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Jan 25, 2011
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki serves to Italy's Francesca Schiavone, right, during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia.
- AP Photo/ Daniel Munoz,Pool

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Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki serves to Italy's Francesca Schiavone, right, during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. Sand artist Subal Maharana creates a sand art on state level tribal fair in Bhubaneswar. Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen, Aarushi, being rushed to hospital after he was attacked by a youth at a Ghaziabad court premises. Talwar, who had gone to the court to file a petition demanding a fresh probe by the CBI in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case was attacked by an unidentified youth outside a Ghaziabad court, leaving him profusely bleeding from the head. BJP workers hold tricolours at a rally during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at the Madhopur bridge separating Punjab and J&K. The BJP asserted that there was no change in its plan to hoist the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar and said it was the government's duty to maintain law and order. Among a total of 128 Padma Awards this year, there were 13 Padma Vibhushans, 31 Padma Bhushans and 84 Padma Shris. The top shows 10 out of the 13 Padma Vibhushan awardees from left, Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Homai Vyarawalla, A Nageshwara Rao, Vijay Kelkar, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Palle Rama Rao, Azim Premji, Brajesh Mishra, Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra, L. C. Jain. The second row shows 10 out of the 31 Padma Bhushan awardees from left, Satyadev Dubey, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi alias Khayyam, Shashi Kapoor, Krishen Khanna, Madavur Vasudevan Nair, Waheeda Rehman, Arpita Singh, C.V. Chandrasekhar, Rajashree Birla, Rajendra Singh Pawar. The third and the fourth row shows 20 out of the 84 Padma Shri awardees from left, Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry, Tabassum Hashmi Khan alias Tabu, Harbhajan Singh, V.V.S Laxman, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Krishna Poonia, Gagan Narang, Sushil Kumar, Irfan Khan, Nameirakpam Kunjaran, S.R. Janakiraman, Kajol, Usha Uthup, Ramdas Madhava, Granville Austin, Shital Mahajan, Prahlad Singh Tipaniya, Sheela Patel, Jockin Arputham, Mahasundari Devi. BJP activists rush to the Jammu and Kashmir side after crossing the Ravi river during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at Madhavpur. India's first woman photo journalist Homai Vyarawalla, 98, who is chosen for the Padma Vibhushan 2010 award in the field of Photography, at her house in Nizampura locality at Vadodara in Gujarat Investigators work near the lifeless body of a man killed in an explosion at Domodedovo airport in Moscow. A suspected 'black widow' is said to be behind the suicide blast in which at least 35 were killed and 178 injured. File photos of Padma award winners in the sports category, clockwise from left, cricketer VVS Laxman, wrestler Sushil Kumar, shooter Gagan Narang, mountaineer Harbhajan Singh, weightlifter N Kunjarani Devi and discus thrower Krishna Poonia File photos of Padma award winners for the year 2010. (Clockwise from Left) Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Padma Vibhushan), ICICI Bank MD Chanda Kochhar (Padma Bhushan), Wipro Chairman Azim Premji (Padma Vibhushan), ITC Chairman Yogesh Chander Deveshwar (Padma Bhushan), Infosys CEO and MD S Gopalakrishnan (Padma Bhushan), HCL CEO Ajai Chowdhary (Padma Bhushan), Chairman of Max India Analjit Singh (Padma Bhushan) and NIIT Chairman R S Pawar (Padma Bhushan). File Photos of Padma award winners in the art and cinema category, clockwise from left, Waheeda Rehman (Padma Bhushan), Usha Uthup (Padma Shri), Kajol (Padma Shri), Nageshwara Rao (Padma Vibhushan), Shashi Kapoor (Padma Bhushan), and Irrfan Khan (Padma Shri). Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee addressing a press conference on the issue of black money in New Delhi. Unfazed by opposition attacks and questions from Supreme Court, Government maintained that it cannot disclose information received from foreign entities on black money held by Indians abroad because of absence of legal framework. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar during the launch of music album 'Bhav Muke' based on the poems of his father the late Ramesh Tendulkar in Mumbai. RBI Governor D Subbarao arrives for the RBI's quarterly monetary policy review meeting in Mumbai. Home, auto and loans to corporate may become costlier as RBI hiked short-term lending and borrowing rates by 0.25 per cent each, though bankers felt there may not be an immediate increase in interest rates. