jan 20, 2011
Aamir Khan speaks as his wife Kiran Rao leans on him during a news conference to promote their new movie "Dhobi Ghat" in Mumbai. The movie directed by Rao is slated to be released on Feb. 21 and is a film about the intertwining relationships of four people in Mumbai.
- AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool
Jan 20, 2011
Yesteryear actress Vaijantimala after being presented with Shanmukhananda National Eminence Award in the feild of fine arts and Bharat Natyam during a function in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh distributing blankets among poor people in Azamgarh.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
South Carolina Governer Nikki Haley, delivers her first State of the State address at the Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina, USA on January 19. Haley is the second person of Indian-origin to be a Governor of an American state.
- AP Photo/Brett Flashnick
Jan 20, 2011
A foreign tourist plays with the moustache of a Rajasthani man during International Camel Festival at Ladera in Bikaner.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Grand Staircase as they arrive for a state dinner at the White House in Washington.
- AP Photo/ Carolyn Kaster
Jan 20, 2011
Moroccan girl nicknamed Ruby, whose encounters with Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi are at the base of a prostitution probe which is rocking Italian politics, cries as she speaks during the taping of a television show in Milan, Italy. Milan prosecutors are investigating Berlusconi on suspicion he paid for sex with the Moroccan girl, a nightclub dancer who was a minor at the time of the alleged encounters, between February and May. The girl turned 18 in November, 2010. The prosecutors are also investigating if Berlusconi abused his powers to win the release of the girl in May from police custody, where she was held for theft. Paying for sex with a prostitute below the age of 18 is a crime in Italy.
- AP Photo/ Antonio Calanni
Jan 20, 2011
Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates during his second round win over France's Gilles Simon at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia.
- AP Photo/ Rob Griffith
Jan 20, 2011
A devotee gets pierced with a metal rod during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The festival is rooted in Hindu legend and was brought from southern India by 19th century immigrants who came to the Malaysian peninsula to work in rubber estates and government offices.
- AP Photo/ Lai Seng Sin
Jan 20, 2011
A sadhu stands in the backdrop of a tent during the annual Magh Mela festival at Sangam, in Allahabad.
- AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh
Jan 20, 2011
A devotee with hooks embedded into his back takes part in a procession during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- AP Photo/ Lai Seng Sin
Jan 20, 2011
Alize Cornet of France celebrates after beating Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia.
- AP Photo/ Andrew Brownbill
Jan 20, 2011
Alize Cornet of France returns a ball to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia.
- AP Photo/ Andrew Brownbill
Jan 20, 2011
U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn, is kissed by his wife, Hadassah, at a gathering in Stamford. Lieberman has decided to retire and not seek a fifth term in 2012.
- AP Photo/ Richard Drew
Jan 20, 2011
President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao arrive for a state arrival ceremony at the White House in Washington. Behind them, from left are, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jill Biden, and Vice President Joe Biden.
- AP Photo/ Susan Walsh
Jan 20, 2011
A Russian crosses himself as he emerges from an ice hole made in the shape of a cross in a traditional Epiphany celebration in Moscow. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers plunged into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark the Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. Water that is blessed by a cleric on Epiphany is considered holy and pure until next year's celebration, and is believed to have special powers of protection and healing. The Russian Orthodox Church follows the old Julian calendar, according to which Epiphany falls on Jan. 19. Moscow temperatures on Wednesday morning dropped to -13 C.
- AP Photo/ Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr
Jan 20, 2011
Newly sworn-in Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal assuming charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Subhav Shukla
Jan 20, 2011
New Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath being welcomed by Saugata Roy as he arrives to assume charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Singh
Jan 20, 2011
People walk past a wall of graffiti relating to the recent presidential election in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On top in red the graffiti reads, "Viva Jude 2011," in blue the graffiti reads, "We support Alexis," and on the bottom in red the graffiti reads, "Viva Miki, respect the popular vote."
- AP Photo/ Rodrigo Abd
Jan 20, 2011
New Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi being greeted by his predecessor Praful Patel after he assumed charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Kishore
Jan 20, 2011
Newly sworn-in Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar takes charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Subhav Shukla
Jan 20, 2011
New Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel greets his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh before assuming charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Singh
Jan 20, 2011
New Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath talks to the media after assuming charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Singh
Jan 20, 2011
New Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi with his predecessor Praful Patel talks to the media after assuming charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Kishore
Jan 20, 2011
New Union Mister for Road Transport and Highways C.P. Joshi being welcomed by MoS Tusharbhai Chaudhary as he assumes charge at his office in New Delhi. New MoS for Road Transport and Highways Jitin Prasada is also seen.
