2012-12-20 Photo gallery

An elderly woman sits on the footrest of a scooter as she leaves after casting her vote for the second phase of Gujarat state assembly elections in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. File Photo - AP

Members of the Gujarat Gaurav Fan Club light oil lamps for a 'Maha Aarti' ritual outside the Bhadrakali Temple on the eve of the Gujarat state poll counting day in Ahmedabad on December 19, 2012. According to fan club members Modi is likely to fetch ...

Workers clean the hall where the counting of votes will be held following the recent Gujarat state assembly polls in Ahmedabad on December 19, 2012. The results of the Gujarat Assembly polls which were held in two phases on December 13 and 17 are exp...

A newly wedded couple before casting votes for the second phase of Gujarat polls in Ahmedabad on Monday. File photo - PTI

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar (C) poses as he attends the unveiling of a new Playboy bunny costume ahead of it's forthcoming Indian club launch party in Mumbai late December 19, 2012. AFP PHOTO

This file photo taken on September 8, 1996 shows Norm Legg, a project supervisor with a local security firm, holding up an armalite rifle which is similar to the one used in the Port Arthur massacre and which was handed in for scrap in Melbourne afte...

BJP supporters celebrate the party's victory in Gujarat assembly elections, in Varanasi on Thursday. PTI Photo

This picture taken on December 19, 2012 shows three kung fu masters from the Songshan Shaolin Kung Fu College posing for a photo before they join the PLA Navy Marine Corps in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province. More than 30 kung fu masters wer...

Bollywood actors Ritesh Deshmukh (L) and Sohail Khan (C) pose with actress Bipasha Basu (R) during a press conference to announce the 'Celebrity Cricket League(CCL)' in Mumbai late December 19, 2012. AFP PHOTO

Mumbai: Music director A.R. Rahman at the unveiling of a solo song 'Infinite Love' in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI Photo by Shashank Parade

Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen (L), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (2L), Sultan of Brunei Haj Hassanal Bolkiah Waddaulah (2R), and the President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hold hands as they pose for a photo during the ASEAN -India Comm...

US Defence personnel celebrate Christmas with underprivileged children at US Consulate in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and Dr. Seyn (R), Bengali Professor at Beijing University (China) at an open public discussion on “Innovation in Teaching Learning and School Functioning” in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Thursday. PTI

World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand plays with students and teachers at a school to promote chess game in Gurgaon on Thursday. PTI

Bollywood actors Shabana Azmi and Soha Ali Khan during the launch of DVD of 'Life Goes On', a film by Sangeeta Dutta in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi speaks after winning  Gujarat assembly election, in Ahmedabad on Thursday. PTI

German model Claudia Ciesla poses during a special photo shoot for Christmas in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI

Italian marines Salvatore Girone, left, and Massimiliano Latorre, arrive at the office of Kochi Police Commissioner, in Kochi. An Indian court ruled Thursday that two Italian marines detained for the deaths of two fishermen can go home for Christmas,...