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, second right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as his wife and Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur look on during a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi. Yudhoyono's visit to India is expected to focus on increasing trade and energy security between the two large Asian nations. Actress Mo'Nique and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announce the Best Actor nominations for The 83rd Annual Academy Awards in California, USA. The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 27, 2011 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi interacts with school students during a Vanche Gujarat programme in Surat. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna shakes hands with his Indonesian counterpart R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa after signing an agreement in presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (unseen) at a ceremony at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Belgium's Kim Clijsters celebrates her win over Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen, Aarushi, being rushed to hospital after he was attacked by a youth at a Ghaziabad court premises. The youth who attacked Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen Aarushi, being taken away by the police, at a Ghaziabad court. Utsav Sharma the youth who attacked Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen Aarushi, is beaten by advocates at a Ghaziabad court. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev seen during a meeting to discuss an explosion at Domodedovo airport in the Gorki residence outside Moscow. Medvedev ordered authorities to beef up security at Moscow's two other commercial airports and other key transport facilities, including the subway system, the target of past terror attacks. He said the explosion demonstrated that security regulations had been breached. BJP workers hold tricolours at a rally during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at the Madhopur bridge separating Punjab and J&K. BJP activists shout slogans from a bus after police detained them during a protest in Jammu. Truck drivers walk near their trucks stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir. The Srinagar-Jammu National highway has been closed for two days in the view of BJP Rashtriya Ekta Yatra. BJP workers hold tricolours at a rally during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at Madhopur along Jammu-Punjab border. BJP activists wave party flags from atop a bus during a protest in Jammu. Police detain BJP activists during a protest in Jammu. Policemen watch a protest by BJP activists in Jammu. The government has deployed thousands of security men to thwart BJP's plans to raise the country's flag in the heart of Kashmir, home to a separatist insurgency on Republic Day. A worker sets up the children-shaped lanterns for Chinese New Year celebrations, in Shanghai, China. Indian classical Odissi dancers perform during a cultural event in Hyderabad. Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki unwraps a bandage from her leg during her quarterfinal match against Italy's Francesca Schiavone at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki celebrates a break point win against Italy's Francesca Schiavone during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. Sachin Tendulkar, right, displays a compact disc containing songs based on the poems written by his father, the late Ramesh Tendulkar, during its release in Mumbai. From Left, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President's husband Devisingh Shekhawat and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during ceremonial welcome of the visiting President at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. From Left, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (second right), his wife Ani Bambang and President Pratibha Devisingh Patil during ceremonial welcome of the visiting President at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee listens to a question during a press conference in New Delhi. Women members of the Jat community sit on rail tracks and block rail traffic during a protest demanding the accused of Mirchpur violence be shifted to Hisar jail and the probe be handed over to special investigation teams in Hisar. Policemen stop BJP activists from crossing the Jammu and Kashmir-Punjab border during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at Madhavpur. People look at a police vehicle damaged by a bomb blast in Karachi. A bomb exploded near a group of people returning from a Shiite march injuring many, a police chief said. A police officer stands guard near Lal Chowk square in Srinagar. The government foiled BJP's plan to commemorate the Republic Day by raising the tricolour in the square, fearing the move would provoke violence after more than a dozen separatist groups said they would prevent any attempt to hoist the Indian flag in the area. BJP leaders, from left, Arun Jaitley, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha President Anurag Takhur, Sushma Swaraj and Ananth Kumar at a rally during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at Madhopur along Jammu-Punjab border. Policemen watch