2012-12-27 Photo gallery

Australia's captain Michael Clarke celebrates reaching his century during the second day of the second cricket test against Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground December 27, 2012. REUTERS

Members of an Indian medical team leave the Mount Elizabeth Hospital to board an embassy van in Singapore on December 27, 2012. An Indian student who was left fighting for her life after being brutally gang raped on a bus in New Delhi arrived on D...

A Pakistan People's Party (PPP) member scatters rose petals on the grave of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, marking her death anniversary, at the Bhutto family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana December 26, 2012. Bhu...

: Bollywood actress Hema Malini performs at an event paying tributes to her mother Jaya Chakravarthy in Mumbai on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Sunset  at  Nandi hills photo by NS Manjunath

Photo of A monkey and its baby at Nandi Hills by N S Manjunath

Pakistani skipper Misbah-ul-Haq and teammates during a practice session at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Thursday ahead of the 1st ODI match against India. PTI

Indian players MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina during a practice session at Motera in Ahmedabad on Thursday. PTI

BJP President Nitin Gadkari presents a statue of Swami Vivekanand to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during a felicitation function at the party office in New Delhi on Thursday. P

Demonstrators shout slogans and wave placards as they move towards India Gate  during a protest calling for better safety for women, in New Delhi on December 27, 2012. AFP

Bollywood actor Salman Khan during his 47th birthday celebration in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI

Bollywood actress Sangeeta Bijlani during the birthday celebration of actor Salman Khan in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI

President Pranab Mukherjee at Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala in Tirupati on Thursday. PTI

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar holidaying in Mussorie. PTI

A protester holds a placard during a protest against a recent gang rape of a young woman in a moving bus in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Thursday to take action to protect the nation's women ...

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar (R) along with her sister Usha raleasing 'Hamsafar 2013', a calendar, at her residence in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI Photo

People light candles during a protest against Delhi gang rape case in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI Photo

People eat a free meal provided by the supporters of a Hindu holyman during the preparations for the month-long Mahakumbh festival at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Millions of Hindu p...

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (L) widower of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto, waves with his son and chairman of ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto (R) to supporters outside the Bhutto family mausoleum in Garhi Khu...