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Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd from his jeep in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican in this file picture.


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A colourful welcome to guests at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bangalore on Saturday where the Aryabhatta awards to people in several fields were given away.

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Rejoicing police inspectors after receiving gold medals for meritorious service from Chief Minister N Dharam Singh, at CAR (South) Police Parade Ground, Adugodi in Bangalore on Saturday. 

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A beautiful painted stork spreads its wings, in a seemingly joyous mood, thanks to the summer heat. The painted storks of Siberia have just landed in Veerapur near Bagepalli after three long years. 

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Bridging gaps... A view of the bridge cum barrage which is being constructed near Yadgiri in Gulbarga district, on Bheema River. 

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A Kashmiri fisherman checks his catch inside a Shikara boat during sunset on Srinagar's Dal lake, 02 April 2005. Kashmiri militant groups repeated 02 April a threat to attack passengers on a bus service to be launched 07 April across the divided Kashmir region, despite a plea from a hardline separtist group to avoid violence. The threats are not expected to delay the start of the service, which has been suspended for more than 50 years. The bus, which will help reunite families separated in the Himalayan region, is scheduled to operate between Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir and Muzaffarabad, the administrative headquarters of the Pakistani zone. 

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Rahul Dravid (left) and Virender Sehwag take a breather under the welcome shade of the umbrella during the drinks break. The energy-sapping Kochi heat took its toll on both the India and Pakistan players in the first ODI on Saturday.

The Indians who are currently serving with the UN civilian police in Cyprus: Vijay Kumar, K. Babu, Premjit Kotani, Satwinder Singh Lally, T P Krishnabalan and Bimal Jit Uppal.

A woman at work in a Dandi salt mine.

The Natya Stem Group at Khajuraho.

The magnificent Doodsagar falls on the Karnataka / Goa border. 


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(from left) Sanjay Dutt, Soha Ali Khan, Esha Deol and Ayesha Takia on the sets of Shaadi No.1