a protest by opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists in Jammu. The government has deployed thousands of security men to thwart BJP's plans to raise the tricolour in the heart of Kashmir on Republic Day. Ratnakar Shetty, right, tournament director of the 2011 cricket World Cup and chief administrative officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and Suru Nayak, BCCI operations in charge, arrive for a venue inspection along with International Cricket Council (ICC) inspectors at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is scheduled to begin Feb. 19. Police detain BJP activists during a protest in Jammu. The government has deployed thousands of security men to thwart BJP's plans to raise the country's flag in the heart of Kashmir, home to a separatist insurgency on Republic Day. The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil addressing the Nation on the eve of the 62nd Republic Day, in New Delhi. BJP workers court arrest during their Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at Lakhanpur in Jammu and Kashmir BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Ananth Kumar, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha President Anurag Takhur and party workers cross the J-K-Punjab border during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at Madhavpur Police are engulfed by their own tear gas at a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing atop an armored police truck, clashed with riot police Tuesday in the center of Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. A man runs from a police water cannon in Cairo, during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. The demonstration, the largest Egypt has seen for years, began peacefully, with police showing unusual restraint in what appeared to be a calculated strategy by the government to avoid further sullying the image of a security apparatus widely seen as little more than corrupt thugs in uniforms. Devotees perform evening rituals during the annual Magh Mela festival at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, in Allahabad. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips during the month-long festival in the hope that it will wash away their sins. Afghan refugee girl Pasmeena Basheer, 5, poses for a photograph at the entrance of a house in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. The Pakistani government and the United Nations refugee agency reached an agreement in March 2009 to allow some 1.7 million registered Afghan refugees living in Pakistan to continue sheltering there until at least 2012, thousands of them still live without electricity, running water and other basic services. A demonstrator defaces a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria, Egypt, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of protesters marched in Alexandria Tuesday in what was dubbed a Day of Rage against Mubarak and lack of political freedoms under his rule. A model looses her balance on the runway during the show of French fashion designer Stephane Rolland for his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection presented in Paris Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka gestures to his supporters as prison guards escort him out of a court room in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fonseka lost an appeal to retain his parliamentary seat despite the military tribunal conviction. AP/PTI An Afghan man walks his camels in the desert near Marjah in the volatile Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan BJP activists try to cross the Ravi river at Jammu and Kashmir-Punjab border during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at Madhavpur A suicide-bomber attack kills 35 and injures over 180 at Russia’s busiest airport, Domodedovo, in Moscow. Suspects include a “black widow” from the restive north Caucasus. Homai Vyarawalla, Dalda 13, India's first professional photographers is awarded the Padma Vibhushan
Jan 25, 2011
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki serves to Italy's Francesca Schiavone, right, during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia.
- AP Photo/ Daniel Munoz,Pool
Jan 25, 2011
Sand artist Subal Maharana creates a sand art on state level tribal fair in Bhubaneswar.
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen, Aarushi, being rushed to hospital after he was attacked by a youth at a Ghaziabad court premises. Talwar, who had gone to the court to file a petition demanding a fresh probe by the CBI in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case was attacked by an unidentified youth outside a Ghaziabad court, leaving him profusely bleeding from the head.
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
BJP workers hold tricolours at a rally during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at the Madhopur bridge separating Punjab and J&K. The BJP asserted that there was no change in its plan to hoist the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar and said it was the government's duty to maintain law and order.