- PTI Photo/ Subhav Shukla
Jan 20, 2011
New Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi poses for a picture behind a replica of an aeroplane as he arrives to assume charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Kishore
Jan 20, 2011
Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde congratulates newly sworn-in Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal after the latter took charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Subhav Shukla
Jan 20, 2011
New Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel after assuming charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Singh
Jan 20, 2011
S. Jaipal Reddy assumes charge as the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Murli Deora assumes charge as the new Union Minister for Corporate Affairs in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram with new MoS for Home Gurudas Kamat after the latter assumes charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
New Minister of Water Resources Salman Khurshid being welcomed by Minister of State Vincent H. Pala as he arrives to assume charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
New Sports Minister Ajay Maken talks to the media after assuming the charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
New Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay, being greeted after he assumed charge at his office in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Communication & IT Kapil Sibal during the launch of Pan India Mobile Number Portability Services in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
BJP senior leader Vinkaiah Naidu and party's Yuva Morcha President Anurag Thakur being welcomed during BJP's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra rally in Faridabad
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar speaks during the lecture by former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (L) on "Evolution of India–Pakistan Relations in the First Decade of the Twenty-first Century", in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
A school girl with her mother walks past a poster put CPI(M) cadres against Railways Minister and Trinaomool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, at a shop in Kolkata.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Chinese Ambassador to India Zhang Yan at a meeting in Patna.
- Pti Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Supporters of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha take part in a foot march demanding separate state of Gorkhaland at Sevok, Siliguri.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Mahendra Singh Dhoni reacts as the team physiotherapist examines him after he was hit by a ball on his left leg during their net practice at the St George's Park in Port Elizabeth. India will be playing their fourth One Day International cricket match against South Africa on Jan. 21.
- AP Photo/Themba Hadebe
Jan 20, 2011
Piyush Chawla bowls during their net practice at the St George's Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. India will be playing their fourth One Day International cricket match against South Africa on Jan 21.
- AP Photo/Themba Hadebe
Jan 20, 2011
Harbhajan Singh bowls during their net practice at the St George's Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. India will be playing their fourth One Day International cricket match against South Africa on Jan 21.
- AP Photo/Themba Hadebe
Jan 20, 2011
Former West Indies' cricketer Brian Lara speaks to a young cricketer as Rahul Dravid looks on during a cricket clinic for young talents in Bangalore.
- AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi
Jan 20, 2011
Spain's Rafael Nadal keeps his eyes on the ball as he makes a backhand return to Ryan Sweeting of the U.S. during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia.
- AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill
Jan 20, 2011
Tejas, India's first indigenous combat jet, is displayed during Republic Day parade rehearsals in New Delhi.
- AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Jan 20, 2011
Soldiers rehearse for Republic day function in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Singh
Jan 20, 2011
Army soldiers gather during Republic Day parade rehearsals in New Delhi.
- AP Photo/ Manish Swarup
Jan 20, 2011
Paramilitary soldiers dance before the start of Republic Day parade rehearsals in New Delhi.
- AP Photo/ Manish Swarup
Jan 20, 2011
Actors Preity Zinta and Anil Kapoor, left, sit for interviews in Toronto, following the announcement that the International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony will be held in Toronto on June 23-25, making it the first time that the awards will be held in North America.
- AP Photo/ The Canadian Press, Chris Young
Jan 20, 2011
Students of Osmania University tear question and answer papers as they boycott examinations as part of a protest demanding the creation of a separate Telangana state carved out of existing Andhra Pradesh state in Hyderabad.
- AP Photo/ Mahesh Kumar A.
Jan 20, 2011
A Qatari AFC volunteer looks on before the Asian Cup Soccer match between the United Arab Emirates and Iran at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium, in Doha, Qatar.
- AP Photo/ Hussein Malla
Jan 20, 2011
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati addresses the media at her official residence in Lucknow.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Firefighters and local residents work to extinguish a fire at a residential area in Srinagar. At least two houses were damaged by the fire. Winter in Kashmir brings not only freezing cold and snow, but also widespread incidents of fire blamed mainly on accidental ignition of charcoal, usually stored for fighting cold and cooking purpose on the top floors of homes.
- AP Photo/Dar Yasin
Jan 20, 2011
Shiite pilgrims march on their way to Karbala for Arbaeen, in Baghdad, Iraq. The holiday marks the end of the forty-day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. Police and hospital officials in Baghdad said a roadside bomb killed one pilgrim and wounded several others as they were walking to Karbala, a holy city where religious rituals are about to peak in an end to a 40-day mourning period for Shiites.
- AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed
Jan 20, 2011
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao calling on former Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba at his residence in Kathmandu
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster take out a torch rally demanding immediate release of doctor-activist Binayak Sen, sentenced to life imprisonment for sedition, in Bhopal.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Sri Lankan workers load their bags as they prepare to travel home, some after finishing their contracts and others fearing the unstable situation in Lebanon, according to a police officer at the scene, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanese troops tightened security around the prime minister's office and other government buildings as a political crisis deepened over a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of a former prime minister.
- AP Photo/Bilal Hussein
Jan 20, 2011
A vet collects blood samples from a buffalo to check for Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus at Kolat village in Ahmedabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Samajwadi Party activists hold placards during a protest rally against RSS at Azad Maidan in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
ABVP activists hang posters of UPA leaders by donkeys during a protest rally against corruption in Bhopal.
- PTI Photo
Jan 20, 2011
Pakistani school children attend an English class in an outdoor school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad.
- AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen
Jan 20, 2011
Newly elected Darul Uloom V-C GHULAM MOHAMMAD VASTANVI is to resign after his ‘pro-Narendra Modi comments’ on Gujarat creates a furore among other clerics, Deoband students.
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