2014-05-07 Photo gallery

Venezuelan artist Cristobal Ochoa and his performance partner Jean-Paul Fowler promote the Artist Open Houses part of the Brighton Festival with street art performance 'Los conos de madre' ('mother's cones'), on the seafront in Brighton. Reuters phot...

Migrated birds, Painted Stork & Spoonbill  at Rangantittu bird sanctuary near Mysore, DH Photo

Painted Stork flies over the river Cauvery at Ranganatittu Bird Sanctuary in Srirangapatna Taluk near Mysore, DH photo

Migrated birds, Painted Stork & Spoonbill  at Rangantittu bird sanctuary near Mysore, DH Photo

A  boy peeps out from a window grille in an ashram in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh May 6, 2014. Reuters photo

A man sells cotton candy while standing amongst vehicles at a traffic junction in Islamabad. Reuters photo

A cow approaches electronic voting machines standing by polling officers, before they are transported to their allotted polling stations on the eve of polling in Allahabad. AP Photo

Children stand in a queue to receive a free mid-day meal made of sweetened rice at a government school on the outskirts of Jammu. AP Photo

Women carry their children and belongings as they arrive to catch a bus at a terminal in New Delhi, Reuters photo

Palampur: A groom and his father show their inked fingers after casting votes for Lok Sabha polls at a village near Palampur on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Allahabad: Women voters show their inked fingers after casting their votes for Lok Sabha polls at a polling station in Allahabad on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Allahabad: Sankaracharya Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati and other sadhus show their inked fingers after casting their votes for Lok Sabha polls at a polling station in Allahabad on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Baramulla: A polling officer applies ink mark on the finger of a voter during Lok Sabha elections at a polling station at Katianwali District of Baramulla 65 km's from Srinagar on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Kupwara : 90-year old Ghulam Ahmad Tantray coming out of a polling booth after casting his vote in Langate area in Kupwara on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Koch: Admiral RK Dhowan Chief of the Naval Staff inspecting the Parade at Southern Naval Command in Kochi on Wednesday.PTI Photo

Ahmedabad: Rajasthan Royals mentor Rahul Dravid at a press conference in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. PTI Photo(

Kochi: Navy Chief Admiral Robin K Dhowan inspecting the parade at Southern Naval Command in Kochi on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Ladakh : Ladakhi students protesting against Election Commission of India for not providing with election booths in Jammu on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Shimla: Voters display their identity cards as they wait to cast their votes for Lok Sabha polls in Sandhu near Shimla on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Amethi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi interacts with voters near a polling booth in Amethi on the voting day on Wednesday. PTI Photo 

Baska: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi consoles a violence-affected boy at Narayanguri under Baska district on Wednesday. PTI Photo 

Haridwar: Sadhus wait in a queue to cast their votes for Lok Sabha elections, in Haridwar on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Allahabad: Cricketer and Congress candidate Mohd. Kaif gets his finger inked before casting his vote for 8th phase of Lok Sabha elections in Phulpur, Allahabad on Wednesday. PTI Photo 

Fire fighters douse the fire which broke out at timber mart in Nagpur on Wednesday, PTI Photo

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visits a relief camp at Narayanguri in violence-hit Baksa district on Wednesday, PTI Photo 

A Doctor examines children in a relief camp on Wednesday at Narayanguri under Baska district who fled from their villages Khagrabari after armed miscreants attacked villagers and burnt their houses recently, PTI Photo

Ninety-seven year old Shyam Saran Negi, a retired schoolteacher who cast the first vote in the 1951 general election, is honored by District Election officer at Kalpa in Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, PTI Photo 

A deserted view of the city during the polling for Lok Sabha elections in Hyderabad on Wednesday, PTI Photo

Managing Director- Sales Samsung India S K Kim and Actress Sonam Kapoor Unveiling the 'Samsung Curved TV Range' in New Delhi on Wednesday, PTI Photo

A Hindu holy man bathes a domesticated elephant on a hot summer day in Jammu, India, Wednesday, May 7, 2014, AP

An farmer works in a field as monsoon clouds gather overhead in Agartala on Wednesday, PTI 

Miguel Angel Gil Marin, owner of Atletico de Madrid presenting his club jersey to co-owners of Kolkata Franchise Harshavardhan Neotia, Utsav Parekh, Sanjiv Goenka and Sourav Ganguly during the launch of Kolkata Franchise of Indian Super League in Kol...

Delhi Daredevils' Laxmi Ratan Shukla gets clean bowled against Kolkata Knight Riders during their IPL 7 match at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Photo 

Kolkata Knight Riders' Gautam Gambhir plays a shot against Delhi Daredevils during their IPL 7 match at the Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Photo 

Kolkata Knight Riders players celebrate wicket of Delhi Daredevils' Dinesh Karthik during their IPL 7 match at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Photo 

Kings XI Punjab's batsman Glen Maxwell hits a six against Chennai Super Kings during the IPL 7 match at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Wednesday. PTI Photo

 Kolkata Knight Riders player Ryan Ten Doeschate dives to stop the ball during their IPL 7 match against Delhi Daredevils at the Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI 

David Miller of the Kings X1 Punjab plays a shot against Chennai Super Kings during the IPL 7 match at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Wednesday. PTI Photo

A security perrson guards as voters display their identity cards as they wait to cast their votes for Lok Sabha polls in Bhadohi on Wednesday. PTI Photo (PTI5_7_2014_000320B)

Baba Ramdev and his close aide Acharya Balkrishna shows inked fingers after casting their votes for Lok Sabha elections, in Haridwar on Wednesday. PTI Photo

 People use a rope-way on their way to cast votes for Lok Sabha polls in Chamba on Wednesday. PTI Photo 

India’s ruling Congress party Vice President Rahul Gandhi greets voters outside a polling station in Amethi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, May 7, 2014.  AP Photo