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Jan 25, 2011
Among a total of 128 Padma Awards this year, there were 13 Padma Vibhushans, 31 Padma Bhushans and 84 Padma Shris. The top shows 10 out of the 13 Padma Vibhushan awardees from left, Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Homai Vyarawalla, A Nageshwara Rao, Vijay Kelkar, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Palle Rama Rao, Azim Premji, Brajesh Mishra, Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra, L. C. Jain. The second row shows 10 out of the 31 Padma Bhushan awardees from left, Satyadev Dubey, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi alias Khayyam, Shashi Kapoor, Krishen Khanna, Madavur Vasudevan Nair, Waheeda Rehman, Arpita Singh, C.V. Chandrasekhar, Rajashree Birla, Rajendra Singh Pawar. The third and the fourth row shows 20 out of the 84 Padma Shri awardees from left, Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry, Tabassum Hashmi Khan alias Tabu, Harbhajan Singh, V.V.S Laxman, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Krishna Poonia, Gagan Narang, Sushil Kumar, Irfan Khan, Nameirakpam Kunjaran, S.R. Janakiraman, Kajol, Usha Uthup, Ramdas Madhava, Granville Austin, Shital Mahajan, Prahlad Singh Tipaniya, Sheela Patel, Jockin Arputham, Mahasundari Devi.
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Jan 25, 2011
BJP activists rush to the Jammu and Kashmir side after crossing the Ravi river during the party's "Rashtriya Ekta Yatra" at Madhavpur.
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
India's first woman photo journalist Homai Vyarawalla, 98, who is chosen for the Padma Vibhushan 2010 award in the field of Photography, at her house in Nizampura locality at Vadodara in Gujarat
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
Investigators work near the lifeless body of a man killed in an explosion at Domodedovo airport in Moscow. A suspected 'black widow' is said to be behind the suicide blast in which at least 35 were killed and 178 injured.
- AP Photo/ Ivan Sekretarev
Jan 25, 2011
File photos of Padma award winners in the sports category, clockwise from left, cricketer VVS Laxman, wrestler Sushil Kumar, shooter Gagan Narang, mountaineer Harbhajan Singh, weightlifter N Kunjarani Devi and discus thrower Krishna Poonia
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
File photos of Padma award winners for the year 2010. (Clockwise from Left) Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Padma Vibhushan), ICICI Bank MD Chanda Kochhar (Padma Bhushan), Wipro Chairman Azim Premji (Padma Vibhushan), ITC Chairman Yogesh Chander Deveshwar (Padma Bhushan), Infosys CEO and MD S Gopalakrishnan (Padma Bhushan), HCL CEO Ajai Chowdhary (Padma Bhushan), Chairman of Max India Analjit Singh (Padma Bhushan) and NIIT Chairman R S Pawar (Padma Bhushan).
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
File Photos of Padma award winners in the art and cinema category, clockwise from left, Waheeda Rehman (Padma Bhushan), Usha Uthup (Padma Shri), Kajol (Padma Shri), Nageshwara Rao (Padma Vibhushan), Shashi Kapoor (Padma Bhushan), and Irrfan Khan (Padma Shri).
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee addressing a press conference on the issue of black money in New Delhi. Unfazed by opposition attacks and questions from Supreme Court, Government maintained that it cannot disclose information received from foreign entities on black money held by Indians abroad because of absence of legal framework.
- PTI Photo/ Atul Yadav
Jan 25, 2011
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar during the launch of music album 'Bhav Muke' based on the poems of his father the late Ramesh Tendulkar in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo/ Mitesh Bhuvad
Jan 25, 2011
RBI Governor D Subbarao arrives for the RBI's quarterly monetary policy review meeting in Mumbai. Home, auto and loans to corporate may become costlier as RBI hiked short-term lending and borrowing rates by 0.25 per cent each, though bankers felt there may not be an immediate increase in interest rates.
- PTI Photo/ Santosh Hirlekar
Jan 25, 2011
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, second right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as his wife and Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur look on during a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi. Yudhoyono's visit to India is expected to focus on increasing trade and energy security between the two large Asian nations.
- AP Photo/ Gurinder Osan
Jan 25, 2011
Actress Mo'Nique and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announce the Best Actor nominations for The 83rd Annual Academy Awards in California, USA. The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 27, 2011 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
- AP Photo/Matt Sayles
Jan 25, 2011
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi interacts with school students during a "Vanche Gujarat" programme in Surat.
