2012-07-24 Photo gallery

Indian Men's Double Tennis players Mahesh Bhupati (L) and Rohan Boppanna (R) arrive to take part in a felicitation function for Indian athletes in London on July 23, 2012 four days ahead of the official opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games. AFP

Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone during a visit at Reliance Mart in Mumbai on Monday. PTI

Indian Bollywood film actress Sherlyn Chopra poses during the press meeting for the first Indian woman to pose nude for 'Playboy' magazine in Mumbai . AFP

Bodo tribal people flee their homes in Kokrajhar district, about 230 kms from Guwahati, the capital city of the northeastern state of Assam during violent clashes on July 23, 2012. Police issued shoot-on-sight orders on July 23 in a bid to quell viol...

A house burns in Kachugaon village in Kokrajhar, India, Monday, July 23, 2012. Tens of thousands of villagers have fled their homes in fear of rioting that has killed at least 18 people in recent days in the remote northeast Indian state of Assam,...

A model walks the ramp during a jewellery fashion show in Kolkata on Monday night. PTI

A woman performs 'arti' of social activist Anna Hazare as he prepares to leave for Delhi from his native place Ralegan in Maharashtra on Tuesday. PTI

Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna shakes hands with Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes during a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI

Indian Federation of Trade Unions activists shout slogans against Maruti Suzuki and the government during a protest in New Delhi on July 24, 2012. India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki on July 19 suspended production and declared a lockout at a plant n...

Kolkata: Foreign activists take part in a rally in connection with Sex Workers Freedom Festival in Kolkata on Tuesday. PTI

Sri Lanka's batsman Upul Tharanga, right and Tillakaratne Dilshan, left runs between the wickets as India's Rohit Sharma, center watches during the second one-day international cricket match between Sri Lanka and India in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Tu...

Bollywood actors Shahrukh Khan and Farha Khan Mumbai: Bollywood actors Shahrukh Khan and Farha Khan during a promotional event of their upcoming film 'Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi' in Mumbai on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Mitesh Bhuvad

Eleven year old Arti from Bilaspur region of Madhya Pradesh performs a balancing act on a rope during a street show in Ahmedabad on July 24, 2012. .Travelling Indian performers, who earn a meagre income from putting on shows on the streets, often sco...

A supporter of Sri Lanka's cricket team shakes hands with India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (R), as Sri Lanka's national flag covers Dhoni's face, after India lost the second one-day international cricket match against Sri Lanka, in Hambantota Jul...

Sri Lankan cricketer Upul Tharanga (R) and Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir (2R) inspect a bat as Indian cricketers Virat Kohli (2L) and Zaheer Khan (L) look on after the Sri Lankan victory in the second one day international (ODI) match between Sri L...

Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare addresses a press conference in New Delhi on July 24, 2012. After he was requested by his team members not to join the hunger strike due to begin in New Delhi on July 25 from the first day owing to his poor...

Kolkata: Foreign activists take part in a rally during Sex Workers Freedom Festival and XIX International Aids Conference Hub in Kolkata on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Ashok Bhaumik

Firefighters try to extinguish fire from a house during violence near Kokrajhar town in the northeastern Indian state of Assam July 24, 2012. Police shot at a roving mob in Assam on Tuesday as security forces struggled to contain ethnic fighting that...

India's most prominent anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare gestures as he arrives to address a press conference in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Hazare said he will begin his hunger strike from July 29 to press for a strong anti- corrupt...

An Indian woman cries as fire fighters try to extinguish fire on her house following ethnic clashes in Kokrajhar, Assam state, India, Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Government troops sent to quell communal clashes over land rights in the northeast Indian st...

Children of Indian sex workers gestures as they participate in a rally as part of the Sex Workers' Freedom Festival in Kolkata on July 24, 2012. Sex workers and social actiists from 42 countries are congregrating in this city to participate in the we...