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna shakes hands with his Indonesian counterpart R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa after signing an agreement in presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (unseen) at a ceremony at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Kamal Kishore
Jan 25, 2011
Belgium's Kim Clijsters celebrates her win over Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia.
- AP Photo/ Vincent Thian
Jan 25, 2011
Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen, Aarushi, being rushed to hospital after he was attacked by a youth at a Ghaziabad court premises.
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
The youth who attacked Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen Aarushi, being taken away by the police, at a Ghaziabad court.
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
Utsav Sharma the youth who attacked Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen Aarushi, is beaten by advocates at a Ghaziabad court.
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev seen during a meeting to discuss an explosion at Domodedovo airport in the Gorki residence outside Moscow. Medvedev ordered authorities to beef up security at Moscow's two other commercial airports and other key transport facilities, including the subway system, the target of past terror attacks. He said the explosion demonstrated that security regulations had been breached.
- AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service
Jan 25, 2011
BJP workers hold tricolours at a rally during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at the Madhopur bridge separating Punjab and J&K.
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Jan 25, 2011
BJP activists shout slogans from a bus after police detained them during a protest in Jammu.
- AP Photo/ Channi Anand
Jan 25, 2011
Truck drivers walk near their trucks stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir. The Srinagar-Jammu National highway has been closed for two days in the view of BJP Rashtriya Ekta Yatra.
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
BJP workers hold tricolours at a rally during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at Madhopur along Jammu-Punjab border.
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Jan 25, 2011
BJP activists wave party flags from atop a bus during a protest in Jammu.
- AP Photo/ Channi Anand
Jan 25, 2011
Police detain BJP activists during a protest in Jammu.
- AP Photo/ Channi Anand
Jan 25, 2011
Policemen watch a protest by BJP activists in Jammu. The government has deployed thousands of security men to thwart BJP's plans to raise the country's flag in the heart of Kashmir, home to a separatist insurgency on Republic Day.
- AP Photo/ Channi Anand
Jan 25, 2011
A worker sets up the children-shaped lanterns for Chinese New Year celebrations, in Shanghai, China.
- AP Photo/ Eugene Hoshiko
Jan 25, 2011
Indian classical Odissi dancers perform during a cultural event in Hyderabad.
- AP Photo/ Mahesh Kumar A.
Jan 25, 2011
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki unwraps a bandage from her leg during her quarterfinal match against Italy's Francesca Schiavone at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia.
- AP Photo/ Daniel Munoz,Pool
Jan 25, 2011
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki celebrates a break point win against Italy's Francesca Schiavone during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia.
- AP Photo/ Andrew Brownbill
Jan 25, 2011
Sachin Tendulkar, right, displays a compact disc containing songs based on the poems written by his father, the late Ramesh Tendulkar, during its release in Mumbai.
- AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool
Jan 25, 2011
From Left, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President's husband Devisingh Shekhawat and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during ceremonial welcome of the visiting President at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Vijay Kumar Joshi
Jan 25, 2011
From Left, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (second right), his wife Ani Bambang and President Pratibha Devisingh Patil during ceremonial welcome of the visiting President at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Vijay Kumar Joshi
Jan 25, 2011
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee listens to a question during a press conference in New Delhi.
- AP Photo/ Gurinder Osan
Jan 25, 2011
Women members of the Jat community sit on rail tracks and block rail traffic during a protest demanding the accused of Mirchpur violence be shifted to Hisar jail and the probe be handed over to special investigation teams in Hisar.
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
Policemen stop BJP activists from crossing the Jammu and Kashmir-Punjab border during the party's "Rashtriya Ekta Yatra" at Madhavpur.
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
People look at a police vehicle damaged by a bomb blast in Karachi. A bomb exploded near a group of people returning from a Shiite march injuring many, a police chief said.
- AP Photo/Shakil Adil
Jan 25, 2011
A police officer stands guard near Lal Chowk square in Srinagar. The government foiled BJP's plan to commemorate the Republic Day by raising the tricolour in the square, fearing the move would provoke violence after more than a dozen separatist groups said they would prevent any attempt to hoist the Indian flag in the area.
- AP Photo/Dar Yasin
Jan 25, 2011
BJP leaders, from left, Arun Jaitley, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha President Anurag Takhur, Sushma Swaraj and Ananth Kumar at a rally during the party's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra at Madhopur along Jammu-Punjab border.
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Jan 25, 2011
Policemen watch a protest by opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists in Jammu. The government has deployed thousands of security men to thwart BJP's plans to raise the tricolour in the heart of Kashmir on Republic Day.
- AP Photo/Channi Anand
Jan 25, 2011
Ratnakar Shetty, right, tournament director of the 2011 cricket World Cup and chief administrative officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and Suru Nayak, BCCI operations in charge, arrive for a venue inspection along with International Cricket Council (ICC) inspectors at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is scheduled to begin Feb. 19.
- AP Photo/Bikas Das
Jan 25, 2011
Police detain BJP activists during a protest in Jammu. The government has deployed thousands of security men to thwart BJP's plans to raise the country's flag in the heart of Kashmir, home to a separatist insurgency on Republic Day.
- AP Photo/ Channi Anand
Jan 25, 2011
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil addressing the Nation on the eve of the 62nd Republic Day, in New Delhi.
- pib.nic.in
Jan 25, 2011
BJP workers court arrest during their "Rashtriya Ekta Yatra" at Lakhanpur in Jammu and Kashmir
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Ananth Kumar, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha President Anurag Takhur and party workers cross the J-K-Punjab border during the party's "Rashtriya Ekta Yatra" at Madhavpur
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011
Police are engulfed by their own tear gas at a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing atop an armored police truck, clashed with riot police Tuesday in the center of Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power.
- AP Photo/Nasser Nasser
Jan 25, 2011
A man runs from a police water cannon in Cairo, during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. The demonstration, the largest Egypt has seen for years, began peacefully, with police showing unusual restraint in what appeared to be a calculated strategy by the government to avoid further sullying the image of a security apparatus widely seen as little more than corrupt thugs in uniforms.
- AP
Jan 25, 2011
Devotees perform evening rituals during the annual Magh Mela festival at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, in Allahabad. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips during the month-long festival in the hope that it will wash away their sins.
- AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Jan 25, 2011
Afghan refugee girl Pasmeena Basheer, 5, poses for a photograph at the entrance of a house in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. The Pakistani government and the United Nations refugee agency reached an agreement in March 2009 to allow some 1.7 million registered Afghan refugees living in Pakistan to continue sheltering there until at least 2012, thousands of them still live without electricity, running water and other basic services.
- AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen
Jan 25, 2011
A demonstrator defaces a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria, Egypt, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of protesters marched in Alexandria Tuesday in what was dubbed a "Day of Rage" against Mubarak and lack of political freedoms under his rule.
- AP Photo
Jan 25, 2011
A model looses her balance on the runway during the show of French fashion designer Stephane Rolland for his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection presented in Paris
- AP
Jan 25, 2011
Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka gestures to his supporters as prison guards escort him out of a court room in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fonseka lost an appeal to retain his parliamentary seat despite the military tribunal conviction. AP/PTI
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Jan 25, 2011
An Afghan man walks his camels in the desert near Marjah in the volatile Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan
- AP/PTI
Jan 25, 2011
BJP activists try to cross the Ravi river at Jammu and Kashmir-Punjab border during the party's "Rashtriya Ekta Yatra" at Madhavpur
- PTI Photo
Jan 25, 2011

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Jan 25, 2011
A suicide-bomber attack kills 35 and injures over 180 at Russia’s busiest airport, Domodedovo, in Moscow. Suspects include a “black widow” from the restive north Caucasus.
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Jan 25, 2011
Homai Vyarawalla, "Dalda 13", India's first professional photographers is awarded the Padma Vibhushan
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